Halfway House The 9th Set of Fixtures out of 18 Saturday 20 January Exeter Chiefs bye Bristol Bears v Harlequins, KO 13.00 Gloucester-Hartpury v Saracens, KO 14.00 Loughborough Lightning v Trailfinders, KO 14.00 (NB match switched to Loughborough; Northampton frozen) Sunday 21 January Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers, KO 14.00 It’s inevitable; with only four
Amy Turner has made just one change to the Starting XV who suffered a home defeat at the hands of Loughborough Lightning last week, as Quins travel to Shaftesbury Park to face fourth-place Bristol Bears. Hannah Sims returns to Harlequins’ Starting XV at loosehead alongside Connie Powell and Bryony Cleall in the front-row. Having recovered
Loughborough Lightning have made three changes to their starting line-up ahead of this weekend’s Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby clash with Trailfinders Women at Loughborough University. Scotland international Helen Nelson missed out on the win away at Harlequins in Round 8 through injury but returns to feature at inside centre with Helena Rowland remaining at fly-half
Quins take another knock We ought to call Quins’ home defeat by Lightning the big upset of the day, but their record has been so below par this season, that it fails to shock as it should. It needed a 78th-minute try from Kathryn Treder, her second, to decide the issue, but the outcome was
Scotland international Chloe Rollie returns to the Loughborough Lightning starting line-up for this weekend’s Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby trip to face Harlequins. The 28-year-old missed out on the trip to Gloucester-Hartpury due to injury but will feature at fullback in Saturday’s encounter at Twickenham Stoop (kick-off: 2pm). Rollie takes the place of fellow Scot Helen
The big one this week is once more at the StoneX, another chance for Chiefs to prove they are a match for the perennial top-dogs. They have grown angry since it became apparent that the PWR board might actually enforce one of its significant regulations, a limit on non-England qualified players. Whether that will make
Harlequins have named an unchanged side to face Loughborough Lightning, as Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby returns to The Stoop for the first time in 2024. Danelle Lochner starts at lock off the back of two huge performances against Gloucester-Hartpury and Leicester Tigers. Lochner will be partnered by Kaitlan Leaney in the second-row, who was this
This controversial matter has hung around the elite league’s neck since its very first season in 2017. Feelings run high. Just what is the league really about? Who is it really intended to benefit? WP15 Ltd, in charge of the PWR, now comes a step closer to grasping the nettle: to penalise clubs who field
Saracens’ fans will be relieved to hear that their favourite side won. They had won each of their last 17 matches, and beaten the Sharks by 40+ points at every meeting between the sides (thanks OPTA), so pre-match fans’ teeth must have been chattering with fear and trepidation. They did fail to mount 70 points.
Harlequins Head Coach Amy Turner has made three changes to her side to face Leicester Tigers at Welford Road, as two of English rugby’s most historic clubs face each other for the first time in the Women’s game. One change to the front-row sees Silvia Turani return to the Starting XV at prop alongside the
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