This weekend, in the second round of the Allianz Cup, Wasps welcome Harlequins to Twyford Avenue. Last week Wasps suffered a tough defeat to Bristol Bears – despite a come back in the second half, the two tries from Boatman and Williams weren’t enough to top Bears’ 33 points. Wasps are yet to face Harlequins
The Red Roses and the Maple Leafs teams announced Simon Middleton welcomes two more new faces to the Red Rose community. Heather Cowell and Sadia Kabeya will start against Canada at the Twickenham Stoop on Sunday. This is due reward for players who have taken very different routes to international recognition: Cowell, the prolific try-scorer
Head coach Simon Middleton has named his England Women side to take on Canada at Twickenham Stoop on Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm, live on BBC Two). Flanker Sadia Kabeya and Harlequins back Heather Cowell are in line to earn their first caps. The Red Roses’ third autumn international is also set to be a special day
Your long-awaited holiday in France. What can possibly go wrong? At the airport some of your luggage fails to appear! That is what happened to some of the Black Ferns as they arrived in Toulouse. Working on the principle of swings and roundabouts, this may portend a great victory for them in Pau. Here is
The Black Ferns team to face France, at Stade de Hameau in Pau on Saturday (3pmkick off / 3am Sunday NZT) has been named. 1. Pip Love (13) 2. Grace Houpapa-Barrett (2) 3. Aleisha Pearl Nelson (37) 4. Joanah Ngan-Woo (4) 5. Maiakawanakaulani Roos (1) 6. Dhys Faleafaga (1) 7. Les Elder – captain (20) 8. Liana Mikaele-Tu’u (2) 9. Kendra Cocksedge (55) 10. Ruahei
World Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the women’s internationals in Europe and Africa this weekend. Permutation highlights: England cannot improve their rating with victory over Canada due to the 8.11 points between the teams before home weighting is factored in A win of any description for Canada will lift them to second if
The French side to play the Black Ferns at Pau on Saturday: 15 Emilie Boulard (Chilly-Mazarin), 14 Cyrielle Banet (Montpellier), 13 Maëlle Filopon (Stade Toulousain), 12 Gabrielle Vernier (Lille Métropole RC Villeneuvois), 11 Caroline Boujard (Montpellier), 10 Caroline Drouin (Stade Rennais), 9 Pauline Bourdon, 1 Coco Lindelauf (Blagnac), 2 Agathe Sochat (Montpellier), 3 Annaëlle Deshayes
This weekend sees the four top-ranked sides in the world meeting in combat: Saturday: France v New Zealand, Pau Sunday: England v Canada, Twickenham Stoop As proof of how international rugby is thriving post-lockdown here are the other tests taking place: Ireland v USA Namibia v Zambia Scotland v Japan Switzerland v Czechia Wales v
Over the past six England matches these players have worn No 12 on their back: (in sequence) Lagi Tuima, Megan Jones, Zoe Harrison, Sarah McKenna, Lagi Tuima and Helena Rowland. There’s little doubt that this is the most contentious selection issue facing the management. Of the five only Jones has ruled herself out, having opted
Barbarian Women have announced that England stars Rochelle “Rocky” Clark, Katy Daley-Mclean and Natasha “Mo” Hunt as the first named players in the squad for the clash against Springbok Women’s XV. Red Rose fans will be familiar with these three huge names in the sport, who have been trailblazers for international rugby in both 7s
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