Every day seems to bring another unexpected move from one Premier 15s club to another. ‘I am/we are excited to announce…’ But the innocent public is left to guess who made the first move, the player, the club, or maybe the agent? As of 23 July, I have collected the following transfers, (not in chronological
The Future of the Premier 15s The working party looking into the future of the Premier 15s has been thinking big, thinking long. Gone is the pattern of 3-year cycles used twice since 2017, to be replaced by a 10-year plan. And the sums involved are far larger than anything contemplated before. The RFU’s commitiment
Ambition to transform the league into the most competitive, progressive and sustainable domestic competition in the world New operating company to be established to operate the league from 23/24 season Up to £220m investment in the professional women’s game over ten years Applications to be part of the 10-team league open later this year The
The Allianz Premier 15s team of the season has been announced for the 2021/2022 campaign. Based on stats from the season, five players were selected from each position from a variety of clubs across the league and then a selection panel of five chose their top three in each position. Three points were awarded
Heading into its sixth campaign, the 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 2023). The first round will be played on the weekend of Saturday 19 November/Sunday 20 November following
The first big signing of the close season has been announced. Lark Davies of Loughborough Lightning, moves to Bristol Bears for 2022-23. She was at Worcester Warriors (then Valkyries) in the first years of the Premier 15s, captaining them through a difficult period when wins were hard to find. In 2019 she moved to Loughborough
Allianz Premier 15s Final – Saracens v Exeter Chiefs Sixways, Worcester This was a very different Sarries side from the one that let in 50 points at Sandy Park recently. For one thing, they had Marlie Packer and Poppy Cleall firing on all cylinders, and few sides in the world know how to deal with
The final magazine show all about the Allianz Premier 15s, All In, will be broadcast today ahead of the upcoming final between Saracens and Exeter Chiefs. In the third show of the 2021/22 season, host Laura Winter is again joined by Red Roses scrum half and Gloucester-Hartpury captain Mo Hunt as well as former England
Saracens v Exeter Chiefs This is the fifth season of the Prem 15s and the fourth final. The 2019-20 season came to an unwelcome halt after Round 12 for reasons we may possibly have forgotten. And for once it is not the pair of perennial finalists on show; Saracens are safely through, but Quins had
Allianz Premier 15s 2022 Semi-finals The Sandy Park game had all the drama and emotion that the StoneX game lacked. It saw an astonishing comeback by Bristol Bears from a half-time deficit of 21-12 – and that had been even wider at 21-0. In the London match-up this season’s results had been: 36-17 to Quins
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