When does a torrent become a flood? Today we have news of a third Black Fern to sign for an English PWR club. Georgia Ponsonby will join team-mate Alana Borland at Trailfinders Women. Amy Rule signed for Exeter Chiefs in June. It’s quite a while since I spoke of possibly disgruntled Black Ferns deciding to
Trailfinders have announced the signing of Black Fern, Georgia Ponsonby. A Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand and a standout performer across both domestic and international competition, Ponsonby arrives in West London as one of the most complete forwards in the global game – a relentless ball carrier, defensive rock, and razor-sharp operator in the
Here are three very varied items. Canada v USA These old foes met for the last time before the real battles begin. A record-breaking North American crowd of 11,453 provided a wonderful atmosphere. They witnessed an exciting game in which the Eagles took early command to lead 14-0. They built powerful phases to keep the
The Wallaroos become the latest nation (4 August) to announce their squad for the 2025 RWC (full list below). For Jo Yapp it marks a last fling in charge. We wish her and the squad all the best for the tournament. Then comes the question: what next for the head coach? She couldn’t possibly become
The squad Fabio Roselli has selected for the Azzurre shows yet another different path to the World Cup (full list below). Before they fly to England, they face Japan on 9 August in Calvisano. That may well explain the two names added below the list of 32. The two nations have already met seven times.
Most Red Rose fans have firm ideas about their preferences for the big games to come. Let’s look at the dilemmas facing the selectors. The France game next weekend will be infinitely tougher than the show at Leicester. There a few lionesses were slaughtered as surely as the wretched bull in a Spanish bull-ring. After
Neither side will be satisfied with the game, but Ireland righted the wrong of their loss in Edinburgh last April. Astonishingly this was their first match since then, and it showed at the start. Scotland, playing with confidence, moved into a 14-0 lead. Lisa Thomson completed strong pressure to force her way over. She was
Spain had two targets in mind as they stepped out to face the Red Roses in Leicester: to put points on them and to leave the field with their heads held high. They achieved both, enough to renew calls for better treatment from the 6 Nations board. The trouble is, England put fifteen tries on
Any hopes Cymru might have had of completing an unbeaten tour were firmly squashed in Sydney. The weather at the North Sydney Oval was reminiscent of a South Wales valley; pools of water everywhere. But the Wallaroos adapted far better. Welsh analysts will pick up on the many failings of Sean Lynn’ s side, but
I don’t enjoy being proved right At least it’s only once, not twice. In my review of the Red Roses World Cup squad I queried the lack of props, five not six. That has not yet proved a major blow. But now that Claudia Moloney-Macdonald has a minor leg niggle, it exposes the lack of options
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