England Women Sevens head coach Charlie Hayter has named his squad for the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Dubai [5-7 December 2019, live on Sky Sports Arena]. England face France, holders New Zealand and Japan in Pool C on the 50th anniversary of the Dubai 7s. Abbie Brown captains the side which includes
The Vitality Roses secured a 58-63 victory against the South Africa SPAR Proteas in Cape Town after displaying real tenacity and togetherness in a dramatic extra-time encounter. It was the first time the two sides had gone head-to-head since the Vitality Netball World Cup earlier this year in which England beat the SPAR Proteas to take
Former Vitality Roses Head Coach Tracey Neville has been acknowledged for her success in the world of high performance sport, alongside England Netball Performance Director Sara Symington. The PLx awards, which took place today, have been introduced by UK Sport to celebrate the impact staff within the high performance system have on British athletes. The
Furioso con espressione – England v Italy – Bedford 23 November 2019 – England put Italy to the sword to complete another unbeaten Quilters series. Simon Middleton wanted to test the depth of talent available to him, and his starting fifteen gave him a resounding response. Ten tries were scored as the Red Roses grew more
The Red Roses ended their November Quilter Internationals unbeaten after sealing a comprehensive 60-3 10-try win over Italy. England led 22-3 at the break with tries from Vicky Fleetwood, Poppy Cleall, Heather Kerr and Abby Dow, while Italy’s points came via a Michela Sillari penalty. Second-half tries from Kerr, Emily Scarratt, Sarah Bern (2), Rownita
What’s gone wrong with England? It took them 79 minutes at Exeter to manufacture a try that satisfied the referee’s standards. The previous week it needed two excellent pack-drives to bring an away win in France. For their remaining points they had to rely on Emily Scarratt’s right boot. Ten points away, twelve points at
Simon Middleton has made six changes to the England Women’s team to play Italy in their Quilter International at Bedford’s Goldington Road this weekend. Natasha Hunt, who is set to earn her 50th cap, is named at scrum half as the Red Roses take on the Italians [Saturday 23 November, KO 3pm, live on EnglandRugby.com
Second Quilters International – England v Italy Bedford – The Last Line-up before 6 Nations In line with his long-term policy Simon Middleton has made many changes to his starting XV for the last autumn international of 2019. In come Shaunagh Brown, Poppy Cleall, Vicky Fleetwood, Emily Scott and Claudia Macdonald. On the bench there’s
Of all the many test matches being played out this November the most intriguing was surely Italy v Japan. Against Japan Andrea Di Giandomenico, Italy’s head coach, caused a minor surprise by announcing a squad of only 23 – the regulation number for a single test – for both this game and the visit to
First Quilter International 2019 – England v France, Exeter – A Result that tells its own Story (almost) If you’re anxious for the action, scroll down to The Main Course The Red Roses were desperately lucky to win the game. It had the crowd on the edge of their seats, except when they were on
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