Harlequins Head Coach Ross Chisholm has named his side to face Trailfinders Women at The Stoop on Saturday, making three changes to the side who toppled Saracens last Sunday. The side is bolstered by the return of newly crowned World Player of the Year, Ellie Kildunne. The front-row remains unchanged, with Silvia Turani at tighthead
Megan Davey will become only the second player in Loughborough Lightning history to reach 100 appearances when she runs out against Saracens this weekend. The 24-year-old has been selected at scrum-half in an unchanged Lightning starting line-up as Premiership Women’s Rugby’s fifth and sixth placed teams meet in a Round 8 encounter at The StoneX
This should really be a question, not a command from Dick Turpin. But the latest statement to emerge from PWR announces a link with a leading provider of statistics, Oval Insights. That will be a great help to clubs, coaches and players. Fans too may find pleasing indications of how their club is progressing. Were
Exeter Chiefs centre Alex Tessier has today welcomed a new partnership between Premiership Women’s Rugby and rugby’s leading data and analytics provider, Oval Insights Tessier who was named on World Rugby’s shortlist for World Player of the Year, was the leading points-scorer at WXV, and in the PWR, she has helped take Exeter Chiefs eight
The two Saturday matches were coloured by dreadful weather, high winds and heavy rain. Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers I wonder if Leicestershire’s Tigers saw the irony of calling this game their ‘Derby’ day – wrong by one county! Scoring was more plentiful here than in the other game at Bristol. Tess Feury got the
Head Coach Ross Chisholm names his side for the trip to Saracens on Sunday at StoneX Stadium, as Harlequins look to continue their rich vein of form in the PWR. Italy’s Silvia Turani packs down at loosehead following her try last week at The Stoop against Sale Sharks. Connie Powell is in at hooker after
After a break, lasting an extra week for some players, the PWR returns to normal. Fixtures Saturday 23 November Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers, 14.00 Bristol Bears v Trailfinders, 14.00 Sunday 24 November Sale Sharks v Exeter Chiefs, 12.00 Saracens v Quins, 15.00 It’s Gloucester-Hartpury’s turn to be deprived of a fixture. The first contest
The offerings last weekend brought us a third of the way through the regular season. Here’s the current table: Table P W B Pts Exeter Chiefs 6
Here’s a look at the four matches: the Vallis Way and Stoop ones in some detail. Trailfinders v Gloucester-Hartpury Winter was clearly on the way at Vallis Way as players, spectators and commentators had to peer through the gloom to spot the ball. The players proved best at that challenge. Here we had a contrast
MJRed Roses international Helena Rowland will make her first Loughborough Lightning appearance of the season against Exeter Chiefs this weekend. Head coach Nathan Smith has selected the 25-year-old at fly-half for Sunday’s Premiership Women’s Rugby Round 6 trip to Sandy Park (kick-off: 3pm) with Helen Nelson moving infield to inside centre and into the co-captaincy
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