• The Six Nations Women’s Summer Series ‘Most Valuable Player’ (MVP) Award has been introduced to recognise the brightest stars of the competition • Six players, one from each participating team, have been voted their sides’ MVP • The award winners were voted for by their teammates, after a shortlist of three players per side
No sooner is the inaugural Under 20s Six Nations tournament completed than another new venture comes over the horizon: a Transatlantic Quad Series. The four nations involved are Canada, England, the USA and the hosts, Wales. This gives them and us the chance to examine how a new set of squads compares. Other, non-participating nations
Under 20 Summer Series The last round of the inaugural Under 20s Summer Series kicked off with two internationals widely separated across the day. Ireland v Scotland Despite the 9 o’clock start it was already hot. The temperature would reach 32 degrees in mid-afternoon (hence the big gap in start-times). Scotland finished well beaten, but
U20 Summer Series – England v France Our starting point: a 74-0 walloping of the English by the French in April in Rouen. On three minutes wonderful combinations led to an opening try for Steph Else, who spotted a weak edge to a ruck near the line. The move started from a solid scrum, which
France squad 15 Kelly Arbey (Stade Toulousain) 14 Cléo Hagel (Lyon OU) 13 Hawa Tounkara (Bobigny) 12 Enoé Neri (Grenoble) 11 Suliana Sivi (Stade Rennais) 10 Maé Levy (Montpellier) 9 Eneke Labeyrie (Lyon OU) 1 Mailys Borak (Stade Bordelais) 2 Marion Zdzioblo (Stade Bordelais) 3 Iliana Acolatse (Grenoble) 4 Kiara Zago (Stade Toulousain) 5 Taina
The final England Women’s Pathway matchday squad of the 2024 Six Nations Women’s Summer Series has been confirmed by head coach LJ Lewis, who readies her team for the challenge of France. England face Les Bleues this Sunday (14th) on Matchday 3 of the inaugural series, kicking-off at 20:00 BST at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
The term ‘Super Saturday’ won’t quite work here; the third and last round takes place on Sunday 14 July. Fixtures: Ireland v Scotland, KO 09.00 Italy v Wales, KO 17.30 France v England, KO 20.00 BST times I’ll restrict my comments to the latest version of the crunch. It doesn’t enhance England’s chances of gaining
Game One: Ireland v Italy Despite a 9am start it was hot. Remember that word? Italy offered us the second dramatically tight game of the series. It started unpromisingly with a series of minor errors. Then, after the Azzurre had dominated possession for a while, Niamh Gallagher spoiled a good break on the counter by
Head coach LJ Lewis has confirmed the England Women’s Pathway matchday squad to take on Wales in the 2024 Six Nations Women’s Summer Series this Tuesday (9th) in Parma, Italy. Matchday 2 at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi follows on from a 33-10 victory for England over Ireland last Thursday, captain Lilli Ives Campion registering two
Round One This important and imaginative series got under way in Parma with three matches. Your puzzle for today: the Red Roses win every game against France they play. Why do France’s Under 20s win every game they play – against absolutely everyone? Then, the curious timings of the three daily matches: one early morning,
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