The stew that the Irish players find themselves in is not entirely Greg McWilliams’ fault. The head coach has had to add seven players to his training squad for the fourth round tie away to England. The IRFU might have already separated off the 7s and 15s divisions, as some distinguished voices have demanded (Phillip
After more than two years away from the World Series Black Ferns Sevens Head Coach Cory Sweeney has named a strong side to make their return in Canada next weekend. The team is; Michaela Blyde Kelly Brazier Theresa Fitzpatrick Stacey Fluhler Sarah Hirini (C) Jazmin Hotham Shiray Kaka Tyla Nathan-Wong Risaleaana Pouri-Lane Alena Saili Terina
A Health Check for England, France and New Zealand Despite all the big advances in women’s rugby in 2022 there are still very few places at the top table. Here’s a look at the three leading nations to see how they compare and contrast: England, France and New Zealand. That is their alphabetical order, and
One of the most incomprehensible aspects of Glenn Moore’s resignation is the pattern of events between 26 August 2017, the final of the last World Cup, and the end of the Black Ferns’ ill-fated Northern tour last autumn. Reporting on that final I commented: ‘[at half-time] Glenn Moore put on his thinking-cap and won the
The news of Claudia MacDonald’s serious neck injury is a sad and unwelcome counter to all the good news surrounding women’s rugby at the moment. She has taken the brave decision to let nature do the healing, rather than undertake risky surgery, though there is no certainty of early success. It’s a sharp reminder of
Annick Hayraud has named a squad of 33 players to represent France in the last two rounds of the 2022 Six Nations ANNERY Julie (Stade Français), BANET Cyrielle (Montpellier), BERNADOU Rose (Montpellier), BERTHOUMIEU Axelle (Blagnac), BOUJARD Caroline (Montpellier), BOULARD Émilie (Chilly Mazarin), BROSSEAU Yllana (Stade Bordelais), CASTEL Marie Aurélie (Stade Rennais), CHAMBON Alexandra (Grenoble), DESHAYES
Home side Scotland picked up a dramatic victory and Wales made it three wins out of three, as the inaugural Six Nations Under-18 Women’s festival came to an exciting conclusion at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh on Wednesday. The three matches were all 70 minutes in length, extended from the six clashes that took
A Look Back and Forward after Three Rounds A Surge of Interest Coaching heroes Some things never change The Big One A Surge of Interest The Six Nations has really come of age this year. The shift to the March-April proved itself in its first post-lockdown showing. The arrival of TikTok gave the whole enterprise
During the fortnight’s gap in the Six Nations programme the Red Roses’ analysts will be hard at work supplying the management with the finest of details about the players’ input. They will help Simon Middleton, Scott Bemand and Louis Deacon come to important decisions about selections for the last two rounds – and the World
Now that a few hours have passed, we get a better idea of how New Zealand has reacted both to the Review and in particular to the stance taken by New Zealand Rugby (NZR). Three people spoke at the media briefing, Phillipa Muir (Chair), Tammi Wilson Uluinayau (Director of NZ Rugby Players Association) and Mark
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