The men’s 6 Nations is over, far more exciting than usual. Now we can look forward to an even more eventful women’s version. All six squads will be shaking off memories good and bad of last autumn’s World Cup. This series presents a new beginning. On a distant horizon lies the 2029 RWC. The Big
Ticket sales for the Red Roses’ Guinness Women’s Six Nations opener against Ireland at Allianz Stadium have surpassed a tournament record number. The World Champions return to the home of England Rugby to play the Irish on Saturday 11 April and more than 60,000 will be in attendance. The number surpasses the previous record of 58,498 fans who were at Allianz
Some 25 days after John Mitchell posted his England training squad, Sean Lynn has followed up with his Welsh version. His caution is understandable. He has needed to watch as much of the Celtic Challenge schedule as possible. And yet his selection has still caused disquiet among Welsh observers. We must hope Courtney Greenway’s omission
Head coach Sean Lynn has named a 45-player Wales training squad for the Women’s Six Nations. Forwards Gwenllian Pyrs (Sale Sharks), Maisie Davies (Gwalia Lightning/Bristol Bears), Katherine Baverstock (Leicester Tigers), Stella Orrin (Brython Thunder), Kelsey Jones (Gloucester/Hartpury), Molly Reardon (Gwalia Lightning), Carys Phillips (Harlequins), Kendall Waudby (Loughborough Lightning), Sisilia Tuipulotu (Gloucester/Hartpury and Brython Thunder), Jenni
Six squads have been secretly warming up, preparing all manner of new conjuring tricks to confuse the opposition. It’s been a wall of silence. Correction Only five squads! Sean Lynn has still to unveil his choices – for understandable reasons. He was appointed just before the 2025 version kicked off, stating at once that he
Sean Lynn is biding his time before announcing his second Six Nations squad. As I type, there are still 60 days before the start of that competition, but his rivals have been hard at work for some time with their training squads. He has his eye on two sources of evidence, the Celtic Challenge, which
A new French squad is busy with its first training session under the leadership of François Ratier. It’s lasting four days from 9-12 February at Blagnac, a suburb of Toulouse. After a second session at the National Training Centre at Marcoussis (24-27 March), Ratier will sit down with his two assistants, Gerald Bastide and Florent
The venues for this year’s championship are now complete – bar one! (See list below). The missing element is the Italy-Scotland game. The FIR has been using the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma regularly, and since Italy’s other match (against England) is taking place there, we may find a different (new?) venue for the Scots.
Women’s rugby is set to go up another gear in 2026, starting with the return of the biggest annual event in its calendar: The Guinness Women’s Six Nations, confirmation that the Championship will visit more national stadiums than ever before, and the launch of a new U21 Women’s Six Nations Series intended to strengthen and
England will begin their Six Nations Women’s U21 Series with an away trip to face Scotland at the Hive Stadium on Saturday 18th April (11am BST kick-off). LJ Lewis’ side continue their campaign with home outings against Ireland at Coventry RFC’s Butts Park Arena (2nd May) and France (10th May), hosted at Bedford Blues’ Goldington
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