Exeter Chiefs centre Alex Tessier has today welcomed a new partnership between Premiership Women’s Rugby and rugby’s leading data and analytics provider, Oval Insights Tessier who was named on World Rugby’s shortlist for World Player of the Year, was the leading points-scorer at WXV, and in the PWR, she has helped take Exeter Chiefs eight
The two Saturday matches were coloured by dreadful weather, high winds and heavy rain. Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers I wonder if Leicestershire’s Tigers saw the irony of calling this game their ‘Derby’ day – wrong by one county! Scoring was more plentiful here than in the other game at Bristol. Tess Feury got the
Alev Kelter makes her eagerly-anticipated Loughborough Lightning debut in this weekend’s East Midlands Derby with Leicester Tigers. The USA Olympic Sevens bronze medallist has been selected at inside centre alongside Red Roses star Emily Scarratt in an all-star midfield for the cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens showdown on Saturday 23 November (kick-off: 2pm). Kelter has
Head Coach Ross Chisholm names his side for the trip to Saracens on Sunday at StoneX Stadium, as Harlequins look to continue their rich vein of form in the PWR. Italy’s Silvia Turani packs down at loosehead following her try last week at The Stoop against Sale Sharks. Connie Powell is in at hooker after
After a break, lasting an extra week for some players, the PWR returns to normal. Fixtures Saturday 23 November Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers, 14.00 Bristol Bears v Trailfinders, 14.00 Sunday 24 November Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs, 12.00 Saracens v Quins, 15.00 It’s Gloucester-Hartpury’s turn to be deprived of a fixture. The first contest
The offerings last weekend brought us a third of the way through the regular season. Here’s the current table: Table P W B Pts Exeter Chiefs 6
Here’s a look at the four matches: the Vallis Way and Stoop ones in some detail. Trailfinders v Gloucester-Hartpury Winter was clearly on the way at Vallis Way as players, spectators and commentators had to peer through the gloom to spot the ball. The players proved best at that challenge. Here we had a contrast
MJRed Roses international Helena Rowland will make her first Loughborough Lightning appearance of the season against Exeter Chiefs this weekend. Head coach Nathan Smith has selected the 25-year-old at fly-half for Sunday’s Premiership Women’s Rugby Round 6 trip to Sandy Park (kick-off: 3pm) with Helen Nelson moving infield to inside centre and into the co-captaincy
It’s exactly a year since Fi Tomas published her piece on PWR’s new deal with TNT Sport to cover one match per round (www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/11/08/tnt-secure-premiership-womens-rugby-rights-deal/) The contract was hailed by Belinda Moore, the then CEO, as a big breakthrough for women’s rugby, the first chance for club rugby to be viewed on live television on a
Gloucester-Hartpury 27 Sale Sharks 12 Leicester Tigers 17 Trailfinders Women 34 Gloucester-Hartpury v Sale Sharks After their two unwelcome defeats Glos-Pury will have been silently grateful to be facing the back- markers, Sharks. Pre-match Sean Lynn preferred to comment on the touching renaming of the home stadium in honour of the MND sufferer, Ed Slater.
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