England Women’s Head Coach Simon Middleton will hand five players their first sevens starts of the season at the first leg of the Rugby Europe Grand Prix in Kazan this weekend (June 13-14). Francesca Matthews, Lydia Thompson, Abbie Brown, Heather Fisher and Victoria Fleetwood have all been named in the 12–woman squad with Fleetwood, who
England Women’s Head Coach Simon Middleton has named a squad of 28 players for this month’s Rugby Super Series in Canada where England will play the USA, New Zealand and Canada. Rugby World Cup winner Sarah Hunter will captain England as she returns to play in her first tournament since helping England to win the
Great Britain Rugby Sevens has announced details for its sevens programme in preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This follows both England men’s and women’s sides finishing in the top four of the end-of-season rankings on the HSBC Sevens World Series which guaranteed qualification for Team GB. Great Britain Rugby Sevens Limited has been officially
World Rugby has announced the shortlist for the prestigious Women’s Sevens Player of the Year 2015 award, with the winner set to be revealed at the World Rugby Awards dinner at Battersea Evolution, London, on 1 November. After the thrilling and record-breaking Women’s Sevens World Series 2014-15 concluded in Amsterdam last weekend, this year’s nominees
Bristol Ladies are pleased to confirm the appointment of three new coaches to the team ahead of the 15/16 season. Royston Davies and James Hall take on the positions of 1st XV and 2nd XV Forwards coaches respectively, and Sebastian Delport joins as lead 2nd XV Coach, all on a one year long contract. Royston Davies
The sun-soaked stadium in the Netherlands saw Canada beat Australia to claim the Amsterdam Sevens trophy, after yet another epic battle between the two sides, and England will represent Team Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, after beating the USA in a thrilling “winner takes all” match on the last day of the
England Women Sevens have qualified Great Britain for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after securing a fourth place finish in the Sevens World Series in Amsterdam today (Saturday). Simon Middleton’s charges did, however, do it by the closest of margins, beating Olympic qualifying rivals, the USA, with a 15-14 win in the
Its the final day of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series – Amsterdam – 23 May 2015 and England beat New Zealand in the quarter finals but fall to Australia in the semis. Fixtures and results will be updated during the day. Fixtures and Results Quarter Finals 9.00 Australia 31-0 Russia 9.22 England 17-14 New Zealand 9.44
A thrilling day of action in Amsterdam has seen Canada and Australia qualify for next year’s Olympic Games and New Zealand claim the Women’s Sevens Series for the third year in a row. In a day of top rugby, Spain claimed another major scalp on the series as they beat France in pool play, before the
England Women Sevens will face World Series champions New Zealand in the quarter-finals of final series leg in Amsterdam on Saturday after two wins from three today. England made their way through to the final eight despite a 24-7 defeat to London champions Australia in their final group match. Earlier, Simon Middleton’s charges bagged six tries
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