John Mitchell has revealed that the Red Roses are being told about selections beyond the first round, due this Sunday. The news is intriguing, but not altogether a surprise. He’s faced with an almost impossible choice: so many players deserving a place in the team. Despite his many years as coach of many teams in
England Rugby has today launched new dedicated social media accounts for the Red Roses. Launching today (7am) ahead of the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations, the Red Roses will have channels on X and Instagram (@RedRosesRugby) where Red Roses supporters can expect to see behind-the-scenes content from in camp, key news updates, team news, player
This is the book many of us have been waiting for: an inside view of what makes the England team tick. Jessica Hayden tells the enthralling story of the Red Roses right up to 2024, a pivotal year for them as they welcome a new head coach, John Mitchell. The author writes attractively, leaving herself
It will be fascinating to see what changes in game-structure John Mitchell will insist on his first venture into women’s international rugby. We know he wants to speed things up. Since the Red Roses play faster than any other team on earth, we may wonder where the accelerator will be pushed. Death to all Caterpillars?
England coach John Mitchell has put his hand up to be the first ever coach of the Women’s Lions. Mitchell is about to lead his first 6 nations campaign with our Red Roses and was an All Black player. About the maiden Lions in New Zealand he told me,”I’m definitely interested, especially as the first
It was inevitable: no sooner had John Mitchell and his staff picked a large squad to start preparations for the Six Nations in March than three of the elect had to forfeit their place. For one of them, Amber Reid, this was the old old story – yet another injury to interrupt her England career.
The Red Roses have made three changes to their training squad for this week’s camp at St George’s Park. Brooke Bradley (Exeter Chiefs), Ella Cromack (Harlequins) and Steph Else (Gloucester-Hartpury) have all received call-ups. Gabriella Nigrelli, Amber Reed (both Bristol Bears) and Ella Wyrwas (Saracens) have been withdrawn due to injury.
John Mitchell has named 38 players to attend initial training sessions for the coming international season. They start next week. The full list comes below. First the numbers: not so long ago Simon Middleton included well over 40 players at this stage. That gave him plenty of options at combined and specialist sessions. But it
Head coach John Mitchell has named a 38-player training squad for the Red Roses’ first camp of 2024. The squad will assemble on Monday 22 January for three days as England begin their preparations for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations which starts in late March. Of his squad, Mitchell said: “We are excited to come
Scrum-half duo Natasha ‘Mo’ Hunt and Ella Wyrwas have been awarded Red Roses contracts. Debuting against USA in 2011, becoming Red Rose 161, Hunt has featured 67 times for her country to date over the past decade, winning the Rugby World Cup in 2014. She has impeccable knowledge of the game and has transferred her
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