The Rugby Football Union has today announced that Simon Middleton has been appointed to a newly created combined Head Coach role in which he will oversee both the England Women’s XVs and Sevens programmes. In a change to the previous structure which saw the XVs and Sevens programmes run by two head coaches, Middleton will
New Zealand claimed the second leg of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series after beating rivals Australia in another epic clash between the two sides in São Paulo. A try from player of the tournament Portia Woodman sealed the 17-10 win for her side, after the scores were locked at 10-10 in the second half.
England Sevens secured their second consecutive Plate final victory of the season with a 14-5 victory over the USA in the Brazil leg of the Sevens World Series. England, who lifted the Plate in the first round in Dubai also, reached the final after being knocked out of the cup competition at the quarter-final stages
Hosts Brazil reached the quarter finals of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series second round after impressive victories in Sao Paulo on Saturday. After a humbling 40-0 defeat to Australia, the hosts picked themselves up in time to beat Fiji (26-14) and China (24-14) in front of a raucous home crowd in Arena Barueri. They
England will play Australia in the Cup quarter-finals of the Sevens World Series in Brazil on Sunday. In the second round of the World Series, Simon Middleton’s side struggled on day one with a tough pool against South Africa, Russia and Canada, to finish third in their pool. England opened day one with a convincing
The final squads for round two of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in São Paulo have been set, with kick-off less than 24 hours away. Competition for places is hotting up this year, with the top four teams at the end of the season qualifying for the Olympic Games in 2016. New Zealand, who
Italy vs Ireland is the first fixture of the competition on Friday evening (KO 7pm), with Bristol’s Claire Molloy in the mix to start for the Irish. After they made history during the summer – beating New Zealand in the pool stages of the World Cup – the Irish are hoping to build on the
England Women’s Sevens Head Coach Simon Middleton has named his final squad of 12 players for this weekend’s second round of the Sevens World Series in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A 14-player squad travelled to Sao Paulo last week for a week of warm-weather training and Middleton has now named his final 12 to compete in
World Rugby has confirmed that the second round of the Women’s Sevens Series will be streamed live from São Paulo, Brazil on 7 and 8 February. The competition kicks off at the Arena Barueri in São Paulo on Saturday, with New Zealand top of the standings. Following on from a highly-competitive first round in Dubai
Registrations open for volunteers at London leg of World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Tournament will take place on 15/16 May at Twickenham Stoop and Twickenham Stadium England Rugby are looking for volunteers to help deliver the London leg of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, which will be held on 15 and 16 May 2015. The round
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