A. The PWR As teams were announced for Round 3 of the World Cup, some of the nine surviving PWR clubs were happy to highlight their players who were represented. For example, Sale Sharks could boast 4 Scots, 4 Welsh, 3 Americans and 3 English; Loughborough Lightning (alias Northampton Saints) offered 4 Scots, 4 Americans
Harlequins Women are delighted to confirm the arrival of Damian Welch as Forwards Coach ahead of the 2025/26 season. Welch arrives in TW2 with an impressive coaching pedigree, having previously been Head Coach at Plymouth Albion and Forwards Coach at both Taunton Titans and Exeter University. His playing career saw him represent Exeter Chiefs, Cardiff
With the eyes of the rugby world firmly fixed on the Women’s World Cup, in what promises to be the biggest and best tournament to date, the PWR is taking the time to shine a light on the importance of the club game in developing international superstars. The PWR spoke to PWR athletes including Red
Leading research and support charity Breast Cancer Now has teamed up with Premiership Women’s Rugby to kick off an exciting new charity partnership – a first for PWR – for the 2025/26 season. With over 400 elite players from across the globe, a devoted team of England’s elite female rugby professionals and an ever-growing fanbase,
Harlequins and Premiership Women’s Rugby are delighted to announce that The Stoop will play host to the next Premiership Women’s Rugby Final, on Sunday 28th June 2026. The Stoop last hosted women’s domestic rugby’s elite final in 2016, and so this will mark only the second time that the crown jewel fixture of women’s domestic
Harlequins Women are delighted to announce that Katie Shillaker, Grace Crompton, Lauren Torley and Heather Cowell have all committed to the Club ahead of the 2025/26 season. All four have shone for GB 7s in recent years and will now return full-time to the Harlequins Women’s programme ahead of the new campaign. Heather Cowell is
When does a torrent become a flood? Today we have news of a third Black Fern to sign for an English PWR club. Georgia Ponsonby will join team-mate Alana Borland at Trailfinders Women. Amy Rule signed for Exeter Chiefs in June. It’s quite a while since I spoke of possibly disgruntled Black Ferns deciding to
Trailfinders have announced the signing of Black Fern, Georgia Ponsonby. A Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand and a standout performer across both domestic and international competition, Ponsonby arrives in West London as one of the most complete forwards in the global game – a relentless ball carrier, defensive rock, and razor-sharp operator in the
Premiership Women’s Rugby has today announced two major fixtures for the 2025/26 season, ahead of the full fixture announcement next month. To coincide with the men’s Gallagher Prem fixture release, they have confirmed: Harlequins will face Bristol Bears as part of the ‘Big Game 17’ double-header on Saturday, December 20 at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham In the
Premiership Women’s Rugby partners with eToro and launches the ‘eToro Try of the Week’ Award Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with leading global trading and investing platform, eToro. Building on its sponsorship of Premiership Men’s Rugby, with whom they have partnered with since 2023, this new partnership with
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