The Black Ferns began preparations at London Irish’s training ground in Shepperton with two adjusted games against England Under 20s and Wales. It was kind of New Zealand and Welsh information services to let us know about England’s participation. Two different Ferns teams won the games 83-3 and 53-7 respectively. This was a cunning plan
The gold-medal winning New Zealand Women’s sevens team has collected another piece of silverware, awarded the Best Female Team at the Tokyo Olympic Games at the ANOC Awards overnight. The ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) Awards recognise the best of the best, with the women’s sevens teams among the winners at the ceremony held
Women’s rugby fans showed their excitement for Rugby World Cup 2021, playing in New Zealand in 2022 as the unique Mastercard RWC 2021 tournament pass offering sold out in just minutes. In response to the huge demand for tickets, New Zealand Rugby have confirmed that RWC 2021 Opening Match Day Passes will go on sale
The best of New Zealand’s emerging women players have been identified and selected for a High Performance Development camp. The programme will see 42 of the most talented young players come together for a position specific workshop with leading coaches from across the country. Black Ferns Assistant Coach Wesley Clarke said this camp will bridge
• Four-team women’s competition confirmed for March 2022 • Head Coaches announced The country’s leading women players will set the rugby landscape alight in 2022 with the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki. The Blues, Chiefs and Hurricanes, as well as a combined South Island team to be governed by the Crusaders and encompassing the
England Women vs New Zealand W ‘White Ferns’ 5th ODI at Canterbury on 26th September Receiving POTM from Adam Collins, Tammy Beaumont (102 runs from 114 balls) scored her 8th ODI ‘ton’ and 2nd‘ton’ before her home crowd (Kent); Beaumont said it was good to ‘go out with a bang!’ Separately, Beaumont took 2 catches to dismiss Brooke
5th ODI, Canterbury England enjoyed complete dominance in the last game of cricket to be played this season. A large Canterbury crowd enjoying the late September sunshine had the double pleasure of watching their own Tammy Beaumont hit a glorious century to put the game beyond the White Ferns’ reach. England’s batting has been under
England Women vs New Zealand W ‘White Ferns’ 4th ODI at Derby on 23rd September It was skipper Heather Knight’s night. Scoring her 23rd ‘fifty’ and 2nd ‘ton’ in ODI, Knight took her team within a whisker of chasing down England Women’s highest ever run-chase. Success clinched the series with one game-in-hand. Earlier, skipper Sophie
Teams batting second at Derby don’t win, so England chose to bat second. Did they know something? It certainly brought tension to the closing overs. Anya Shrubsole took an over to get her bearings after a lengthy absence; thereafter she asked serious questions of the batters. Suzie Bates and Lauren Down weathered the storm well
England v New Zealand – Third ODI at Leicester What do these numbers have in common? 93, 77, 53 and 4, 1, 6 Yes, they are the scores of the top three Australian batters and ditto the English, scored on the same day. I’ll leave you to guess which is which. India set Australia to
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