Annick Heyraud, France’s experienced manager, had mixed feelings about the 41-26 defeat to England at Doncaster. ‘In the first half we were non-existent’ was her damning judgement. The second half told a different story but it was too steep a hill to climb. The great French sports newspaper L’Équipe was in no doubt: ‘The French
Sarah Hunter told her troops: ‘what the French need is momentum; so we’ll not let them get it.’ And they followed her advice gloriously in the first half, as they posted four unanswered tries on the scoreboard; enough to take your breath away. And it might have been five, only an initial majestic move which
England Women made it two bonus-point wins from two in the 2019 Women’s Six Nations as they beat France 41-26 at Castle Park in Doncaster. In front of 4,674 fans in south Yorkshire, England took the lead against the reigning Grand Slam champions after Katy Daley-Mclean’s cross-field kick was superbly taken in the air by
England v France – Le Crunch – Castle Park Doncaster 10 February 2019 A Preview Here are the squads for the most eagerly awaited clash of the season: England: 15 McKenna 14 Breach 13 Scarratt 12 Heard 11 Smith 10 Daley-Mclean 9 Riley 1 Cornborough 2 Davies 3 Bern 4 O’Donnell
Big news from France: the FFR announces 28 contracts for 15s players, to bring them in line with their 7s sisters – and more or less in line with their English counterparts, though the fine print of the contracts differs. Complaints are already streaming in about the 50% part-time arrangements set in place. The recipients
England Women U20 head coach Jo Yapp has named her match day 23 for the England Women U20 team’s fixture against France Women U20 in Basingstoke RFC on 17th March, K.O. 19:30. Yapp makes one change to the starting 15 that secured a historic first ever away win in France, defeating France Women U20’s
England Women U20s secured a memorable 27-20 victory against France Women U20s in Lille today. After France crossed early on for the first score of the game, England fly half Helena Rowland got the visitors on the scoreboard when she slotted a simple penalty within the shadow of the posts. France got their second out
Simon Middleton has named his side to face France in the Women’s Rugby World Cup semi-final on Tuesday 22nd August, making two changes to the starting 15 that defeated USA 47-26. Wing Lydia Thompson (pictured above) makes her return to the starting 15, while Rachael Burford starts at inside centre alongside Emily Scarratt. England flanker
Lois Forsell scored a late try as England Women ground out a dramatic 14-8 win over France Women to complete a 2-0 series win in France. Amy Hardcastle opened the scoring, Tara Stanley with the goal, before Manon Sanarra hit back for France to make it 6-4 at half time. Stanley then scored herself, before
Amy Hardcastle bagged a remarkable ten-minute hat-trick as England Women claimed a hard-earned 26-16 win over France Women at Stade de la Mer, Perpignan, last night. Harcastle’s treble, alongside a Kayleigh Bulman effort, helped England lead 22-4 at the break. Despite two quickfire France tries at the start of the second period, Bradford Bulls captain
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