On Saturday April 2, over 50 Young Rugby Ambassadors (YRAs) gathered at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry for the first ever YRA Leadership Conference. The YRA Leadership Conference was created to give young volunteers the chance to learn more about the YRA programme, get to know other YRAs from around the country and develop their skills
Kelly Smith came off the bench to score a late try and rescue a draw for England Women U20 against France U20 at Esher RFC. The home side lost a 17 point advantage at half time to draw 25-25 on Saturday. After trading early penalties, England had the first try of the game just shy
University of Bath sporting scholar Sydney Gregson has been named in the England Women U20 starting XV for Saturday’s rugby international against France. The Sport Performance student, who is supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, will start at full-back for the match at Esher RFC (2pm). Three of Gregson’s University of Bath team-mates are on
World Rugby maintained its commitment to drug-free sport with a record programme of intelligent testing, education and Keep Rugby Clean awareness in 2015. With a budget increase of almost 30 per cent, World Rugby carried out more tests in 2015 than ever before – a total of 3,562 – showing a real commitment to protecting
England’s professional sevens player, and World Cup winner, Rachael Burford, has opened the first rugby academy for girls and women in the UK. The Burford Academy is designed to inspire young girls to take up the game of rugby and in so doing help them develop their abilities and confidence, unlocking their potential both on
With excitement building ahead of the Olympic Games, the world’s top women’s sevens players are in Brazil this weekend for round two of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. Rugby sevens looks set to excite and inspire on sport’s greatest stage at Rio 2016 and for hosts Brazil, this weekend represents an opportunity to
England Women Lead Coach Scott Bemand has made minimal changes to the squad that started against Scotland for their second Six Nations match against Italy away on Saturday. Having kicked off their 2016 Six Nations campaign with a confident 32-0 victory away last weekend, Bemand is keen to build on that performance. England scored five
DMP Sharks welcomed the Premiership Champions Richmond to the Northern Echo Arena for their first cup game of the season. Richmond got the game underway Sharks secured the ball but great work by Richmond’s defence kept sharks pinned in their own half. A penalty awarded to Sharks relieved the pressure as Sharks cleared the ball
Cup campaign starts with a bang for Bristol Ladies, as they beat Waterloo 57 – 3 at Trowbridge RFC. With eight first team players out on international duty, a new look Bristol side took to the field this afternoon. Waterloo started with intent, getting into the Bristol 22 within the first few minutes. Strong Bristol
Wins today for Bristol, Richmond and Wasps in the opening round of the Women’s Senior Cup competition. Unfortunately Lichfield v Saracens was postponed. Today’s scores are: Round 1: 7th February 2016 Pool 1 DMP 21-35 Richmond Bristol 57-3 Waterloo Worcester v Bye Pool 2 Henley 10-60 Wasps Lichfield v Saracens – postponed Bye v Aylesford
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