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What to watch in women’s rugby: England, Wales join Quad Series

By Martyn Thomas

123 days ago

England's Steph Else leads her side out against Wales during the Six Nations Women's Summer Series between Wales and England at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma, Italy, Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 (Photo by Ben Brady / Inpho)

Hosts Wales and England enter the fray as the Transatlantic Quad Series moves south from Ystrad Mynach to Cardiff for Friday’s second round.

Canada and USA got the U20s tournament underway at the Centre for Sporting Excellence last Sunday with the former running out deserved 23-10 winners.

Ria Johnston, Ava van Santen and Adelaide Holmes (twice) each crossed the whitewash for Canada before Grace Jacklyn added a late penalty.

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On Friday, Canada will take on an England side made up of primarily of players who graduated from their U18 programme last year and members of the U20 squad who didn’t travel to Parma for the recent Six Nations Women’s Series.

England beat Ireland 33-10 and Wales 55-24 in northern Italy before suffering a 72-21 defeat to France on the final day.

The squad for Friday’s match against Canada will be led by England U18 Women’s head coach James Cooper.

Wales, meanwhile, were beaten 57-12 by France in their opening match in Parma before letting a 14-5 half-time lead against Italy slip in their final match, going on to lose 33-19 against the hosts.

Liza Burgess’ side will hope they come out on the right side of the result on Friday, having suffered an agonising 28-27 defeat to USA on their North America tour last summer.

You can watch all the action unfold at Cardiff Arms Park live and for free on RugbyPass TV.

Friday, July 19th

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Star Red Rose Kildunne opens up

Series three of Stronger Than You Think continues apace as England star Ellie Kildunne joins Jodie Ounsley and Ashleigh Wilmot in the studio.

Harlequins full-back Kildunne scored an incredible nine tries during the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations to help the Red Roses to another Grand Slam and earn the Player of the Championship gong.

She is aiming to take that form into the Olympics as part of the Great Britain squad aiming for gold at Paris 2024 having returned to the sevens set-up for the Games.

Off the pitch, meanwhile, Kildunne is developing her talent for photography and has become a leading member of the cowboy ‘movement’ that has swept the Red Roses camp and among their supporters.

Find out more about her journey in the game and where it might lead in the latest episode on RugbyPass TV.

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NB 4 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Damian Penaud, Cyrille Baille, Francois Cros, Romain Ntamack were the signficant ones missing from the starting XV Rugs...

But 20 is a lot more than four, and I couldn't really see France taking a Test off the ABs with them AWOL.

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Mzilikazi 6 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

I reckon France actually had nine forwards out there, Nick. Louis Bielle-Biarrey was everywhere on the field, into the breakdowns with relish, close quarter tackling big men. One I noted was a crisp round the lower legs on Caleb Clarke. Only things he was not in were lineouts and scrums.

Agree on your comment re de Groot being upstaged by Tamaiti. de Groot at this stage is probably the better scrummager, but Tamaiti has a far wider range of skills, and he looks to me to be a highly intelligent rugby player. Great hands too.

I actually thought Meafou was younger than 26. Comparing him to Will Skelton, he is faster round the field. Those two hits you highlight show how fast he can get off the ground. Skelton is the better player going into contact, and offloading or presenting the ball fast and clean.

Man, that was a great contest. The AB's have played well on this EYOT.

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NB 7 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Yes best quality match of top rugby weekend AD.

It will be interesting to see if the players have any voice in the argument. Some of them may never get the chance to tour NZ again, let alone win a series there, so you could say it's a 'restraint of trade' if they are prevented from going.

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RedWarrior 11 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Ireland did and the disrespect shown by NZ to them on foot of that series was revealing. France need to suit themselves here.

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RedWarrior 13 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

NZ have used all means fair or foul since their loss in 2007 to win the RWC to the detriment of world rugby. I hope France continue to be fair without trampling on other teams to get to the top. The draw which pitted France (with no players with RWC knock out win experience) against SA (with probably 100 knock out win caps) in the QF was utterly ludicrous. France can make huge strides towards their goals by simply using their clout to insist on transparent decisions around the draw and scheduling.

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johnz 19 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

I'll take your money.

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SK 19 minutes ago

Mick Cleary: 'England are not far off. But the margin is there. It’s palpable.'

