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
Harriet Millar-Mills scored twice as England beat Scotland 32-0 in the opening round of the Women’s Six Nations Championship in Cumbernauld, Glasgow. The 24-year-old back-row forward scored two of England’s five tries either side of half time as they dominated the home team on a rainy evening in Scotland. Substitute Lucy Demaine also got on
This weekend sees the commencement of the Women’s Senior Cup. Ten teams have been split into two Pools and the top two teams from each Pool will progress to the semi finals on 3rd April. Pool 1 Pool 2 Richmond Saracens Worcester Lichfield Darlington Mowden Park Wasps Bristol Aylesford Waterloo Henley Fixtures: Round 1: 7th
This weekend sees Bristol Ladies take on Firwood Waterloo in the Cup. Unfortunately, because of a waterlogged pitch, the fixture has been moved to Trowbridge RFC. Full details: Bristol Ladies v Firwood Waterloo Date: Sunday 7th February KO Time: 2:00pm Venue: Trowbridge Rugby Club, Paxcroft, Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6JB
Experienced names will complement a host of fresh talent within the 23-player England squad named to take on Scotland this Friday. Many of those named within the line-up gained valuable international experience last year, while four potential new caps start on the bench. Returning after time out from the England squad are Emily Braund, who will
World Rugby has announced details of the first-ever official global ranking system for women’s test rugby, with New Zealand the first team to top the rankings, France in second place and England third. The rankings were introduced after a comprehensive process of obtaining and analysing every result from the first official women’s international matches dating
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