Head coach Simon Middleton has named his England Women team to take on France this weekend. The Red Roses face Les Bleues at Stade des Alpes, Grenoble on Saturday 14 November [KO 1.15pm GMT, live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer]. Helena Rowland and Zoe Harrison form the 10-12 axis while Worcester Warriors prop Laura
England’s Training Squad to meet France Simon Middleton has made yet another quite fascinating choice of 30 players to join the training squad for the first of two matches against France this weekend. You can see the full list here. First the absentees: Sarah Bern, Hannah Botterman, Vicky Fleetwood, Mo Hunt and Lydia Thompson Then
England’s Shaunagh Brown has been given the accolade of her portrait going up at the home of rugby as she gives up her ‘day job’ as a firefighter to focus full-time on rugby. Brown has a new five foot high picture of herself erected at Twickenham in time for when she expects to play at
Matches in the French Elite 1 are suspended forthwith. The authorities considered the views of all the clubs concerned. Several players who work or study in the field of health were concerned not to let any infection affect them and the people they make contact with. Though opinions about continuing were divided, it was not
England dominated their last match to take a second successive Grand Slam. Italy made them work hard for their medals, but lacked match sharpness to hold them at bay. Ellie Kildunne made her presence felt within four minutes of kick-off. As the ball was moved right, she stabbed back inside to remind everyone of her
The Vitality Roses concluded their Cadbury Netball Series campaign in New Zealand with a 62-47 defeat to the Silver Ferns at the Claudelands Arena on 1 November. The Silver Ferns lifted the Taini Jamison Trophy at the end of the three-test encounter following two previous 58-45 and 54-47 victories. After three highly-competitive tests on their
As both the Wales-Scotland and the France-Ireland fixtures have fallen foul of the virus, we can only hope against hope that England’s flight to Italy won’t be in vain. Already the careful rescheduling of the 2020 Six Nations has come undone; only that one Round 5 contest survives. Let’s hope the Azzurre can repeat their
Head coach Simon Middleton has named his England Women team for Sunday’s Six Nations trip to Italy. Loughborough Lightning’s Morwenna Talling starts in the second row for her senior debut while Abbie Ward and Marlie Packer are set for their first appearances in just under a year. Ellie Kildunne makes her first international XVs appearance
Head coach Simon Middleton has named his England Women squad for this weekend’s rearranged 2020 Women’s Six Nations match against Italy. The Red Roses were crowned winners of this year’s tournament following Scotland’s draw with France on Sunday and head to Italy targeting a successive Grand Slam. The match takes place on Sunday 1 November
As heard on Radio ‘Five Live Sports Extra;’ and also seen on SKY Sports, England’s captain Heather Knight’s England narrowly beat the West Indies ‘WIndies’ to win the five-match series with their fifth consecutive win. Knight was ‘pleased to finish summer on a high’ and felt it was a ‘bizarre end to a bizarre summer.’ Inclement weather reduced the
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