Preston Grasshoppers RFC, Aylesbury RFC and Hornets RFC are the first three locations to host a RFU Rugby 365 floodlit artificial grass pitch (AGP). The pitches are part of the RFU’s Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy of delivering over £47m investment over four year into the development of 100 AGPs across England. The new AGPs
Five Worcester Valkyries have been named in the 33-player England Women squad for the upcoming Six Nations. The competition, which gets underway on Saturday 4 February, will see every single England Women’s game broadcast on Sky Sports – the first time all of their Six Nations games will be broadcast on television. There are four
The Six Nations Council have announced significant new initiatives to help raise the profile of the Women’s Six Nations from the forthcoming season. This major development will help enhance the Women’s Six Nations Championship in a number of key areas. In an aim to develop Women’s rugby and to increase the profile of the Women’s Six
England Women head coach Simon Middleton has announced his 33-player squad for the Six Nations which gets underway on Saturday 4 February. In addition, it has today been confirmed that Sky Sports will broadcast all five of England Women’s 2017 Six Nations fixtures. This is the first time all of England Women’s Six Nations games
Scottish Rugby will continue its commitment to taking international rugby on the road as Scotland Women and Scotland U20 pair up to make Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld their home for a second season – playing double-headers against Ireland, Wales and Italy respectively in the 2017 Six Nations Championships. The fixtures will be held over three
On Friday night the newly formed Morley RUFC Mathildas U13s girls take the field for their first competitive home game v Castleford RUFC 7pm ko. [The name Mathilda means “Strong in Battle”] This will be the start of hopefully a successful and constantly growing girls section. Female rugby union & league are two of the fastest
Worcester Valkyries claimed a bonus-point win as they produced a destructive 60-19 display at Sixways to beat Wasps Ladies in the Women’s Premiership on Saturday. Valkyries led at the break with Rachel Lund scoring an impressive first-half hat-trick followed by scores from Samantha Bree, Bianca Blackburn and Zoe Bennion to set up a 38-0 scoreline
Disrupted by a raft of changes to the team due to illness and injury, it was to be a slow start for the Sharks as a rampant Lichfield attack proved difficult to deal with in the opening exchanges. After just 20 minutes the away side were ahead by 22 unanswered points after an Emily Scarratt
A try for each of the Bristol front row helped the home side to a 47 – 5 victory over Richmond Women this afternoon on a poignant day for the club. A minute’s silence was observed at the start of the game, and across several other rugby clubs, in memory of Jen Lander – a
Here are the results from this weekend’s rugby union matches, Women’s Premiership, Championship North 1 and Championship South 1. Sunday 15th January Women’s Premiership Bristol Ladies 47 – 5 Richmond Ladies Darlington Mowden Park Ladies 17 – 34 Lichfield Ladies Saturday 14th January Women’s Premiership Worcester Valkyries Ladies 60 – 19 Wasps Ladies Aylesford
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