Lancashire left-arm spinner Alex Hartley will not have her England Women Central Contract renewed when her current terms run out in January. Hartley was informed earlier this month. The full list of England Women Central Contracts for the contract year commencing January 2020 will be released later this year. Interim Head Coach, Ali Maiden, said: “Alex is undoubtedly
The England Women U20s squad for the 2019/20 season has been named. The core 24-player group, as well as those invited to join on a camp-by-camp basis, will take part in three-day training camps each month. Given the 2019/20 season focus for this age group is to develop players as individuals, the competition phase has
More Thoughts on the latest England Contracts The 28 contracts recently awarded to Red Roses mark another step forward in the management of professional terms for women rugby players. Before the Scotland match last March England’s head coach Simon Middleton said: …by the time the World Cup comes round I would like three or four
England finished ninth at the HSBC USA Women’s Sevens after two victories on day two of the competition. After finishing third in Pool A on Saturday, Charlie Hayter’s side secured a 34-14 victory against Brazil in their ninth place semi-final. Amy Wilson Hardy scored her first try of the weekend, Celia Quansah touched down but
England Women Sevens head coach Charlie Hayter has named his squad for the opening round of the 2019/20 HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Glendale, Colorado on 5-6 October 2019 (streamed live on WorldRugby.org). Jodie Ounsley is set to make her World Series debut after joining from Tyrrells Premier 15s outfit Loughborough Lightning this
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced the England Women XVs contracts for the 2019/20 season. Head coach Simon Middleton has awarded 28 players with full-time professional deals which will run until the climax of the forthcoming campaign [August 2020]. Bristol Bears’ Amber Reed will form part of the squad having returned to the England
The 30-year-old made her England debut in 2006, and has gone on to make 226 appearances, earning a reputation as one of the world’s finest players. Across that time she has scored 6,533 international runs – second on England Women’s all-time list of run-scorers. In addition, she will be remembered for her work behind the
I can’t claim to have seen all the great English wicket-keepers of the post-war period, but I did see one, Leslie Ames, who dates from before the war. Though by the time I saw him in a Kent county game in the early 1950s he no longer wore the gloves. Who have there been since?
Vitality Roses to face Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa in a new international competition in 2020 The Vitality Roses; England’s elite netball team, will play in front of a home crowd in January 2020 for the first time since the Vitality Netball World Cup as part of a new international series. The Vitality Netball
Head coach Charlie Hayter has named his England Women’s Sevens squad for the 2019/20 season. 12 of the 15-player group featured throughout 2018/19 as the side secured Olympic qualification on behalf of Great Britain in a memorable Rugby Europe qualifier in Kazan, Russia. Abbie Brown will captain the squad for a second consecutive season while
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