Rob Cain has announced 31 names of players to undertake four test autumn matches. They are: Catherine Benson (Sale) Amy Talei Bonte (Gloucester-Hartpury) Elizabeth Cairns (Life West Gladiatrix) Kayla Canett (USA Sevens) Gabby Cantorna (Exeter) Jennine Detiveaux (Exeter) Rachel Ehrecke* (Colorado Gray Wolves) Joanne Nana Fa’avesi (USA Sevens) Tess Feury (New York Rugby) Megan Foster
The Lions start debating a Women’s Tour Establishing a feasible Women’s Lions tour isn’t as easy as we would love it to be. The men’s version has the advantage of 130 years of experience and tradition. Picking a squad to represent the British and Irish Lions is the easy bit. The problems start there: who
Saracens v Exeter Chiefs Sonia ‘Sonic’ Green ran out alone to mark her 300th game for Sarries, a quite extraordinary achievement. Even Rocky Clark’s record of 137 caps for England is likely to be broken before Sonia’s. Exeter started by hushing the large crowd with quick-fire attacks. So quick that Sarries left a ruck unguarded
Harlequins v Bristol Bears Quins suffered a second successive home defeat as Bristol gave a convincing audition for the star role this season. They proved too powerful up front and opened up the home defences time after time. The sole area of inaccuracy was the line-out, but that was a bug that affected several teams
An exciting weekend ahead as Wasps Women take on Gloucester Hartpury in a double header with Wasps Men at the Coventry Building Society Arena. Last weekend, Wasps fell short to Exeter – with two tries a side it was penalty opportunities that left Wasps down on the scoreboard. Back on home turf, Wasps will be looking
Harlequins Women Head Coach Gerard Mullen has named his matchday squad that will take on Bristol Bears Women this Saturday afternoon at The Twickenham Stoop. There are four changes to the starting XV, with three coming in the forward pack as Tove Viksten, Amy Cokayne and Sarah Bonar all start with the latter making her
Simon Middleton has announced the names of 40 players (listed below) to join the training squad preparing for the four autumn internationals. But his most significant statement concerns Sevens. Players will no longer be able to switch from one format to the other. So all 40 have had to commit themselves to 15s for the
England Women head coach Simon Middleton has named a 40-player training squad ahead of the 2021 autumn internationals. Sarah Bern is in line for her first international run out in a year after missing most of the 2020/21 season through injury. The squad is made up of a mix of youth and experience, featuring 11
• Four-team women’s competition confirmed for March 2022 • Head Coaches announced The country’s leading women players will set the rugby landscape alight in 2022 with the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. The Blues, Chiefs and Hurricanes, as well as a combined South Island team to be governed by the Crusaders and encompassing the
Bristol made it four out of four with a win over pointless Sale Sharks. Phoebe Murray got the ball rolling inside ten minutes with her seventh try of the season. By half-time (22-7) the writing was on the wall. Though Sharks did well to peg the hosts back to 27-17 by the end, it leaves
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