England head coach John Mitchell has called 12 players into his latest training squad as the Red Roses continue their Women’s Six Nations preparations without their Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) finalists.
England head coach John Mitchell has included six uncapped players for the squad’s latest Women’s Six Nations training camp, four of whom have been called up for the first time.
While the regular season might be finished for Premiership Women’s Rugby, with Gloucester-Hartpury sat atop the table, the biggest prize is still up for grabs and the tempo is about to get even faster as we head into the playoffs.
21 players who were involved in England’s successful campaign in the inaugural WXV 1 tournament return for a second year.
Speaking to Contested, Cleall spoke of the incident which ‘snowballed’ on social media after she was alleged to have headbutted an Exeter Chiefs coach in June 2023.
Sarah McKenna has received her first England call-up under John Mitchell as part of a training squad that contains eight uncapped players.
Exeter Chiefs flanker Maddie Feaunati and Trailfinders Women prop Liz Crake have both earned full-time England contracts for the 2024-25 season.
While I'm looking forward to getting started on my rehab as soon as possible, it's also important to realise that it is a broken bone, and it needs time to heal properly. England have been really supportive, so I'll follow what I've been told by them and then return to Saracens.
The English, who are chasing a sixth successive championship title but a first with their Kiwi coach in charge, turned on the style last Saturday to blitz Ireland 88-10 in front of a near-50,000 attendance at Twickenham.
That’s when covering the world number ones gets less fun, because people ask you how work was, and there are gasps, winces, and - worst of all - amusement when you tell them the result. 88 - 10 is a terrible look for the game - a cricket score - and it does precisely nothing to entice new fans.