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
The Harlequins Women side to take on DMP Sharks at Surrey Sports Park on Saturday 18 January (Kick Off 12:00) has been named. Karen Findlay and Gary Street’s final squad before the Women’s Six Nations sees only a handful of changes in the side led by Club Captain Rachael Burford. England internationals Shaunagh Brown, Sarah
Head coach Charlie Hayter has named his 13-player England women sevens travelling squad for the HSBC New Zealand Sevens [25-26 January]. The group are boosted by the return of Sydney Gregson and Ellie Kildunne following lengthy injury lay-offs and both are in line for their first appearances of the series. Meanwhile, Saracens’ Georgie Lingham also
The Wales management, consisting now of Chris Horsman, Geraint Lewis and Gareth Wyatt, have named 34 players to start preparations for the first round of the 2020 Six Nations against Italy at Cardiff Arms Park. There is only one uncapped name on the list, Ruth Lewis (Ospreys), who has been brought in to replace the
Wasps victorious in first game of 2020 What a way to start the decade! This weekend the swarm headed north to face DMP Sharks for round 11 and battled their way to a convincing win. Dow, West, Rico, Muir, MacDonald and Edwards all put points on the board contributing to the team’s 45-7 victory. The
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