Simon Middleton is keeping all his options firmly open in selecting no fewer than 40 players for his Six Nations training squad (full list below) This is the next stage in fining down a squad to World Cup dimensions (30 players), but Middleton has continued to give chances to young players who have impressed him
The Daily Telegraph Rugby correspondents have picked their teams for the 2022 World Cup. (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2021/11/23/englands-strongest-xv-experts-pick-red-roses-team-2022-world/) The four experts, Fiona Tomas, Charlie Morgan, Kate Rowan and Jake Goodwill, are agreed on many positions. It’s the disagreements that fascinate. They’ve allowed themselves the privilege of judging matters as if the game were to begin tomorrow. And these
Your Starters (For your main course please scroll down the menu) After two fearsome hakas the Red Roses could face the friendly dance and song of the Boks as they came to join them for training sessions at Worcester. It was smiles and goodwill all round. You couldn’t scrape the smile off Zoe Aldcroft’s face.
England Women head coach Simon Middleton has named a 40-player training squad ahead of the 2021 autumn internationals. Sarah Bern is in line for her first international run out in a year after missing most of the 2020/21 season through injury. The squad is made up of a mix of youth and experience, featuring 11
The RFU has confirmed the dates, venues and ticket details for the Red Roses’ autumn international matches. Simon Middleton’s squad take on New Zealand, firstly at Sandy Park, Exeter (Sunday 31 October, kick-off 2.30pm) before a second meeting with the Black Ferns at Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton (Sunday 7 November, kick-off 2.45pm). England then return to
The RFU has announced four matches for the Red Roses this autumn. They offer the sort of opposition everyone would have hoped for, but other elements are frustratingly absent. Canada, New Zealand and the USA are teams of the strength needed to provide a real challenge to English hopes. Two games against the Black Ferns
England Women will play four home Tests this autumn, including back-to-back matches against New Zealand. The Red Roses, ranked No.1 in the world, will take on the Black Ferns (weekends of 29-31 October and 5-7 November) as well as Canada (weekend of 12-14 November) and USA (weekend of 19-21 November). * The quartet of matches
Did news of England’s month-long training session in Bath take you by surprise the way it did me? If you knew, you have spies in all the right places. We have to thank the University for the revelation, not the TW2 news agency. Sooner or later we will learn who the 26 players were. We
The RPA have announced that they have been appointed as the exclusive commercial and welfare representatives for the Red Roses. A player elected committee will inform decision making on behalf of the Women’s EPS and work alongside the RPA across all commercial and welfare matters. The RPA’s Team England Rugby arm were appointed as the exclusive
Simon Middleton has chosen the following players to represent their country against Italy: 15. Ellie Kildunne (Wasps, 12 caps) 14. Jess Breach (Harlequins, 16 caps) 13. Emily Scarratt (Loughborough Lightning, 92 caps) 12. Megan Jones (Wasps, 12 caps) 11. Abby Dow (Wasps, 15 caps) 10. Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning, 4 caps) 9. Leanne Riley (Harlequins,
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