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,
Head coach Simon Middleton has named his England Women’s team to play Scotland in their Six Nations opener on Saturday. The Red Roses take on Bryan Easson’s outfit at Castle Park, Doncaster, kick-off 3pm and live on BBC iPlayer. Emily Scarratt captains the side with the game coming too soon for Sarah Hunter who continues
Huge excitement as Simon Middleton announces his latest selections to the Red Roses squad. 38 players can hope to look forward to a 6 Nations programme, then a World Cup and the very exciting WXV in 2023. This is a large group (it contains 21 forwards and 17 backs) as Middleton sees the need to
The Red Roses have completed an unbeaten year, thanks to the last kick of the last match. Can we say they have completed an unbeaten season as well? That’s trickier, since in England we have had two seasons running concurrently. The 2020 Six Nations was completed on 1 November with the Round 5 game in
It was the Saturday that the Red Roses were made to roar. As the lead swelled to thirteen, and in the face of a fine French performance, perhaps the best the visitors have produced in a good while, England were staring down the barrel of a first defeat to France in their last seven games,
Head coach Simon Middleton has named his England Women team to play France at Twickenham Stadium this weekend. The Red Roses take on Les Bleues in the second of a two-Test series on Saturday 21 November (KO 12 noon, live on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer). On her 116th cap, Katy Daley-Mclean captains the side
England Women’s forthcoming autumn internationals against France will be shown live on BBC TV. The Red Roses, who recently secured the 2020 Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam title with victory over Italy, travel to France on Saturday 14 November, kick-off 1.15pm GMT, and then take on the same opposition at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 21
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