League season begins this weekend with BBC showing one match each round For the second consecutive season, Allianz Premier 15s has agreed a broadcast deal with the BBC to show one game per round for the entire of the 2022-23 season, which starts this weekend (19-20 November). The first game will see last season’s league
One result alone: DMP Sharks 0 Gloucester-Hartpury 93 makes you wonder what sort of shape the 2022-23 Allianz Premier 15s league will look like. University of Worcester Warriors are officially out. Wasps are hunting for funding partners. Again I ask: what benefits did the Sharks acquire when the RFU moved in to help them out?
Harlequins Women’s Head Coach Amy Turner has named the matchday 23 to host Gloucester Hartpury in the Premiership Cup at Cobham RFC this Saturday. Kicking off at 14:30, this fixture will be free entry to all as Turner takes charge of her first home match at the Club. Number eight Emily Robinson and fullback Emily
Harlequins has announced that the festive Big Game 14 event will now be a double header against Bristol Bears, with Harlequins Women vs Bristol Bears Women added to the event. This is the first time the Club has held a double header of this type at Big Game and with teams famed for their attacking
Wasps had a tough start to this year’s Allianz Cup. In a game that took some time to get going ultimately Loughborough fought their way to a win despite a resolute defence from Wasps while the attack never got going It was 15 minutes in that saw Wasps strike first with a penalty from Flo
With a World Cup on the horizon, attention turns to the Allianz Cup. Wasps start their Allianz Cup campaign at home to Loughborough Lightning at Twyford Avenue. The Cup presents an opportunity for new Head Coach LJ Lewis to trial her summer signings. LJ Lewis has named her squad which includes eight new signings in
Harlequins Women’s Head Coach Amy Turner has named her first ever team following her arrival at the Club over the summer as the side play their season-opening fixture away to Worcester Warriors Women in the Allianz Cup – Saturday, 13:00 kick-off. Sixways Stadium. Emily Scott will lead the side from fullback this week, with back-row
The Rugby Football Union, (RFU) has announced that the new Premier 15s league is now entering the next stage in its tender process with the issue of the Request for Proposals (RFP) on Monday 5th September 2022. The RFP will be issued to all clubs who formally responded to the Expression of Interest, which closed
I’ve tried in the past to argue against the Allianz Premier 15s league following the example of its male equivalents, the Gallagher Premiership. News that Worcester Warriors are close to bankruptcy lends more ammunition to my case. Wasps are in a similar pickle, also the object of HMRC’s probing interest. These are intensely worrying times
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today announced fixtures for the 2022/23 Allianz Premier 15s season. Heading into its sixth campaign, the league competition will again be played over 18 regular rounds with home and away fixtures culminating in semi-final play-offs (10 June 2023) between the top four teams and a title final (24 June
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