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Under 18s Women’s Six Nations Festival 2025

The fourth version of this age-group festival will take place again at Wellington College, England, from 11-19 April. It provides a vital stepping-stone on the path towards senior representative level. The tournament is carefully arranged to cater for the needs of this age-group. So when we hear of teams playing two matches in succession, we

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U18 Women’s Squad to face Hartpury College

Head coach James Cooper has named his England U18 Women’s matchday sides for their trip to face Hartpury College this Saturday (8th, 13:00 GMT kick-off). The 31-strong group travel to Gloucestershire for a fixture in preparation for the upcoming U18 Women’s Six Nations Festival following on from the third Women’s Player Development Group (PDG) playing opportunity

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An England U18 training squad

James Cooper has announced the names of 37 Under 18s who will take part in training sessions at Bisham, starting today, Friday 14 February. Many congratulations to all of them. Full list below. A reminder: this age-level is now divided into nine areas, termed Player Development Groups (PDGs). Cunningly, each bears the name of a

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Source: 6 Nations

James Cooper names England U18 training squad

Head coach James Cooper has named his England U18 Women’s 36-player Training Squad for the 2024/25 campaign. Ashton Adcock, Tamsin Baynes, Aisha Jah, Hayley Jones, Solana Shaw de Leon, Isabel van der Straaten, Jo Vosakiwaiwai and Ellie Wilson are the eight previously-capped players reintegrated into Cooper and assistant coach Oli Perry’s programme. Katherine Dyke also

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France remain unbeatable

France Under 18s v England Under 18s A favourite sporting term these days is GOAT, followed by “(perhaps) the best sports team there has ever been” (Ugo Monye on the Red Roses). But the French Under 18 team can put in a claim. They very rarely get beaten, and as the big clash with England

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Teams announced for England U18 Women fixtures

England U18 Women head coach James Cooper has named his squads to face Wales and Scotland on Matchday 2 of the 2024 U18 Women’s Six Nations Rugby Festival on Tuesday (2nd April). The U18 Women face their third and fourth 35-minute fixtures of the 2024 tournament in Colwyn Bay, taking on Wales at 14:00 BST

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England U18 squads named to face Ireland and Italy

England U18 Women head coach James Cooper has named his squads to face Ireland and Italy on the opening matchday of the 2024 U18 Women’s Six Nations Rugby Festival this Friday (29th March). Cooper and assistant coach Ollie Perry lead the team into the opening two 35-minute fixtures of this year’s tournament in Colwyn Bay,

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