Sport never fails to throw up unlikely stories. Here’s one to contest the top place: Trailfinders Women and Giselle Mather have parted company. The official view is that they have irreconcilable differences in philosophies. Anyone who has watched Wasps then Trailfinders over past years will have a good idea of Mather’s approach to rugby. Ben
Trailfinders started so well. They worked their way gradually into the Bears’ 22, won a line- out and saw Cristina Blanco take a return pass to slip round the front for an easy try. The rest of the game was to prove more of a trial. On 18 minutes Bears had a penalty six metres
Trailfinders v Sale Sharks In the tightest of tight games Trailfinders came through, but only thanks to a failed Sale conversion at the close. Still, it meant a 5-pointer and a second win under their belts. More important, they have now beaten a side already established in the league; they can hold their heads high.
Trailfinders Women announce their first lineup in the brand new Allianz PWR for The Takeoff, against Harlequins at TFSC. The first meeting between the two sides was a nail-biting 31-21 victory for Quins in the Allianz Cup. There are eight full debuts in the 23-player squad for Saturday’s game. The first ever front row to
Giselle Mather has dropped a sizeable bomb by announcing the move of Kate Zackary, the USA captain, from Exeter Chiefs to Trailfinders. This adds mightily to the strength of the squad she is gathering. Quite apart from past and present Red Roses like Abi Burton, Abby Dow, Amy Wilson Hardy, Ellie Boatman, Emma Uren, Liz
It’s quite excellent news that AWH is returning to 15s rugby and helping to strengthen Ealing Trailfinders’ chances. She has been an England and GB 7s stand-by for many seasons, holding England‘s try-scoring record, but she has an equally distinguished history of 15s’ caps going back a decade. She offers her new (and old) coach,
A Look at the latest from Tigers and Trailfinders The most fascinating detail about next season’s PWR league will be the regulations. For example, who exactly will be allowed to play? Of that we know nothing at present. Coming second in the fascination stakes is the make-up of the two new clubs. Ealing Trailfinders and
As the RFU made its series of drawn-out statements about the reshaping of its Allianz Premier 15s League, I kept asking the question: Where do Leicester Tigers and Ealing Trailfinders find players of the right quality? Now we have a first answer: Abby Dow, the best winger in the British Isles (and possibly beyond) has
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