Ireland’s Aoife Wafer has been named the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship, becoming the first player to win the award in back-to-back years. Her outstanding individual performances helped Ireland finish third in this year’s Championship. Wafer joined an all start cast on the shortlist for this year’s prestigious award, with competition
Lilli Ives Campion, Sadia Kabeya and Maddie Feaunati have recovered from injury to feature in the Red Roses pack in Sunday’s Guinness Women’s Six Nations match against France. The trio all missed the victory in Italy last time out and line up at second row, openside flanker and Number 8 respectively. In total, head coach John Mitchell has made
2027 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Fixtures Confirmed for the 26th Edition of the Record-Breaking Championship The schedule of fixtures and kick off times confirmed for the 2027 Women’s Championship Fixtures kick off on Saturday 10th April and run until Saturday 15th May The 2027 Guinness Women’s Six Nations will build on the huge growth in
Maddie Feaunati has been ruled out of today’s Red Roses’ match against Italy in Round 4 of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations due to a leg injury. Haineala Lutui will earn a first start for the Red Roses in the second row with Abi Burton lining up at Number 8. Christiana Balogun comes on to
England U21 Women’s head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have selected their matchday squad to face France in the 2026 Six Nations Women’s U21 Series. The inaugural tournament concludes this Sunday (15:00 BST) at Bedford Blues’ Goldington Road with the game streamed live on the England Rugby YouTube channel. Carmela Morrall of
Helena Rowland will earn her 50th international cap when the Red Roses travel to Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi to play Italy in Round 4 of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations. The versatile Loughborough Lightning back debuted for England at the same stadium in Parma back in November 2020 and has accumulated 186 points for her country to date. Rowland, who has started every match at 12 in
Women’s Six Nations breaks Championship attendance record after just three rounds, with viewership and engagement at an all time high. Two rounds remain, but the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations has already surpassed the audience, attendance, and engagement records from previous Championships. A dedicated window in the global rugby calendar, national stadiums sold out, the
Head coach LJ Lewis and assistant coach Sarah McKenna have selected their England U21 Women’s squad to face Ireland in the 2026 Six Nations Women’s U21 Series. The Nick Newbold Stadium hosts the Matchday 2 meeting this Saturday (15:00 BST kick-off) with the game streamed live on the England Rugby YouTube channel. Gloucester-Hartpury’s Sophie McQueen
Jade Shekells has been called into the Red Roses squad. The Rugby World Cup 2025 winner returns after recovering from injury and will join up with the team today (Tuesday) at Pennyhill Park. Hayley Jones, Annabel Meta and Jodie Verghese have joined up with England Under-21s ahead of their match with Ireland this weekend. Carmela
Bristol Bears wing Millie David will make her Red Roses debut in her home stadium on Saturday against Wales. The 20-year-old, who has 26 tries in 31 Premiership Women’s Rugby matches, has been selected in the 14 jersey at a sold-out Ashton Gate. It will be the third week in a row the Red Roses will have taken to
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