England Women’s Rugby League Team received a rapturous welcome yesterday when they arrived in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. The team are in Goroka to play the Orchids in two internationals. The first will take place tomorrow at 4.00am (GMT). The second Test will be played at Port Moresby’s Oil Search Stadium next Saturday (November 16).
So now we know. Here are the two teams: France: 15 Jessy Trémoulière 14 Caroline Boujard 13 Camille Boudaud 12 Gabrielle Vernier 11 Marine Ménager 10 Caroline Drouin 9 Pauline Bourdon 1 Annaëlle Deshayes 2 Agathe Sochat 3 Clara Joyeux 4 Lénaïg Corson 5 Safi N’Diaye 6 Marjorie Mayans 7 Gaëlle Hermet (captain) 8
The Red Roses are due to play France away on 9 November. If we wondered last year how you keep 35 professional rugby players fully occupied, two answers might have been: seven of them aren’t full-time anyway and you have to allow for injuries. But now we have a single category of 28 players, and
Lisa Keightley has today been confirmed as the new Head Coach of England Women. Keightley, 48, is currently the Head Coach of Western Australia in Australia’s domestic competition and Perth Scorchers in the Women’s Big Bash League. The former Australia international – who previously served as Head Coach of the England Women’s Academy between 2011 and
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
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