Rugby’s Little Oddities

Some recent Additions 1. Exeter Chiefs’ kit launch will once more take place on the Cathedral Green. Nearer my God to Thee. 2. Rachel Malcolm, Loughborough Lightning’s captain, poses in Northampton Saints colours for their new kit launch. The photo only deepens the strangeness of LL’s relationship with NS. We will discover this season where

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Gains and Losses

20 July 2023 Here’s another attempt to gather in (most of) the close-season transfers, as clubs ready themselves for the new PWR. I list losses and gains for each. England 7s and 15s players in BOLD Bristol: say goodbye to a large number of players including Elinor Snowsill, Abbie Parsons, Amy Layzell, Sammy Wong, Megan

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A new era for women’s rugby in England

A NEW era for women’s rugby in England kicked off today with the launch of Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) replacing the previous Premier 15s. Premiership Women’s Rugby will manage the Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby club competition, which starts in the autumn. Led by new chief executive officer, Belinda Moore, Premiership Women’s Rugby has been established

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