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
Two prominent features of the first round were the awarding of many cards and the contributions of the television match officials. Cards No fewer than three red cards were flourished, two in one match (the culprits: Evie Gallagher (Scotland), Gabrielle Vernier (France) and Georgia Evans (Wales). That is far too many for World Rugby’s peace
With less than six months to go until Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, all four Home Unions – RFU, WRU, Scottish Rugby, IRFU – are continuing to work together to grow the women and girls’ game, thanks to the Impact ’25 programme and UK Sport. Backed by UK Sport funding, this international collaboration between the
England U18 Women’s head coach James Cooper and assistant coach Ollie Perry have confirmed their matchday squad to face Ireland this Sunday (30th). The two sides meet at the IRFU High Performance Centre, Dublin for a 13:00 BST kick-off in a warm-up fixture ahead of April’s U18 Women’s Six Nations Festival at Wellington College. Management
Harlequins Women are thrilled to confirm that Welsh international Lisa Neumann has extended her stay with the club ahead of the 2025/26 season. Neumann has impressed since making the move to West London, making 22 appearances in the Quarters and crossing for six tries. An industrious winger, Neumann has quickly asserted herself as a crucial
John Mitchell’s new-look side seemed on the way to a dominant win as they added five tries with the wind. The second-half remained scoreless till the 78th minute, showing the progress the Red Roses still have to make. Fabio Roselli will be heartened by the Italians’ showing. For lengthy periods after the break they put
The Letter of the Law A game disfigured by constant interruptions from the review box. Was the game really played by a gang of malcontents? The Lynn effect was in evidence from the start. It was all Wales, till a Keira Bevan thrust was stopped just short of the line. The Scots Guards were not
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