She’s a World Cup winner with 60 caps to her name, but it’s been a while since she’s pulled on the white shirt. Laura Keates has battled back from horrendous injury to reclaim her spot as a cornerstone of the Worcester Warriors Women pack and now she’s getting the opportunity to reclaim her spot for […]
Setting sights on the Grand-Slam with England fly-half Zoe Harrison
It’s autumn, the leaves are falling, Boris is about to put us back into lockdown and we’re finally getting to see the deciding games of the six nations. Last night England’s men secured the title and later today the Red Roses will go for the grand slam against Italy. We caught up with Zoe Harrison […]
A perfect start to the season. Beth Wilcock tells us about Harlequins'big win!
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 […]
The Podcasts keeping me sane through lockdown!
As we head into week 6 (I think… It feels like forever) of lock down with no clear sign of change on the horizon I’m really struggling with the lack of sport to watch. My favourite teams and players are isolating and as amusing as their Instagram stories and TikTok posts are, I’m really missing […]
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 […]