World’s top players ready to showcase their talent on sport’s biggest stage World Rugby launches #AreYouReady social campaign to begin countdown Men’s and women’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series breaking records With 100 days to go until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset believes the stage is set for very special
Several big games taking place at Lichfield Rugby Club on 23rd April. Richmond Ladies will play Saracens in the Senior Cup while Worcester face Bristol Ladies in the Plate competition. Also taking place are the Junior Cup and Plate and the Intermediate Cup and Plate. We will update with results as soon as we are
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
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