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
Twickenham Stadium will once again play host to a standalone Red Roses fixture in the 2024 TikTok Women’s Six Nations. John Mitchell’s side will welcome Ireland to Twickenham in Round 4 of the Championship on Saturday, 20 April (KO 14:15), following on from last season’s historic meeting with France at the home of English rugby.
World Rugby has today unveiled the bumper match schedule for WXV, which sees the Red Roses go up against Australia on the opening weekend. The new women’s international 15s competition, designed to increase the competitiveness, reach and impact of elite women’s rugby, boasts three levels with New Zealand welcoming the world’s top teams, including England,
The Rugby Football Union has announce that the Red Roses will host Canada Women in a two-Test series this September. The series opener will be played at Exeter’s Sandy Park on Saturday, 23 September (KO 14:30), before the second match, which will take place on Saturday, 30 September at a venue and time to be
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced the players who have been awarded contracts for its women’s senior players, the Red Roses. The contracted players have been selected by incoming Red Roses Head Coach, John Mitchell, with his coaching team of Louis Deacon, Lou Meadows and Sarah Hunter, alongside, Executive Director of Performance, Conor O’Shea,
The new England Contracts It’s thoroughly good news that the RFU has unveiled new-style contracts for its Red Roses. There will be more of them (32, not 30), worth – according to some claims – a third more than before. Crucially they extend in range from one year to three. That helps to overcome one
First, the appointments: John Mitchell to take over after the 2023 World Cup Louis Deacon to remain in post, but take charge till Mitchell’s delayed arrival. Lou Meadows, at present I/c Under 20s, to be attack coach. Sarah Hunter to take on a more extensive role as transition coach working with the senior women’s team
rugbypass.com offers us an exclusive: John Mitchell, ex-boss of the All Blacks, is set to replace Simon Middleton. I see that as a thoroughly retrograde step. Mitchell was most recently Japan’s defence coach. Asia Rugby offers the opinion that he was a disaster during his brief spell there. He doesn’t seem to stay in any
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