Their Serene Highnesses Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco have drawn the pools for the men’s and women’s Olympic Games rugby sevens repechage events at the magnificent Hotel Hermitage of Monte Carlo. With excitement building ahead of rugby’s return to the Olympic stage after an absence of 92 years, the repechage events will take
Last week Bristol Ladies Rugby held their End of Season Awards Dinner hosted by Cleve Rugby Club. The Awards went to: Players Player of the Year: Amelia Buckland-Hurry Coaches Player of the Year: Sarah Hunter Most Improved Player of the Year: Daisy Travers Coaches Honourable Mention: Trish Brown Club Personality: Sian Moore Club Captains Award: Trish Brown Club Person of the
A squad of 23 GB Sevens players continue to train full time under Team GB Sevens Head Coach Simon Middleton and Assistant Richie Pugh. On-going Olympic preparations will be supported by Rugby Europe’s tournament in Kazan (11-12 June) and an invitational event in Tignes (14-16 July). GB Sevens Women: Claire Allan, Natasha Brennan, Abbie Brown,
At the 2016 RPA Player’s Awards last night Sarah Hunter was awarded the England Women’s Player of the Year. Just three players were nominated in this category: Emily Braund – Lichfield and England; Heather Fisher – England 7s and Sarah Hunter – Bristol and England (C) For completeness, listed below are the winners of the all the awards –
In a great step forward for women’s rugby, the Warriors have today announced that they have integrated Women’s Premiership side Worcester Ladies RFC into the Warriors operation. The Ladies team is to be renamed as the Worcester Valkyries and will become part of the Warriors organisation ahead of the 2016/17 Women’s Premiership campaign. The alliance will
England Rugby has today launched 24/Sevens, an exciting new community sevens series that aims to grow rugby and increase participation among men and women in clubs through creating new and consistent playing opportunities for sevens players at grassroots level. For the first time, domestic sevens festivals will be affiliated by England Rugby and aligned under
The Women’s Premiership Player of the Year award will this year be made part of the annual Aviva Premiership Rugby Awards, which will take place on Wednesday 18 May at the Hilton, Park Lane, London. Premeirship Rugby – who are currently responsible for the men’s Premiership XVs and 7s competitions – confirmed that three players
In a replay of the Premiership final in January, Richmond Women and Saracens Women came face to face once again in the Senior Cup final. Both teams had points to prove and scores to settle: Richmond were determined to claim the cup title back after losing out to their London rivals in the semi finals
On a day celebrating the strength and depth of Women’s rugby, Bristol Ladies showcased some of the best rugby they’ve played all season to claim the silverware! With three weeks of preparation under their belts, Bristol and Worcester were both ready for the challenge this afternoon. The history between the teams from this season meant
England Women overpowered New Zealand to win the Cup Final of the Langford Sevens on Sunday, their first Series Cup title since 2013. England came through the first day disappointed, finishing second in Pool C after losing to Canada. However Simon Middleton’s side came back fighting to put in dominant displays against the USA and
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