Source: RFU

England women’s U20 team announcement

England women’s U20 head coach Lou Meadows has named her side to take on France U20 this Saturday, 15 March (KO 16:00) in Tours, the second in the two-match series between the nations. Maisy Allen and Lizzie Duffy co-captain the side from openside flanker and fly-half respectively. Catherine Wells and Grace Clifford are the starting props,

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Source: RFU

Yet another loss for England

England Under 20 v France Under 20 This, the first of two cross-Channel matches, was held at Wellington College, Berkshire, alongside the ongoing Under 18 Six Nations event. Once again England’s U20s failed to unlock the door to success at this level. Despite all the promise of players familiar with the rigours of the Premier

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England women’s U20 team announced

England U20 v France U20 England women’s U20 head coach Lou Meadows has named her matchday squad to take on France U20 this Saturday, 8 April (KO 14:00) at Wellington College in the first of a two-match series between the two nations. Admission to the match will be free, while those unable to attend will

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Source: FFR

Two more England-France Clashes

The FFR has announced the 26 names of an Under 20 squad to represent France in home and away games with England in April: Lyna Abdallah (Lyon OU) Amalia Bazola (Stade Toulousain) Adèle Besson (Stade Bordelais) Mélanie Blanchard (Stade Rennais) Mailys Borak (Stade Bordelais) Morgane Bourgeois (Stade Bordelais) Léa Champon (Grenoble) Lili Dezou (Stade Toulousain)

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England Women U20s to take on France at Henley

England Women U20s head coach Amy Turner has named her matchday squad for this weekend’s Test against France at Henley Hawks RFC (Saturday 2 April, KO 2pm). In the second of back-to-back matches against Les Bleues, the young Red Roses are looking to bounce back from last weekend’s 35-14 defeat in Normandy in the match

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Source: RFU

England name U20 squad for 2019/2020 season

The England Women U20s squad for the 2019/20 season has been named. The core 24-player group, as well as those invited to join on a camp-by-camp basis, will take part in three-day training camps each month. Given the 2019/20 season focus for this age group is to develop players as individuals, the competition phase has

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Source: Bruce Perkins

The future looks bright for the Red Roses

England U20 v USA U20 Tri-Nations – Loughborough 20 July 2019 All the great names (Dow, Perry, Beckett, Botterman, Tuima, Attwood, Galligan, Harrison) had disappeared from the Under 20 roster – upstairs, to the elite squad. And still the new-look squad put ten tries on a hard-pressed USA side. Just as though it was a cricket

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