Wales and Scotland record wins ahead of WXV 1 and 2
Both Wales and Scotland recorded wins over the USA and Spain respectively ahead of the inaugural WXV competition which starts on 1…
Lucy Lomax
02 Oct 2023, 5:45
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Lucy Lomax
@lucylomax16 Lucy Lomax has been working in sports journalism, communications and digital content production for the past seven years. Lucy's career to date has seen her work for organisations such as BBC Sport, Harlequins Rugby, the English Institute of Sport and Team GB as well as hosting the Female Athlete Podcast. Lucy is passionate about supporting women in sport, and in particular helping to promote and grow the game of women's rugby.
Missed conversion grants Japan their first ever win over Italy
Japan withstood a fierce second-half fightback from Italy in Parma to beat the Azzurre for the first time in the 21-year history o…
Lucy Lomax
02 Oct 2023, 7:29
England and Canada announce teams for WXV 1 clash in Dunedin
England and Canada have announced their match day 23's for Friday evening's clash at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin in round 2 of…
Lucy Lomax
25 Oct 2023, 19:00
Interview
'Our season is only eight weeks long in Australia. I've come to play some good consistent footie.'
Until this season it had been rare so to see southern hemisphere players come across to play in the English club league, despite n…
Lucy Lomax
26 Jan 2023, 9:59
'If a suitable policy doesn't exist, you're implying there is no place for mothers in your team'
“If a suitable maternity policy does not exist, you’re implying that there is no place for mothers in your team or organisatio…
Lucy Lomax
19 Jan 2023, 7:22
France Women announce 32 contracts post-World Cup
France coaches Gaelle Mignot and David Ortiz have announced a revamped 32-strong playing squad, contracted until June 2024, as a n…
Lucy Lomax
12 Jan 2023, 7:53
Scottish Rugby announces 28 professional women's contracts
Scottish Rugby has announced professional contracts have been awarded to 28 players, as part of its continued investment into the …
Lucy Lomax
15 Dec 2022, 9:00
Exclusive
Swarming together: 'We had six registered players when Giselle left'
This season for Wasps Women, there has been a double whammy of punches to the gut, which meant at one point in time over the summe…
Lucy Lomax
09 Dec 2022, 6:38
What did we learn from the 2021 Rugby World Cup?
It’s always important to reflect and take learnings from World Cups (especially ones that took five years to happen), arguing wh…
Lucy Lomax
24 Nov 2022, 9:25
Menager returns as France name starting line-up for Black Ferns
Number eight Romane Ménager returns to the France starting line-up for their semi-final with hosts New Zealand at Eden Park after…
Lucy Lomax
03 Nov 2022, 16:14
'England need to be brave enough to use everything they've got'
With England as the current world number ones and pre-tournament favourites, it seems the Red Roses’ go-to method of scoring tri…
Lucy Lomax
01 Nov 2022, 23:06
Wales Women announce team for quarter-final against the Black Ferns
Wales Women head coach Ioan Cunningham has made four changes and one positional switch for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final again…
Lucy Lomax
27 Oct 2022, 20:13
Wallaroos name side to face England in quarter final clash
Wallaroos head coach Jay Tregonning has named his side for the Rugby World Cup Quarter Final against England this Sunday at Waitak…
Lucy Lomax
27 Oct 2022, 19:26
Rugby World Cup 2021 quarter-final draw announced
The quarter-final draw for Rugby World Cup 2021 was announced on Sunday after a thrilling pool phase final round determined the ei…
Lucy Lomax
23 Oct 2022, 3:59
Only three players retained in France starting line-up for Fiji
France coach Thomas Darracq has retained only three players in the France starting line-up after their 13-7 loss to England for th…
Lucy Lomax
20 Oct 2022, 23:13
Canada name team for show down with the USA
Canada coach Kevin Rouet has made five personnel and two positional changes to his starting line-up for the third and final pool g…
Lucy Lomax
20 Oct 2022, 22:37
Interview
'This is Carys Williams, but she's running on for England. What's going on here?!'
As Wales prepare to take on Australia in their final pool match at the Rugby World Cup, former England player Carys Williams-Morri…
Lucy Lomax
20 Oct 2022, 2:22
Only one change for Scotland as they face Black Ferns
Scotland have made one change to the starting line-up ahead of this weekend’s final Rugby World Cup Pool A fixture against hosts…
Lucy Lomax
20 Oct 2022, 1:24
France's Laure Sansus ruled out of remainder of World Cup
France’s Rugby World Cup campaign has suffered a major blow with the news that scrum-half Laure Sansus has been ruled out of the…
Lucy Lomax
18 Oct 2022, 2:04
Interview
The Black Ferns skipper who's leading by example at the World Cup
In a World Cup year, Ruahei Demant was left speechless when coach Wayne Smith asked her to captain the Black Ferns for the Pacific…
Lucy Lomax
17 Oct 2022, 19:05
