Let’s try to put the good news from Edinburgh in its place. Scotland will play their first planned match at Murrayfield next spring against England. This is a huge leap of faith by the SRU and congratulations to them. I add ‘planned’, as there was that accidental match in 2020 that I reported on at
The Six Nations Women’s Summer Series offers a new step on the women’s rugby development pathway, with 14 graduates from the first edition of the event going on to play in the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations The 2025 Women’s Summer Series will take place at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Wales, with
The all-action Number-Eight claimed 41% of the fan vote to win this year’s Guinness Player of the Championship award Wafer was shortlisted alongside England winger Abby Dow, France second-row Manaé Feleu and Scotland back-row Evie Gallagher The shortlisted nominees are based on performance statistics from the five rounds of the Women’s Championship, as well as
The six nations in turn Wales Like Ireland the Welsh squad had suffered badly from the negligent guardianship of the national union. The Irish, as we will see below, had put their house in order sooner. The Welsh players responded warmly to Sean Lynn’s appointment. A prime need was to restore a degree of confidence,
Is it a going concern? We’ve had the traditional barrage of criticism of the Six Nations set-up. “A foregone conclusion”. “What’s the point? England always win”. Even “it’s a bore”. The strange fact is, the championship is more popular than ever. Crowds go on growing (with exceptions), media coverage (social and public) increases. Players’ names
The Guinness Women’s Six Nations is the biggest annual event in women’s rugby, and for this year’s edition of the Championship the players and teams once again took centre stage, inspiring and entertaining fans with elite sporting drama. Following five captivating rounds, fans were tasked with voting for the top player per position to decide
A minute’s silence was observed with due reverence to mark Pope Francis’ death. While this match couldn’t equal the tensions of yesterday’s pair, it will help bring more supporters in to fill Parma’s stadium. It was worthy of bringing down the curtain on a dramatic 6N tournament. Both sides started in top gear. How long
The Hive, Edinburgh Somehow the Scots salvaged a win that they hardly deserved, and could move into the break before the World Cup with confidence restored. For the Irish this was a reverse they could not have expected. At least it was by a hair’s breadth. They have plenty still going for them. For much
The Allianz Stadium, London One of the unlikeliest final scores this famed tournament has known. In the tensest atmosphere you could wish for outside a World Cup final, the game went down to the last minute and the last point. Maybe you’ve known a win by the odd-point in 85 in so critical a match.
England v France The two managements have now made their decisions. They take on even greater significance, as they hint at the likeliest starting sides at the World Cup. Teams: England 1 Hannah Botterman 2 Lark Atkin-Davies 3 Maud Muir 4 Morwenna Talling 5 Abbie Ward 6 Zoe Aldcroft (captain) 7 Maddie Feaunati 8 Alex
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