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.
This round was another to stretch like chewing-gum from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Here are the two big games. Bristol Bears v Harlequins The Friday evening game really set the cat among the pigeons. A large crowd turned out at Shafestbury Park, hoping to see their favourites confim their place among the competition’s leading
Fixtures Fri 1 November: Bristol Bears v Harlequins, 19.00 Sat 2 November: Exeter Chiefs v Saracens, 13.00 Sun 3 November: Gloucester-Hartpury v Sale Sharks, 14.00 Leicester Tigers v Trailfinders Women, 15.00 The central question is who will qualify for the semis. For the moment I’m taking it for granted it will be the same four
Marlie Packer has acclaimed a new partnership that ensures players and clubs in Premiership Women’s Rugby will benefit from a new innovative athlete monitoring technology and video integration system. Developed by Catapult, the global leader in sports technology solutions for professional teams, the strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in advancing athlete performance in women’s
Harlequins name their squad to travel to Bristol this Friday, as they look to secure their third win of the season in The PWR. Silvia Turani starts at loosehead after a strong performance on both sides of the ball last time out against Loughborough. Connie Powell continues at hooker, and Lizzie Hanlon comes into the
Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury With neither of these two giants sitting top of the table, one of them had the chance to put Exeter Chiefs in their place. It was a humdinger. G-H were right on top from kick-off; Mo Hunt tapped and ran, Mackenzie Carson took the ball on and Maud Muir cut a clever
Saturday saw two intense matches played, then a more one-sided affair in the north-west. Exeter Chiefs v Trailfinders The Londoners made the running at the start, taking advantage of the low sun in Chiefs’ eyes. Ella Amory kicked a threatening 50:22, but the line-out misfired. Despite appearances it was to be the set-scrum that proved
A Look at PWR’s Prospects On 8 October Belinda Moore, CEO of Premiership Women’s Rugby, announced her unexpected resignation. We don’t yet know who her successor will be. That person will have a host of hurdles to vault. The long-term aims of PWR were ambitious in the extreme: across the next decade we would see
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