First the line-ups: Saturday 5 November: Canada v England, kick-off 03.30 New Zealand v France, kick-off 06.30 Both times GMT The Outlook Just four sides are left, and they happen to be the top-four in world rankings. The long-term hope must be that within the space of three short years other nations – USA? Italy?
An awful lot happened! 1-8 October Over the period between arrival and the first matches every World Cup team has its own programme of preparation locked in 1 October Scotland and South Africa meet for a training match; ditto Canada-Fiji; it rains! 1 October Wales meet USA for a training match; it rains 2 October
The RFU, alongside a wider working group, has announced the appointment of Belinda Moore as the Chief Executive, and Genevieve Shore as the Chair of Women’s Premier 15 Limited (WP15Ltd), a new company established to oversee the organisation and management of the Allianz Premier 15s competition from the 2023/24 season. As Chief Executive, Belinda will
Australia v England ‘It could be the greatest upset there’s ever been in a Women’s World Cup’ (Morgan Turinui, ex-Wallaby and commentator) ‘Huge fear of losing the streak’ (paraphrase of Simon Middleton) In dreadful conditions, rain teeming down to produce pools of water, England had the skills and nous to remain dominant almost throughout. The
Harlequins Women’s Head Coach Amy Turner has named the matchday squad to host DMP Sharks in the Allianz Cup Saturday. Free entry or this 13:00 kick-off. Katy Mew and Charlie Wellbelove will both look to make returns from injury amongst the Impact Players this Saturday, with Mew looking to make her first appearance in over
Three murals have been unveiled of iconic players from the England Rugby Women’s team as they progress in New Zealand Murals of Sarah Hunter, Emily Scarratt and Shaunagh Brown are located at Novocastrians RFC in Newcastle, Leicester Forest RFC and The Oval, Kennington – key locations in their early rugby careers The murals were co-funded
At last the door is unlocked. Simon Middleton has announced the team he thinks best placed to carry the flag into the knock-out stages. It looks devilishly strong. The Chosen XV: 15. Helena Rowland, 14. Lydia Thompson, 13. Emily Scarratt, 12. Tatyana Heard, 11. Abby Dow, 10. Zoe Harrison, 9. Leanne Infante, 1. Vickii Cornborough, 2. Amy
Black Ferns coaches have named a powerful match day 23 for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Wales, with the return of co-captain Kennedy Simon from injury. Simon will make her World Cup debut off the bench, while Stacey Fluhler, Ruby Tui and Portia Woodman all return to the starting backline. The teams go head
Award-winning Māori musician Rob Ruha to play during semi-finals of Rugby World Cup 2021 at Eden Park on Saturday 5 November. Ruha adds to what has been an impressive line-up of RWC 2021 headline artists to perform during the tournament, including Rita Ora (8 October) and LADI6 (9 October), with Shapeshifter (5 November) and BENEE
We fans have been dissecting the entrails of Red Rose selections for a long, long time, inevitably with an eye on the World Cup. Only now, with the pool-stages behind us, can we expect Simon Middleton and his advisors, Scott Bemand and Louis Deacon, to reveal their final thoughts about their best 15. Their approach
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