Twenty-four England Women cricketers will return to individual training on Monday June 22 as plans continue for a proposed tri-series with India and South Africa in September. The players will return across six venues, initially training on their own before progressing to small group training. Squads for specific formats will be named in due course,
France and England experiment with a new-look League As Katy Daley-Mclean, Susie Appleby and Simon Middleton discuss the future of English women’s rugby and the Tyrrells in particular (https://www.therugbyjournal.com/lockdown), a parallel discussion is going on in France. For the French suffer from an unbalanced elite division just like the English. Here it is Saracens and
England Women’s forwards and defence coach Richard Blaze is to join Gallagher Premiership side Wasps. The former Leicester lock and coach will take up the role of forwards coach as part of a new-look coaching set-up, alongside head coach Lee Blackett and head of performance Pete Atkinson at the Ricoh Arena next season. Blaze joined
On the eve of the fourth round of the 6 Nations the most disturbing twist yet in the ongoing Covid-19 crisis befell the Scottish team. One of their own players succumbed to the virus, was taken at once to a healthcare centre, and several staff and players self-isolated as well. Their series has been the
The Red Roses made it four wins from four in the Women’s Six Nations after a 66-7 victory over Wales at Twickenham Stoop. In front of 10,974 fans, a record attendance for an England Women ticketed home game outside of a Rugby World Cup, Simon Middleton’s side were dominant throughout the match as they ran
Simon Middleton has offered a few more surprises in his choice of players to face Wales at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday. But first, the bad news: Jess Breach has suffered an ankle injury so severe that she is counted out of the two remaining rounds. Let’s hope a new English gate record will be
A day of persistent rain in Sydney saw England knocked out of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at the semi-final stage. With no reserve day in the tournament playing conditions the rules dictate group-winners progress to the final in the event of an abandoned game, and with India having topped Group A they travel
India and England face off in the first of Thursday’s semi-finals after finishing top of Group A and second in Group B respectively at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. India will face England in Sydney at 15h00 local time in the first of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-finals India finished Group
England dealt with Poonam Yadav impeccably two years ago and captain Heather Knight knows a repeat is needed in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-final. Poonam Yadav is the leading ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 wicket-taker The leg-spinner led India to victory over hosts Australia in the opening match But Yadav wasn’t
How does a new coach make her mark? Lisa Keightley’s appointment as England’s replacement for Mark Robinson was widely applauded. She had an immediate target, T20 World Cup success down under, where she comes from. Many cynics suspect that all new head coaches adopt some crazy notion to prove they aren’t just a carbon-copy of
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