Source: PWR

The above have arrived

Ilona Maher has signed a short-term contract with Bristol Bears. This news is no sort of shock, but it introduces all manner of reactions. Here’s a conversation I overheard on a Bristol bus: Q. Why does the PWR allow players to join clubs that don’t need strengthening? Bears are the best, the strongest club in

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Source: World Rugby

The Ilona Maher Affair

Ilona Maher (USA) has received official PWR backing from Genevieve Shore, the chair, for a visa application that would allow her to join one of its clubs. The two thought likeliest are Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol Bears, who sit third and fourth in the league table at present. Of course it’s perfectly possible that other clubs

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