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England cruise into the Quarter Finals

Simon Middleton believes that “nerves” played a part in another slow start for England as the Red Roses thrashed South Africa to cruise into the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. Hat-tricks from Rosie Galligan and Connie Powell ensured that England overcame a shaky opening quarter to power away from their opponents with their forwards again to

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Red Roses’ Pack dominate

Result: England 75 South Africa 0 Player of the Match: Rosie Galligan The result was what we expected, but what some, including World Rugby, feared. Although the bald figures make the game look totally one-sided, the Boks caused the English plenty of worries, committing them to a torrent of early tackles. But the underdogs weren’t

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The Last Hurdle before Things hot up

England v South Africa First the two squads: England: 15. Sarah McKenna, 14. Abby Dow,13. Holly Aitchison, 12. Tatyana Heard, 11. Jess Breach, 10. Zoe Harrison, 9. Lucy Packer, 1. Hannah Botterman, 2. Connie Powell, 3. Maud Muir, 4. Rosie Galligan, 5. Cath O’Donnell, 6. Morwenna Talling, 7. Marlie Packer (captain), 8. Poppy Cleall Bench:

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Manchester Thunder Welcomes South African Lenize Potgieter

Manchester Thunder Welcomes South African Superstar Lenize Potgieter from Australian SSN Side Adelaide Thunderbirds Manchester Thunder have secured South African netball super shooter Lenize Potgieter for the 2023 season. With Thunder remaining undefeated for all 22 games, lifting the 2022 Vitality Netball Superleague (VNSL) trophy, and smashing records by scoring 88 goals, it was no

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England v South Africa – 3rd and last T20

Derby, 26 July A clean sweep of the series against the Proteas puts the England squad in fine fettle for the Commonwealth Games next week. Chloe Tryon, skipper at Derby in Sune Luus’ absence, played her trump card straight away, turning to Nonkululeko Mlaba’s left-arm spin. Mlaba bowled excellently, making up for the loss of

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England Women clinch multi-format series with IT20 victory

England Women 114-4 beat South Africa 111/9 by six wickets Katherine Brunt recorded her best IT20 figures and Sophia Dunkley made 59 as England Women won the first Vitality IT20 at Essex to confirm victory in the multi-format series against South Africa. Brunt’s masterful 4-15 rolled back the years and restricted the visitors to 111-9. Dunkley – in

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Actions speak louder than words

Third Big Win for England Third ODI, Leicester Tammy Beaumont was the big surprise, dropped from the Commonwealth Games squad, but her reaction was no surprise, a stunning 119 at the top of the order. She had a statement to make. For the second time running the top four batters all passed 50, Emma Lamb

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