Harlequins Head Coach Ross Chisholm names his squad for this Saturday’s trip to Trailfinders Sports Ground, as Quins go in search of their ninth consecutive victory in the PWR. The front-row remains unchanged from Big Game with Lizzie Hanlon at tighthead, Connie Powell at hooker and Silvia Turani at loosehead. Wallaroo Kaitlan Leaney comes back
There are two questions per month. All the 24 answers can be found on these pages or if you prefer scroll down the page and you will find the answers there. You can award yourself all manner of bonus points: for correctly spelt names, the nations athletes play for, precise scores, etc. January: Who was
As women’s leagues go on developing, can we see a consistent trend? A glance at some leading European leagues – the English PWR, the French Elite 1, the Italian Serie A Elite, the Irish AIL, the Spanish Liga Iberdrola, the Scottish Arnold Clark Premiership – the same pattern recurs: a few clubs dominate the scene.
That was the year that was 1 December Dubai 7s’ final: Australia beat NZ 28-24; France beat GB 15-12 for 3rd place 1 December One of the new Arterio trains running out of Waterloo Station. London, is named The Red Rose; big launch today 1 December Draw made for Cape Town SVNS, the first to
Harlequins have announced that the Club’s Women’s team have broken the World Record for attendance at a Women’s club rugby match for a fourth consecutive year at Big Game, as a crowd of 18,055 were treated to a 42-17 Quins victory at Allianz Stadium. Using high resolution 360 imagery from the event and specialist software
Weekend Rugby Three games here, at Twickenham, Dublin and Llanelli. The Big Game: Quins v Leicester Tigers (Twickenham) The biggest spectacle of the PWR season. Will the final be able to outshine it? Quins (6/6 wins) started with a big setback. Tigers won a vital ball, and that left Meg Jones with the problem of
Weekend Rugby Preview The solitary offering in England is the Big Game: Quins meet Leicester Tigers at Twickenham at 16.00. All the fun of the fair, and some rugby too. Teams Harlequins 1 TURANI 2 C. POWELL 3 HANLON 4 BONAR 5 LEANEY FLEMING 7 CALLENDER 8 KONKEL (captain) 9 L. PACKER 10 H. POWELL
Two gifts for Wales Father Christmas made a descent of the only chimney at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, on Christmas Eve. In his sack he had not one but two gifts: the members of the national team would be presented with 1) a head of women’s rugby (a new position); 2) a new head coach.
The FIR took everyone by surprise when it announced that Fabio Roselli would be replacing Giovanni Raineri as head coach from 1 January. Amongst other achievements Raineri had seen his side defeat Ireland away for the first time and ensure qualification for the 2025 World Cup. But two successive fifth positions in the Six Nations
Loughborough Lightning have added more international quality to their squad after signing Canadian forward Courtney Holtkamp until the end of the 2024/25 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 25-year-old second row joins the African Violets for a third spell having made 18 appearances across the 2020/21 and 2021/22 campaigns. Holtkamp enjoyed a meteoric rise in rugby
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