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The Red Roses Return to Roots for RugbyFest Weekend

The victorious England Women’s Rugby team, the Red Roses, step off the international stage for nationwide grassroots rugby celebration. Fresh from their Women’s Rugby World Cup final win, the Red Roses will be stepping off the international stage and into grassroots clubs across England as part of RugbyFest 3–6 October 2025, a nationwide celebration of

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England weaknesses exposed

A huge crowd at a breezy Brighton watched England start their last group-stage match with a string of errors. Was it nerves, or over-confidence or wrong selections? Amy Cokayne failed to find her line-out target three times; Meg Jones threw two wild passes. As they regained possession in deep defence, they ran the ball out

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England v USA – open the champagne bottle slowly

England started their long-awaited pursuit of the World Cup hesitantly. Later the cork popped out and the fizz flowed. Thr forwards failed to take the kick-off on the full and had to scramble. This was repeated twice more, leaving Abbie Ward in uncomfortable gymnastic positions. The Eagles pressed hard, built nice little moves but couldn’t

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Barbie® and England Rugby’s Red Roses Join Forces

England Rugby’s women’s team, the Red Roses, today announces a partnership with Mattel Inc.’s Barbie® brand ahead of a huge summer for women’s sport in the UK. Marking Barbie UK’s first-ever partnership with a sports team, the collaboration aims to inspire the next generation of female rugby players through grassroots initiatives, funding, merchandise, and powerful

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England can play even after supper-time

The Red Roses achieved their sixteenth consecutive win over France in a strangely shaped match in Mont-de-Marsan. For once les Bleues failed to score a single try. They depended on Morgane Bourgeois’ boot for their points. More striking was England’s reversion to type: the style that caused so much dissension up to the last RWC

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England – the road ahead

Most Red Rose fans have firm ideas about their preferences for the big games to come. Let’s look at the dilemmas facing the selectors. The France game next weekend will be infinitely tougher than the show at Leicester. There a few lionesses were slaughtered as surely as the wretched bull in a Spanish bull-ring. After

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