The new Allianz Premier 15s season kicked off on the weekend with four entertaining match ups. Whilst three of the games were hotly contested the fourth was, on paper at least, a rout as Harlequins Women put 103 unanswered points on DMP Durham Sharks. Among the scorers was a recent re-acquisition for the club, returning […]
Kicking off the new season with Nicky Ponsford
The announcement on Monday last week that the Premier 15s would be kicking off imminently, with a new title sponsor and a host of temporary new laws was greeted with widespread joy from rugby fans, not least as it was a return toward normality. As one of the key figures in getting the league back Nicky […]
Premier 15s are back! We preview the return of elite women's rugby.
The Premier 15s are back! The elite women’s rugby competition kicks off this weekend with some notable changes! The TP15s becomes the AP15s with Allianz Insurance coming onboard as title sponsors. The league kicks off on October 10th with a new title, two new teams and, for the foreseeable future, a few new laws too. […]
Enough? You Are All So Much Better Than That!
Women’s sports and the athletes who compete in them have long been a target for trolls and social media morons, they’ve borne it out with a stoicism a few o their male counterparts could learn from. Rugby sadly is no different and despite the ever-increasing profile of the women’s game 2020 has been a tough […]
Trekking From Twickers with Rugby Against Cancer
If you talk to any rugby plyer about what they missed most during lockdown it won’t be the games, the highs of winning or the determination to right a loss. It certainly won’t be broncos and conditioning stints. The thing that the very best professionals and the most amateur players alike will point to is […]
Katy Daley-Mclean signs for Sale!
How do you build credibility into a brand new team? Aligning with an existing brand or club is a good start, it can give your team some identity. Reaching out to the community will help those roots take hold too. The best thing you can do though, is to build that personality on the pitch […]
Setting Up At The Stoop. We chat Red Roses and Harlequins with EmilyScott
In a week that has seen numerous top tier rugby games (andsports in general) postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus contingency planningit’s a delight to know we’ll still be able to watch England strut their stuffin Twickenham on Saturday. Yes, the men will be running out at the stadium, butI’ll be across the road to […]
"I revel in it!" Lark Davies talks about life as a full-time pro player
After a restful week off to recoverfrom the rigours of the Scottish winter the Red Roses return this weekend asSimon Middleton’s charges head to Doncaster to face off against Ireland. Icaught up with Lark Davies, the Loughborough Lightning hookerwith an eye for a try, to find out the mood in the England Women camp!
The Richmond Rivalry – previewing this weekend with Sonia Green
It’s a break week in the Six Nations and normally this wouldmean a quiet week for top flight women’s rugby in general but thanks to a previouslycalled off game we get a little bit of Tyrrells Premier 15s action as SaracensWomen head to the RAG. We caught up with long-serving forward Sonia Greento talk about […]
Packing Down With Vickii and Shaunagh
We’re sat in the plush bar at The Lensbury, enjoying thewarmth and relaxing in comfort. Immaculate lawns roll away outside with theThames trickling past in the distance. It’s a serene setting and a big change fromjust a few minutes earlier as we stood outside, fighting off the chill andwatching the Red Roses in training. Opposite […]