A key event in the rugby pathway for the next generation of rugby talent, coaches and match officials the festivals will feature all Six Nations Rugby unions as well as Georgia and Portugal in the Men’s Festival. The Women’s Festival will be hosted by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in Colwyn Bay, Wales (29th March
As a prelude to the men’s Six Nations Sage, the financial management software firm, working with OPTA, offers us an AI-guided Combined Guinness Fifteen. Male and female players were analysed over the past four years. So current form takes second place to that lengthy time-span. The team looks like this: 15 Stuart Hogg (S) 14
Head coach John Mitchell has named a 38-player training squad for the Red Roses’ first camp of 2024. The squad will assemble on Monday 22 January for three days as England begin their preparations for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations which starts in late March. Of his squad, Mitchell said: “We are excited to come
England Women Elite Player Squad convened yesterday for a four-day training camp at Loughborough University. The camp will enable England to begin preparations for the upcoming Six Nations campaign and the Red Roses’ opening match against Italy on 4th February in the Stadio Mirabello (KO 17:30 GMT, Live Sky Sports). Simon Middleton, England head coach
The Women’s 2018 Six Nations fixtures have been confirmed with England playing two home games at the Twickenham Stoop and Ricoh Arena. All of the Red Roses Test matches are set to be broadcast live on Sky Sports. The schedule replicates that of the senior men and U20 teams, with the Red Roses starting their
England Women secured their first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2012 with a 7-34 win over Ireland at Donnybrook Stadium on Friday night. The Red Roses scored five tries through Amy Wilson Hardy, Laura Keates, Amy Cokayne, Emily Scarratt and Lydia Thompson with Scarratt ending the match with a personal haul of 14 points. Ireland
A whopping seven Worcester Valkyries will be in international action this weekend as the Women’s Six Nations comes to a close. England Women will meet Ireland at Donnybrook Stadium on Friday as the two sides chase the championship title in only the second head-to-head Grand Slam finale in the history of the women’s tournament. Valkyries’
Wales Women have made four changes for their final Women’s Six Nations match this Saturday in France (20:00 GMT). Head coach Rowland Phillips brings scrum-half Sian Moore, wing Jasmine Joyce, centre Gemma Rowland and fullback Elinor Snowsill into his starting line-up for the visit to the Stade Amédée Domenech in Brive. After a much-improved performance
Head Coach Shade Munro has made two changes to the starting XV for this Friday’s match against Italy Women (17 March, kick-off 6.20pm) – live on Scottish Rugby TV. Scotland will host Italy at Broadwood Stadium in the final round of the 2017 Women’s Six Nations, before the U20 Scotland v Italy match kicks-off at
Head Coach Tom Tierney has confirmed the Ireland Women’s side, sponsored by Aon, to take on England in Donnybrook this Friday night at 8pm. The side for the Championship decider shows one change to the team that defeated Wales 12-7 last weekend, as scrum-half Larissa Muldoon moves from the replacements into the starting fifteen. The
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