England need a win against a top tier side and badly. Psychologically the Ireland game was meant to be their turning point but the AB's, Boks and Wallabies have negated the progress made by that landmark win. They have essentially taken two steps back.

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SK 22 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Whole different environment playing the AB's at Eden Park. It takes experience and quality to win in NZ. Potential, talent and promise is no substitute and just wont do. Just ask those teams that came before and lost there. If the AB's had a graveyard for teams they have buried at home it would be littered with multiple tombstones of many a great team and those of not so great teams as well. It would be full of Boks, Lions, Roses, Wallabies and several French roosters as well. Not too many sides in history can say they came, they saw and they conquered the land of the long white cloud

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johnz 24 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

It is a shame France won't bring their top team out to NZ, but it's part of the appeal this rivalry has, two teams with a colourful history but who don't play each other all that often. Many a rivalry has been diminished by trying to flog them too often for commercial gain.

The great thing about these two teams is their ability to play attacking rugby. But as your stats clearly show, France are able to create a lot more with less at the moment. Some opportunities are created with raw power up the middle. Others with pure French creativity.

I felt Razor missed a trick not bringing on the likes of Tuipulotu and Tosi earlier. Players need a good 30 mins to make an impact, and those two players have size and have been doing the job when given the opportunity.

The other issue I can't help but think is hindering the creation of more opportunities at the moment is the 10, 12 & 13 axis. While all players are good in their own right, I don't see anyone providing any creativity to free up others. I know your a big fan of Jordie Nick, but both him and Ioane don't seem exercise the basics of draw and pass, and in-tackle offloads. Things we always took for granted in NZ.

Although defensively it's a solid combo which can't be overlooked.

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J Marc 27 minutes ago

The Joe Schmidt verdict on Samu Kerevi's marred milestone

Sorry too. My english language level is not very hight. To come back to our subject, I think, if it had not be a red for Kerevi, Suaali may have seen yellow twice in five minutes at the end of the game...

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NE 28 minutes ago

New Zealand miss out in player of the year awards

Wasn't expecting a sensible or relevant comment from one of RP's leading rugby dunces. Cheers for the confirmation. Grow up, little girl.

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SK 29 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

If France is the AB's Mistress are the Wallabies their brothers and is their rivalry a sibling rivalry? Who is the big brother in that dynamic or perhaps they are twins forever intertwined in their DNA and ideals. Whats England to France? The Husband? Despite the Romance it seems as though the French like any unruly and assertive mistress is ready to break the relationship in favour of self development and self growth in the pursuit of something better, The World Cup. They have grown tired of this romance and would like to see it on their terms. It seems like there is nothing they wont do or sacrifice in pursuit of their goal this time as they strive to push for the ultimate prize in the game. France is asserting its independence and putting itself first. Cant fault them for that even though we are all hopeless rugby romantics.

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NE 30 minutes ago

Rassie Erasmus pinpoints what made the difference in tight Bok win

See above, loser.

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Ace 41 minutes ago

New Zealand miss out in player of the year awards

Everyone knows that naaijill. If it was, you would've been the only nominee in all the categories.

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RugCs 43 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

This was not the best French team that beat NZ. They can select better players, so by leaving 20 players behind for the July tour can one really say that the team selected to tour will not win a match or two. I would put money on the French B team winning at least one and perhaps two matches without their stars.

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Thomas K 43 minutes ago

Ex-All Black accuses Ireland player of 'disgusting' antics against Argentina

Bang on

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Thomas K 43 minutes ago

Ex-All Black accuses Ireland player of 'disgusting' antics against Argentina

which football team do you support?

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AD 45 minutes ago

'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Thanks Nick

Yes, top drawer teams in a top draw match.

Nothing really between them, and reports of NZ's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

For mine, no difference between the top 4 teams on any day.

Of course France should take their top team to NZ.

Series like that, broadcast/streamed everywhere is what will keep grubby money away.

We already have an RUPL

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GrahamVF 47 minutes ago

Ex-All Black accuses Ireland player of 'disgusting' antics against Argentina

Imagine Nic White and Jack Crowley as a halfback combination - at the end of the game they could curtsey to the stands and kiss their opponents on the cheek.

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NE 52 minutes ago

New Zealand miss out in player of the year awards

Funny man.

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