Simon Middleton has sprung a few surprises in his squad to compete in the 2020 version of the Six Nations: The Squad: Sarah Hunter (Loughborough Lightning, 119 caps, captain) Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury, 16 caps) Sarah Beckett (Harlequins, 13 caps) Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears, 31 caps) Hannah Botterman (Saracens, 17 caps) Jess Breach (Harlequins, 10 caps)
The Black Ferns Sevens continued their perfect record against Canada in Cup finals on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series to become the inaugural champions in Hamilton. This was the seventh meeting of the sides in a title decider and just like the previous six it was the Black Ferns Sevens celebrating, more so this
The top five women’s teams in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 will all go into the deciding round of pool matches at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens in Hamilton unbeaten after day one at FMG Stadium. Hosts and series leaders New Zealand, Olympic champions Australia and France currently sit top of their respective
Hamilton Sevens: England Women look to bounce back England Women Sevens have been beaten in their first two matches of the HSBC Hamilton Sevens. Charlie Hayter’s side opened against Fiji and took the lead in the second minute when Alex Matthews managed to power over. The Fijians though responded with four unanswered tries as Ana
It has been suggested, in a recent preview of England’s chances in the coming Six Nations tournament, that full-back and fly-half are positions where the Roses might be short of depth. However, you could point a finger in a different direction. Not for the first time England’s second row is short of numbers. With the
With the 12 women’s teams counting down the hours until they make their debut at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Saturday, the squads for the fourth round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 have been announced. New Zealand becomes the 12th country to host a round of the women’s series since it
The first HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament of this Olympic year will take place in Hamilton, New Zealand on 25-26 January. The captains of the 28 participating men’s and women’s teams came together at the iconic Hamilton Gardens today to launch this historic event which will see 12 international women’s teams play their first
Scotland flew down to Almeria on the Mediterranean coast to take on Spain, one of their three rivals for the only place available for World Cup qualification. Friendly matches can rarely have had more significance. Philip Doyle will be very happy with the way things went. Scotland started into the wind in top gear, rescuing
After this round comes the break for the Six Nations, then it’s six more rounds that could bring a club the blessings of 30 more points. This was a last chance for the selectors to have a look around the country to see if they’d missed the odd 2020 Six Nations Player of the Tournament.
This week sees Wasps return to the hive for round 12 where they will taken on Bristol Bears in the second game of 2020. Last week, the team secured a convincing win away over DMP Sharks who sat below them in the table. Now with just 3 points between them and 4th place, Wasps will
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