Team England head coach James Bailey has named his squad that will compete at the inaugural women’s rugby sevens tournament at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia (13th – 15th April) which includes current Loughborough Lightning player Meg Jones and ex Loughborough student Claire Allan. Jones will travel to Brisbane in the forthcoming
Wasps FC Ladies secure victory in Final Round of Season against Firwood Waterloo The postponed game against Firwood Waterloo, which marked the final round of the season, ended with a 0-34 win to Wasps FC Ladies. Firwood Waterloo certainly delivered in physicality, but Wasps’ resilience and determination earnt them 6 tries to secure the win.
Rugby clothing and kit provider Canterbury has revealed the new England Sevens kit. The kit will be worn for the first time in Hong Kong and then throughout the remainder of the men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, as well as at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018. To help push the players to
Celebrations are in full swing at Twyford Avenue with a win for both Wasps FC Ladies Teams over Richmond Women. The 2XV put a 33-22 win over the London Rivals and the 1XV left the scoreboard at 44-17 with tries from Amy Atkinson, Hannah West, Louise Dodd, Amy Cokayne and Vicki Jackson. The game got
Tyrrells Premier 15s Round Eighteen Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s RFC 36 – 8 Loughborough Lightning Gloucester-Hartpury came out on top in the battle for fourth-place in the Tyrrells Premier 15s table as they defeated Loughborough Lightning 36-8 to earn a play-off place. Hannah Phillip kicked Loughborough into a 3-0 lead early on and on 30 minutes fly-half
Worcester Valkyries winger Lydia Thompson has been picked in England Women’s 12-player squad for the inaugural Women’s Rugby Sevens tournament at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia (April 13-15). England Women Sevens and Team GB player Abbie Brown has been named captain of the experienced side that includes seven Olympian athletes. Emily Scarratt, former
Team England head coach James Bailey has named his squad that will compete at the inaugural women’s rugby sevens tournament at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia (13th – 15th April). England Women Sevens and Team GB player Abbie Brown has been named captain of the experienced side that includes seven Olympian athletes.
With the Women’s 6 Nations at an end the Tyrrells Premier 15s was the beneficiary of the England players returning to duty. The two most notable results probably Harlequins Ladies hanging in to beat leaders Saracens and Gloucester-Hartpury notching a convincing win against Lightning. The scores from this weekend’s action below: Saturday 24th March Tyrrells
Leading invitational 7s team Scimitar Exiles are launching a high performance 7s programme supported by Loughborough Sport under the name of Scimitar Storm. The programme will develop both male and female players at Loughborough. Six current students across the men’s and women’s game have England 7s contracts and the Scimitar Storm programme will work closely
England Women U20 were beaten by France Women U20 in yesterday’s game at Basingstoke RFC as they came from behind to secure a 10-17 victory. Jo Yapp’s side faced France in a return leg fixture, played in challenging weather conditions. England were first get points on the board as fly half Helena Rowland crossed the
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