A First Stepping-stone The announcement of the Elite Squad to represent England in the Quilter Internationals this November marks the next staging post on the long journey to the 2021 World Cup. The 28 players listed will all be delighted and relieved to see their names on the board, not least the seven debutants. But
England Women’s National Academy side will face USA Women’s Selects team at Newbury RFC on Tuesday 13 November (KO 7.30pm) and then Canada Women A at Cobham RFC on Wednesday 21 November (KO 7.30pm). As part of the women’s development pathway, the National Academy side includes current senior players alongside up and coming talent. Both
Jill Scott has had to withdraw from the England squad due to discomfort in her ankle that needs to be further evaluated. The Manchester City midfielder sat out of Saturday’s 1-0 win over Brazil as a precautionary measure and has now returned to her club for further assessment. England take on Australia at Craven Cottage
The England Women’s head coach Craig Richards has selected ten uncapped players in his 20-player squad to face France in Carcassonne on Saturday, October 27th (KO 1.00pm BST/2.00pm CEST). Among those gaining their caps are 16-year-old Caitlin Beevers, who made her debut for Leeds Rhinos in April this year. Caitlin scored in the Rhinos Women’s Challenge Cup
Current Loughborough students Kirstie Gordon and Sophia Dunkley have been named in a 15 strong England squad that will go for glory at the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in the West Indies next month. Joining the pair, who will make their England debuts, are eight alumnae plus Lightning player Jenny Gunn, meaning almost 75% of
Thoughts on the England Squad to take part in the T20 World Cup 2018 The squad selected: Heather Knight (Berkshire, Captain) Tamsin Beaumont (Kent) Katherine Brunt (Yorkshire) Sophia Dunkley* (Middlesex) Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire) Natasha Farrant (Kent) Kirstie Gordon* (Nottinghamshire) Jenny Gunn (Warwickshire) Danielle Hazell (Yorkshire) Amy Jones (Warwickshire, Wicketkeeper) Natalie Sciver (Surrey) Linsey Smith* (Sussex)
England have named their squad of 15 for the Women’s World T20 with three uncapped players picked for the first time. Nottinghamshire’s Kirstie Gordon and Sussex’s Linsey Smith – both left-arm spinners with Loughborough Lightning in the Kia Super League – receive their first call-ups while Middlesex and Surrey Stars batter Sophia Dunkley is also in
No fewer than seven Loughborough Lightning Rugby players have received the call up for the England Women’s training camp being held at Loughborough University later this week. Captain Sarah Hunter is naturally part of the squad, as is her fellow alumna Justine Lucas, who joined Lightning at the start of the season. Another new recruit
England Women will convene at Loughborough University on Thursday (4 October) for a four-day training camp. England England Women Head Coach Simon Middleton has called together 36 players ahead of the three-Test Quilter Internationals which take place next month. Vicky Fleetwood (Saracens), Sarah McKenna (Saracens), Lydia Thompson (Worcester Valkyries) and Millie Wood (Gloucester-Hartpury) return to
The autumn international programme for the Red Roses – now supported by a new sponsor, Quilter – offers a better balance than last year’s sequence of three tests against a single opponent, Canada. It was a disappointment that the Maple Leafs couldn’t assemble their strongest squad, but there had been an exhausting World Cup three
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