Twelve teams from seven universities competed in the England Universities’ Touch Series (UTS) Finals day at The Sulis Club. The University of Bristol Honeys won the tournament, beating University of Exeter Green 7-6 in a drop-off after a captivating final. Two ‘home’ teams were entered by the University of Bath, the Hawks (pictured above) and
The British Army women’s rugby union team played the Nomads at Army Rugby stadium at Aldershot today in horrible wintry conditions. The battling display from both teams is indicated in the score which was 10-5 in the favour of the Nomads. The Army will now look to push on for their Inter-services tournament, which will hopefully
Following Rugby World Cup 2015, the RFU is focusing on the legacy of the tournament both on and off the pitch. A particular part of this is a commitment to supporting and developing young ambassadors in the game to become future influencers and leaders. The Young Rugby Ambassador (YRA) programme has been relaunched for 2016.
Following the conclusion of the 2016 Women’s Six Nations Championship here is a round up of scores, the final table and the point scorers. There’s no question that the tournament is getting closer and next year promises to be closer still. We are very grateful to the RBS 6 Nations for all the information they have
England Women U20 suffered a 22-12 defeat at the Stade Jacques Couvret in France on Saturday despite taking the lead by half time. The side put up a strong performance to score their first points in France since 2010 and Abigail Dow ran the full length of the pitch to score a try after 18 minutes.
England Women’s dream of landing the 2016 Six Nations Grand Slam ended in heartbreak on Friday night when the side lost 17-12 to France in a winner-takes-all decider. The French walked away from the Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, as Six Nations champions after holding off England in a hard fought victory. England will finish
Scotland Women Head Coach Shade Munro has selected a settled squad for the match against Ireland Women at Donnybrook this Sunday (20 March, kick-off 1pm) – live on Irish Rugby TV. All 23 players retain their positions for their 2016 Women’s Six Nations finale in Dublin, following the physical encounter against France at Broadwood Stadium
Former Newcastle Falcons’ prop, Paul Van-Zandvliet, today announced that he will use his fight against inoperable cancer to help raise funds for Restart Rugby, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association. A member of the 1998 Premiership winning Newcastle team, Paul nicknamed ‘Tank’ during his playing days, was recently diagnosed with a brain tumour
The Ireland Women’s side, sponsored by Aon, has been named to face Scotland in their fifth and final 2016 Six Nations fixture on Sunday in Donnybrook. Head Coach Tom Tierney’s side shows several changes to the team that beat Italy 14-3 last week at the Dublin 4 venue. Experienced captain Niamh Briggs reverts from centre
After nearly three years as Head of International Player Development, Joe Lydon has resigned from the RFU to pursue fresh challenges. Lydon arrived in August 2013, and has been responsible for managing the performance pathway and pipeline of international players for England Rugby. His remit of teams included Saxons, U20s, U18s, sevens, and the women’s
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