The Premier Rugby Sevens league in the USA, which I first reported on in May, has announced further details. It will be fascinating to see whether Sevens can thrive in this completely new format. Never before has a fully professional league been attempted. They don’t do the women’s game many favours, but we can enjoy
Touch Rugby has proven itself to be a strong proving ground for future top flight female players across England. Players with England international and representative experience have been turning out in both the Premier 15s and Women’s Super League in recent weeks and months, showing that the skills you develop in Touch are transferrable into
News of future plans for the men’s Premiership renews thoughts about possible adjustments to the AP 15s. The Gallagher Prem is to be extended to 13 then 14 clubs; in each of the coming two seasons one club will be allowed up from the Championship. Thereafter promotion-relegation will kick in, restricted to one-up, one-down. In
Big wins for all the home sides in the opening round of the Betfred Women’s Super League. Results: Round 1 – Sunday 18 April St Helens 86 – 0 Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers 40 – 6 Featherstone Rovers Wigan Warriors 52 – 8 Warrington Wolves Leeds Rhinos 68 – 16 York City Knights
The Prem 15s calendar cunningly makes use of a gap in England’s Six Nations programme to insert the penultimate round of the season. But the Red Roses have a date with the Welsh squad for a so-called ‘training day’. Both are preparing for Super Saturday the following weekend, when the finishing order will be decided.
Last week’s Shark attack saw Wasps come out on top with an impressive 50 point win against Sale Sharks. The question is, can they make it two from two? This weekend Wasps make the journey north to face DMP Durham Sharks in their rescheduled fixture from earlier in the year. With the Women’s Six Nations
Lightning v Wasps Another magnificent match to set the blood racing. Third against fourth, and Giselle Mather was so intent on securing a vital fourth position (or better) that her team arrived the night before. Pre-match you had to worry about Lightning’s missing persons, especially up front with two long-term captains missing. And so it
Giselle Mather has named her team to take on Loughborough Lightning this weekend in yet another top four clash. Coming off the back of a close defeat to new rivals Exeter, there are eight changes to the starting line up. Having celebrated a very different lockdown St. Patrick’s day earlier this week, two of Wasps’
We’re back to a full programme, the first since the announcement of the WXV. Every player now has a newexciting horizon opening up. And she knows that national head coaches will be peering closely at performances as they weigh up their choices for Six Nations squads. Fixtures: Bristol Bears v Harlequins Gloucester-Hartpury v Worcester Warriors
Wasps v Exeter Chiefs This was a quite palpitating contest at Twyford Avenue as the two teams competed for the all-important fourth position in the table. With seventy minutes already on the clock Wasps’ last pass failed to find its target as they swept over the line. Even then the referee had an earnest conversation
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