World Rugby has announced the Emirates Match Officials for three women’s internationals in March as well as some amendments to the Guinness Women’s Six Nations and Pacific Four Series appointments. Doriane Domenjo (France) will referee the Netherlands v Colombia match in Amsterdam on 16 March with the winner to take their place in WXV 3
A look at Cymru, Ireland, and Scotland Less than three weeks to go, and here’s a first look forward to this latest version of the great annual championship. I’ll consider the Celtic nations here. First the background What are the chances of an upset this year? Not very strong, I fear. Pick any starting XV
Red Roses Head Coach John Mitchell has named a 34-player squad for a three-day training camp. The group will assemble today (Monday 4 March) at St George’s Park. An official Guinness Women’s Six Nations squad will be announced on Monday 11 March. 34-player training squad: Forwards (18) Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol Bears, 54 caps) Sarah Beckett
Giovanni Raineri has announced his Six Nations squad for the 2024 Championship. It is: Ilaria Arrighetti (Stade Rennais), Beatrice Capomaggi (Villorba Rugby), Alice Cassaghi (CUS Milano Rugby), Giulia Cavina (CUS Milano Rugby), Micol Cavina (Villorba Rugby), Alyssa D’Inca (Villorba Rugby), Valeria Fedrighi (Stade Toulousain), Lucia Gai (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Elisa Giordano (Valsugana Rugby Padova), Francesca
It’s almost a pity that Bryan Easson should announce his Six Nations squad so soon after Scott Bemand did the same for ireland. The one news item tends to mask the other. And the news from Edinburgh is very similar: here seven uncapped players rather than eight; here a number of players who attracted attention
A key event in the rugby pathway for the next generation of rugby talent, coaches and match officials the festivals will feature all Six Nations Rugby unions as well as Georgia and Portugal in the Men’s Festival. The Women’s Festival will be hosted by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in Colwyn Bay, Wales (29th March
With a packed calendar of fixtures ahead, World Rugby has today announced the team of Emirates match officials selected for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations starting in March and the World Rugby Pacific Four Series in April. Eleven officials from 10 nations appointed across the 21 matches It’s all to play for in 2024 with
The one big surprise in Ioan Cunningam’s choice of 47 players to bid for a place in the final 6N squad is Jenny Hesketh, who despite having captained England’s Under 20s side and playing for Bristol Bears, has every right to play for Cymru; she has a Welsh mother. She offers a pattern that we
Head coach John Mitchell has named a 38-player training squad for the Red Roses’ first camp of 2024. The squad will assemble on Monday 22 January for three days as England begin their preparations for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations which starts in late March. Of his squad, Mitchell said: “We are excited to come
Six Nations Rugby and Guinness have announced a new long-term partnership that will see the women’s Championship renamed the Guinness Women’s Six Nations as of 2024, alongside the extension of the Title Partnership of the Men’s Championship, the Guinness Men’s Six Nations. The expansion of the iconic partnership reflects a shared ambition to continue to
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