New Zealand women and Argentina men claimed the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens titles to back up their victories in Vancouver last month and extend their leads in the HSBC SVNS 2025 standings Argentina’s men and New Zealand’s women win Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens to back up their victories in Vancouver and extend their leads in
Italy v Ireland – Round Two – 6 Nations Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma For a team that ‘never wins away’ (2021 the last time!), Ireland rewrote the book. A comprehensive victory left them overjoyed and the hosts stunned. All inside the first minute: a turnover, a Dannah O’Brien kick to touch, a TMO intervention and
Wales v England The Principality Stadium, Cardiff What a change from La Rochelle! A closed roof, every sound echoing, the light-show blazing. It might have been Christmas. For the third time in recent matches, it was all Wales at the start. They won a put-in eight metres out. Sarah Bern and Sadia Kabeya had to
France v Scotland Les Bleues in springtime rugby means entertainment. Things started cruelly for Scotland when Hollie Cunningham was forced off with a leg injury; just one minute played. They responded by dominating play for a short while, showing the fluency they possess, but not consistently enough. All too often they were pinged for holding
Harlequins Women have announced that young forward Tyla Shirley has committed her future to the Club. England U20 international Shirley has made a huge impression so far during her time at the Club, starting in the PWR semi-final against Saracens, before being called up into the Red Roses training squad ahead of the 2025 Guinness
Players and fans alike were in awe of the spectacular new Kai Tak Stadium on a thrilling first day of the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens Historic day at Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens as new state-of-the art Kai Tak Stadium welcomes HSBC SVNS action with spectacular opening ceremony New Zealand, Australia and France – the top
It’s excellent news that 18,000 tickets have already (Thursday 27th) been bought for the Wales-England game at the Principality Stadium. That is nearly double the size of the Welsh record. It shows that there is still strong support for the Welsh side, despite all the worrying news emanating from HQ about men’s rugby. Congratulations to
Rugby legends and supporters take on cycling challenge from Exeter to Twickenham to raise funds for the Harlequins Foundation. Around 80 supporters will take on the 180 mile/300km cycling challenge over either two or three days Ten Harlequins and Exeter legends will ride with supporters to raise funds and awareness of the Foundation’s work Riders
Head coach LJ Lewis has named her 35-player squad for this week’s England U20 Women’s training camp hosted at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre (Thursday 27th – Saturday 29th). Previously-capped forwards Chloe Flanagan (Saracens, 7 caps), Steph Else (Gloucester-Hartpury, 8 caps) and Annabel Meta (Trailfinders Women, 3 caps) all link up with the squad, as
None of the six managements can feel totally happy with their team’s performance in Round One. Even England, the sole side to secure a scoring bonus-point, had an unproductive second half. By the way, my apologies for crediting France and Scotland with a bonus. Of course it was the penalty-kicks that brought them a healthy
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