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Head coach Sean Lynn has picked his first Wales side for the Guinness Women’s Six Nations opener away to Scotland at the Hive, Edinburgh on Saturday, March 22nd (4.45pm). Hannah Jones will captain the side with Keira Bevan as vice-captain for the trip to the Scottish capital. Props Maisie Davies and Jenni Scoble and lock […]
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Jason Strange’s development plan at Ebbw Vale will reach a new milestone when The Steelmen play in their first cup final in 27 years at Llandovery’s Church Bank. When Strange returned as head coach at his hometown club he had a massive clear out of players, scoured his locality for talent and three seasons on […]
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The Six Nations Under 18 Festivals return in 2025, with Wellington College in England hosting the Women’s Festival from 11th – 19th April, and Vichy in France the stage for this year’s Men’s Festival which runs from the 10th – 18th April. As a vital development platform for the women’s and men’s game, the festivals […]
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Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss has confirmed he has had two meetings with Rugby Australia officials about taking charge of the Wallabies at the completion of Joe Schmidt’s tenure in October.
The France hooker Peato Mauvaka has been cited for foul play after an off-the-ball incident with Scotland’s Ben White in their final Six Nations match.
Mauvaka received a yellow card for throwing himself head first into the grounded scrum-half during France’s title-clinching win in Paris on Saturday. The incident was referred for a bunker review at the time but the punishment was not increased beyond the 10 minutes in the sin-bin.
Continue reading...The survival of Newcastle Falcons as a professional rugby team will require more than just a one-off £4m bailout from the remaining nine Premiership clubs, according to a senior Falcons employee. Steve Diamond, their director of rugby, has confirmed Newcastle may have to negotiate a potential short-term loan to participate in next season’s Premiership, raising fresh doubts about the club’s longer-term viability.
Diamond has already been forced to put a freeze on player recruitment for next season following confirmation the Falcons have been discussing a possible central loan if they fail to secure fresh investment between now and mid-June. Their longtime backer Semore Kurdi has been actively seeking a buyer for the club since last year.
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Sean Lynn will be joined by five victorious Gloucester-Hartpury players in joining up with Wales’ Guinness Women’s Six Nations squad this week after securing an historic hat-trick of Professional Women’s Rugby titles at the weekend. The new Wales Women’s head coach masterminded a ‘three-peat’ for the Circus as they hit back from a 19-5 deficit […]
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Jason Strange believes the lessons learned in Ebbw Vale’s two semi-finals defeats last season could allow them to finally get across the line and win the Super Rygbi Cymru Cup at Llandovery on Thursday night. The Steelmen were forced to come from behind at Swansea to maintain their unbeaten run in Pool B and join […]
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The Premiership will trial away sections for supporters in two forthcoming matches in April, in an effort to improve atmospheres in top‑flight fixtures.
It is understood that for Saracens’ fixture against Gloucester on 19 April and Leicester’s match against Harlequins on 26 April, specific areas for visiting supporters to congregate in will be created.
Continue reading...England finished strong while Ireland appear to be fading, but the head coach must avoid an over-reliance on recency bias
The streets of Cardiff on Saturday night made the last days of the Roman empire look positively sedate. There were almost as many puddles of sick outside the Queens Vaults pub as England had scored tries inside the Principality Stadium, the glossy veneer of “Super Saturday” replaced by the dejected, what-just-happened stagger home. Truth be told, the pissed-up paying public weren’t looking too flash either.
What a deeply sobering weekend to be a player in red. To lose 68-14 against anyone at Test level is a nightmare; to do so under the roof at home against England is full-on zombie apocalypse stuff. An Aussie dollar or two, then, for Andy Farrell’s thoughts as he left the ground pondering his options for the British & Irish Lions series against the Wallabies this year. As things stand, representatives from Wales will be hard pressed to fill a phone box.
Continue reading...Andy Farrell looks likely to overlook England’s assistants when selecting his British & Irish Lions coaching staff, with Steve Borthwick revealing he has not been approached about members of the backroom team.
After England rounded off their Six Nations campaign with a record win against Wales to ensure a second-placed finish, Borthwick stated that he wanted as many of his players selected for the Lions tour as possible when Farrell names his squad on 8 May.
Continue reading...Borthwick says Northampton youngster ‘just comes on and wants to win’ and is not letting the shirt weigh him down
No title, no trophy, but the morning after the night before was a bright one for Steve Borthwick. An absence of silverware but glistening silver linings all over the place. The most ruthless, complete performance of Borthwick’s tenure puts the exclamation mark on England’s best Six Nations campaign for five years and gives reason for a genuine sense of optimism that his side have come of age.
It was only a few weeks ago that England were being booed by the Twickenham crowd, but such dissent feels a world away now and perhaps no one epitomises the feelgood factor more than Henry Pollock. Brought on for his debut after 48 minutes, his first involvement was to pack down for a scrum. After a word of encouragement from Ellis Genge, there Pollock was, grinning from ear to ear, backslapping teammates, high-fiving, bringing smiles to the faces of both Curry brothers.
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Wales U18s girls have travelled to Treviso to face Italy U18s at Villorba Rugby Club in a training game this afternoon ahead of their Six Nations Festival campaign next month. Wales head coach, Siwan Lillicrap said the match offers a fantastic opportunity for the squad to put into practice all the hard work they’ve put […]
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Les Bleus wrapped up the title in style at the Stade de France thanks in no small part to Yoram Moefana
6 mins. The visitors are not here to shepherd France to victory and FInn Russell get them going with a raking cross-kick that finds van der Merwe on the left. He’s set to turn on the pace but a slip halts his plan. The pace of the game is relentless and possession is traded a couple of times.
4 mins. More possession for France, this time via a massive maul that marches forward fifteen metres and leaves Scotland with little choice but to infringe to stop it’s murderous progress.
Continue reading...Ben Curry powers England to record-breaking win by dominating Dafydd Jenkins and the Welsh pack
Blair Murray Another dynamic performance that will put him in the British & Irish Lions conversation. Pacy, incisive and exciting. 8
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