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 […]
On the eve of the Six Nations we speak with England flier Abby Dow
At just 22 years old Abby Dow is fast becoming one ofthe mainstays of Simon Middleton’s England teams. Throughout the autumn she lockeddown her place with a series of impressive displays and will once again wearthe rose as the team face off against France this Sunday. In that time she hasheld out established and even […]
A Bright Future – We chat with Richmond Women’s Sadia Kabeya
Last weekend’s TyrrellsPremier 15s gave us a tightly contested and incredibly interesting gamebetween Worcester and Richmond Women.While the Warriors would leave with the win there were a lot of reasons to bepositive for the London side so we caught up with one of their most excitingyoung talents, Sadia Kabeya to gaugethe mood at the Athletic […]
Celebrating Victory with Zoe Aldcroft
Last weekend saw the Red Roses secure an impressive win on French soil. The first for England Women since 2012, against a France team who had won 17 of their previous 18 games. With a return fixture this Saturday in Exeter we caught up with Gloucester-Hartpury lock Zoe Aldcroft to see how the team were […]
Focusing On France – We check in with Jess Breach & Simon Middleton
After a summer series over in the US that saw the Red Roses focusing firmly on squad development, and still racking up their share of wins, it’s time once again for the squad to set their sights on results. We caught up with head coach Simon Middleton and Red Roses & Harlequins Women try-scoring phenom […]
Scoring tries and studying – We chat with Rhona Lloyd!
Women’s sport has never had a higher profile than it does right now, from the coverage of the football World Cup to the likes of Coco Gauff lighting up individual sports with their energy and, in rugby’s case ever more coverage of the game and its players domestically and internationally. I’ve been a rugby fan […]