It’s strange how quickly opinions alter. In Game One an established star is an automatic starter; by Game Two she is a back number, replaced by the latest favourite of the public and social media. Here’s what may be close to the strongest starting Fifteen England can put out: 15 KILDUNNE 14 DOW 13 JONES
Forty-four players have assembled at the Honda England Rugby Performance Centre, Pennyhill Park, for a three-day Red Roses camp in fallow week of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations. Sarah Beckett (back), Charlotte Fray (concussion), Helena Rowland (foot) and Millie David (finger) will continue their Return to Performance in camp. Mackenzie Carson has seen a specialist
The England & Wales Cricket Board has today announced Charlotte Edwards as the new Head Coach of the England Women’s team. Edwards is a former England captain who represented her country over 300 times, winning two World Cups and lifting the Ashes five times across a 20-year playing career. Since retiring from playing in 2017,
Wales v England The Principality Stadium, Cardiff What a change from La Rochelle! A closed roof, every sound echoing, the light-show blazing. It might have been Christmas. For the third time in recent matches, it was all Wales at the start. They won a put-in eight metres out. Sarah Bern and Sadia Kabeya had to
John Mitchell’s new-look side seemed on the way to a dominant win as they added five tries with the wind. The second-half remained scoreless till the 78th minute, showing the progress the Red Roses still have to make. Fabio Roselli will be heartened by the Italians’ showing. For lengthy periods after the break they put
Jon Lewis has left his role as England Women’s Head Coach. Lewis has been in charge since November 2022, during which time England Women won 52 of their 73 matches, with the team currently second behind Australia in the ICC world rankings for IT20 and ODI cricket. Clare Connor, ECB Managing Director, England Women, and
All the six staffs have three goals in mind as they approach a new Six Nations: the first round, the campaign as a whole and the World Cup beyond. Let’s say John Mitchell has his eye firmly on that last one. Nobody could have guessed the 23 he has selected for the Italy game. The good
The fourth version of this age-group festival will take place again at Wellington College, England, from 11-19 April. It provides a vital stepping-stone on the path towards senior representative level. The tournament is carefully arranged to cater for the needs of this age-group. So when we hear of teams playing two matches in succession, we
Now we know who will represent England in the coming 6 Nations. What we don’t know is who will go on to enjoy a home World Cup. This is John Mitchell’s choice: Forwards Zoe Aldcroft (captain, Gloucester-Hartpury, 58 caps) Lark Atkin-Davies (Bristol Bears, 62 caps) Sarah Beckett (Gloucester-Hartpury, 35 caps) Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears, 66
Head coach James Cooper has named his England U18 Women’s matchday sides for their trip to face Hartpury College this Saturday (8th, 13:00 GMT kick-off). The 31-strong group travel to Gloucestershire for a fixture in preparation for the upcoming U18 Women’s Six Nations Festival following on from the third Women’s Player Development Group (PDG) playing opportunity
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