Edinburgh, capital of all it surveys Celtic Challenge – First round, The Hive, Edinburgh It proved to be significant that Lindsey Smith, the new Warriors coach, had only two weeks to prepare her side. ER were the favourites, but GW rightly took the lead. They marched forward at the first scrum, then a cross-kick bounced
The excitement is mounting across three nations. The Celtic Challenge starts anew on 20 December. The one big gap as a third campaign gets under way is a national selection committee for the two Welsh franchises, Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning. There’ll be two established sets of coaches in place observing, and no doubt other
We now have a few details of the third season of the Celtic Challenge. It will consist of the same six teams as last year. After a hesitant start two years ago, when teams played each other only once, the Challenge has developed promisingly, leading players forcing their way into national squads for the Six
The Celtic Challenge returns for the third year running with the launch set for December 2024 The 2024/25 Celtic Challenge tournament expands to ten rounds, enabling more game time and development opportunities for the six competing teams on the pathway to Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 The 2024/25 competition continues its expansion as the
The Celtic Challenge in its new format is over. The final round was played out at the famous Parc y Scarlets ground, Llanelli. Results Clovers 12 Edinburgh R 12 Brython Thunder 30 Gwalia Lightning 5 The Table
Glasgow Warriors v Brython Thunder – Round Six Celtic Challenge Unlike the earlier game in Edinburgh there was a damp start here at Scotstoun, so Thunder kept the ball close, working methodically. That worked well till the first time Coreen Grant touched the ball. She ran right through into the Welsh 22 and gained a
Edinburgh Rugby v Wolfhounds This was the game unbeaten Wolfhounds needed to ensure the trophy. It turned into a humdinger. Edinburgh put up two testing kicks at the start, but it was Wolfhounds who scored the first try. The ball flicked out to Ellen Boylan on the left with good control. 0-5 But Edinburgh had
Edinburgh Rugby v Wolfhounds Saturday 17 February Hive Stadium (Saturday 17 February, kick-off 1pm) The game in Edinburgh brings the top two sides together. Unbeaten Wolfhounds have to travel to take on second-placed Edinburgh Rugby. This is the opening round of the playoffs, so final outcomes wait till later, but the contest presents a chance
Let’s start at the other end of the piece of string. This was the finishing order of the 2023 Six Nations: England France Wales Scotland Italy Ireland We must start there, since it is the end goal, the raison d’être, of the newly extended Celtic Challenge. It shows the three competitors placed third, fourth and
Celtic Challenge – Round 5 Quite apart from some intense men’s Six Nations matches, there was competition in the women’s sector all over the place: a European Championship match, three PWR games, and the end of the first stage of the Celtic Challenge. All covered here in brief. European Championship – Netherlands 59 Sweden 0,
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