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Dow to make debut against Gloucester-Hartpury

Harlequins Women’s Head Coach Amy Turner has named her side to face top of the table Gloucester-Hartpury at The Stoop on Sunday. Third-place Quins will be looking to topple an unbeaten Gloucester-Hartpury side in one of the most hotly anticipated fixtures in the Allianz Premier 15s calendar. Harlequins’ front row is bolstered by England hooker

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Where do Sarries go from here?

Allianz Premier 15s – Round Seven Alex Austerberry was pretty upset when he was not allowed to bring his Red Roses back into the fray when he wanted to. Today they were on show, but they still lost. Exeter Chiefs v Saracens With a much stronger outfit than the one trounced at home by Gloucester-Hartpury,

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Harlequins side to face Wasps

Harlequins Women’s Head Coach Amy Turner has named her side to travel to Wasps on Saturday in the Allianz Premier 15s. In the forwards, Sheree Cooper, Rosie Dobson and Chloe Edwards make up a new-look front row, whilst internationals Sarah Bonar and Rosie Galligan partner up again in the second row. Katy Mew makes her

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Wasps return to Twyford Avenue

Wasps return to Twyford Avenue with attention turning to Harlequins this Saturday. Head Coach LJ Lewis names her squad to take on Harlequins at Twyford Avenue in Round Seven of Allianz Premier 15s Led by captain Elizabeth Crake, the front row is comprised of herself, Cris Blanco and Andrea Stock. The row is made up

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Wasps show brilliance despite Lightning

Round Six of Allianz Premier 15s saw Wasps travel to Franklin’s Gardens to face Loughborough with multiple World Cup starts returning. Wasps were looking to build on past performances in the first half of the season against Lightning with a great feel in the camp. With conditions overcast and windy, Wasps went to work. With

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Please, daddy, can I have some more pocket money?

Charlie Hayter, till recently in charge of England’s 7s enterprise, but now the RFU Women’s Rugby Performance Manager, has issued a mission statement that includes the wish to build ‘the most competitive, progressive and sustainable [league] in the world’. It’s the word ‘sustainable’ that catches the eye. We can readily understand why the RFU started up

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Who’s going to beat Gloucester-Hartpury?

Allianz Premier 15s – Round Six One of the stranger Prem 15s rounds we have experienced: four teams only half in, half out of the league. That was the effect of the RFU’s fumbling decision to announce the acceptance of only eight clubs; the others left in limbo, wondering if they might be offered one

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New Year start at the Gardens

Wasps start the New Year with attention turning to Loughborough Lightning this Sunday. With our first meeting of 2023, Head Coach LJ Lewis names her squad to take on Loughborough Lightning at Franklin’s Gardens in Round Six of Allianz Premier 15s Led by captain Elizabeth Crake, the front row is comprised of herself, Cris Blanco

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Harlequins v Bristol Bears

This was the game you refuse Christmas pudding for – or should that be ‘a second helping of…’? It formed the first half of a double-header with the men’s teams at a sold-out Stoop. For the first time Wayne Barnes refereed a Prem 15s game. This was a worryingly one-sided contest for Bristol, Quns’ running in

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