This weekend sees the launch of the 16/17 Premiership Rugby season, and Bristol Ladies look to get our campaign off to a great start as we travel away to Wasps. Kick off is 2pm at Twyford Avenue Sports Ground. The squad sees Sasha Acheson back in the number 3 shirt after two years sidelined with a knee
We are hoping that all the excitement and interest in the rugby 7s at the Olympics results in an added interest in the Women’s Premiership and Championship leagues which get under way this weekend. If you have never been to a match then we certainly recommend that you give it a try – you won’t be disappointed!
We can now reveal the 2016/17 Worcester Valkyries… The new Women’s Premiership campaign begins this Sunday as the Valkyries take on Aylesford Bulls Ladies on the new Artificial Grass Pitch at Sixways (kick-off 2pm). On Tuesday night, the players, coaches and backroom staff got together for their squad photo alongside training ahead of their curtain-raiser at
The newly-named Worcester Valkyries will begin their 2016/17 Women’s Premiership campaign against Aylesford Bulls Ladies on Sunday 11 September at Sixways (kick-off 2pm). After reaching the play-offs last season, the women will this year be looking to push on to try and claim the Premiership title, which they won for the first time back in
Match Report by Tom Branston Worcester Valkyries were beaten by three tries to one in their pre-season encounter with Aylesford Bulls on Saturday at Droitwich RFC. In a game that was played in four quarters and a number of players given valuable game-time, it was the Valkyries that took the lead early on when Bianca
With exactly a year to go until the final of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 takes place in Ireland, tickets for the semi-finals and finals days have gone on sale. Kingspan Stadium in Belfast will be the venue for the final on 26 August, 2017 and semi-finals day on 22 August with hosts Ireland guaranteed
Olympic gold medallists Australia and Rugby World Cup 2019 and Olympic Games 2020 hosts Japan are the latest countries to host rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, which gets underway in early December.With the women’s game having inspired millions around the world during the Olympic Games in Rio, the six-leg series will
England Women U20s have now played two of the three matches in their summer series against Canada. The first match (Thursday 18 August) ended 46-8 to the England girls as they cruised past Canada scoring eight tries on the way. The England tries were scored by Jess Breach (3) Kelly Smith, Lottie Holland, Millie Wood,
The first of 1,000 Return to Rugby sessions kicked off in rugby clubs across the country last night, running weekly from now until October 30. This year’s Return to Rugby follows on from the success of last year’s inaugural programme which saw 2,500 people sign up for sessions and 800 players re-introduced back into the
The England Women U20 squad has been named to take on Canada U20 in a three-game series at Nottingham Trent College this month. A squad of 26 – including five senior-capped players – will come together for a two-week camp which starts tomorrow (Saturday) before the three matches against the North American age-group team. Players
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