England name matchday squad for TikTok Women’s Six Nations fixture against Ireland Head coach Simon Middleton has named his matchday squad for Sunday’s TikTok Women’s Six Nations match against Ireland at Welford Road (kick-off 12 noon and live on BBC Two). Emily Scarratt is set to earn her 100th cap at her hometown stadium while
The Six Nations offers a welcome first that has fallen largely under the radar. Here are selected details of the officials covering the last two rounds of the Six Nations: Round 4 Wales v France Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (NZR) Italy v Scotland Referee: Lauren Jenner (NZR) England v Ireland Referee: Amber McLachlan (RA) TMO: Lee
The stew that the Irish players find themselves in is not entirely Greg McWilliams’ fault. The head coach has had to add seven players to his training squad for the fourth round tie away to England. The IRFU might have already separated off the 7s and 15s divisions, as some distinguished voices have demanded (Phillip
Annick Hayraud has named a squad of 33 players to represent France in the last two rounds of the 2022 Six Nations ANNERY Julie (Stade Français), BANET Cyrielle (Montpellier), BERNADOU Rose (Montpellier), BERTHOUMIEU Axelle (Blagnac), BOUJARD Caroline (Montpellier), BOULARD Émilie (Chilly Mazarin), BROSSEAU Yllana (Stade Bordelais), CASTEL Marie Aurélie (Stade Rennais), CHAMBON Alexandra (Grenoble), DESHAYES
Home side Scotland picked up a dramatic victory and Wales made it three wins out of three, as the inaugural Six Nations Under-18 Women’s festival came to an exciting conclusion at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh on Wednesday. The three matches were all 70 minutes in length, extended from the six clashes that took
A Look Back and Forward after Three Rounds A Surge of Interest Coaching heroes Some things never change The Big One A Surge of Interest The Six Nations has really come of age this year. The shift to the March-April proved itself in its first post-lockdown showing. The arrival of TikTok gave the whole enterprise
Scotland restrict France to Meagre Pickings France, responding to memories of their last encounter in Scotland (a shock 13-13 draw) were in no mood for small mercies. But their modest points total, 28, underlines the contrast in player-depth between them and England. This was far from being an A-list French line-up; at least they made
Greg McWilliams’ new-look side ran away from a fault-ridden Italy outfit to record their first win of the series. Italy began well enough, stringing passes together for Beatrice Rigoni to add a telling 50-22 kick. From there they won a penalty in front of the posts. Rigoni kicked the three points to give them an
England v Wales Six Nations – Round Three Kingsholm, Gloucester England collected their 21st victory on the spin, but Wales made them work very hard for it, whatever the scoreline may say. The Red Roses were distinctly untidy in the first quarter, muffing three line-outs, conceding two penalties and failing to complete promising moves. One
Kingsholm has proved to be the perfect choice for England’s opening home game of the series. A crowd of truly French proportions has promised to show up. Placing the game close to the Welsh border was another piece of acute thinking. This was the management’s last opportunity – according to their own statements – to
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