Saturday 23 March, Cardiff Arms Park, KO 16.45 Ioan Cunningham and Bryan Easson have unveiled their first two teams of a new tournament: Cymru 15 *Jenny Hesketh 14 Jasmine Joyce 13 Hannah Jones 12 Kerin Lake 11 *Nel Metcalfe 10 Lleucu George 9 Keira Bevan 1 Gwenllian Pyrs 2 Kelsey Jones 3 Sisilia Tuipulotu 4
John Mitchell has revealed that the Red Roses are being told about selections beyond the first round, due this Sunday. The news is intriguing, but not altogether a surprise. He’s faced with an almost impossible choice: so many players deserving a place in the team. Despite his many years as coach of many teams in
Thirty-four players will assemble on Tuesday to prepare for the Red Roses’ Guinness Women’s Six Nations opener against Italy on Sunday 24 March. May Campbell (Saracens) will provide injury cover for Amy Cokayne (Leicester Tigers). Cath O’Donnell (Loughborough Lightning) will continue her Return to Performance with the squad with Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning) providing
Women’s Six Nations 2024 Now the men’s tournament is out of the way, we can start getting excited about its warm weather alternative. The women’s version is being given more hype than ever, which is excellent. Each union is keeping us up-to-date with events, Guinness is pulling out all the stops (not forgetting the pints)
It will be fascinating to see what changes in game-structure John Mitchell will insist on his first venture into women’s international rugby. We know he wants to speed things up. Since the Red Roses play faster than any other team on earth, we may wonder where the accelerator will be pushed. Death to all Caterpillars?
Only four days after publishing their 2024 Six Nations team did FFR announce their captain. Manae Feleu was again honoured. The English tend to appoint their captains according to seniority. The last exception I can recall was Will Carling, then 22. At the moment Marlie Packer is in charge. She can look back across 99
The 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations will see a range of new innovations in play, in what will be Championship firsts as well as a first in the women’s game. The 2024 Championship will kick off on Saturday March 23rd, with France hosting Ireland in the opening fixture, followed by Wales versus Scotland later that
John Mitchell has announced his first Red Roses 6 Nations Squad. It is 35 strong: Forwards Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury, 48 caps), Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol Bears, 54 caps), Sarah Beckett (Gloucester-Hartpury, 34 caps), Hannah Botterman (Bristol Bears, 42 caps), Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury, 10 caps), Poppy Cleall (Saracens, 65 caps), Kelsey Clifford (Saracens, 3 caps), Amy Cokayne
The French management has gone its own way again, and good luck to them. They have announced a squad of 32 for the first two Six Nations games only, against Ireland and Scotland (see full list below). So far as the public goes, the names of the backs might have been drawn out of a
As France are going to be the last to disclose their squad, I’ll leave them to a later posting. Italy Disturbing news has emerged from Italy, as yet unconfirmed, that the contracted Azzurre were not paid in January or February. This comes as a huge shock and setback. We may cautiously hope there is a
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