Just over a year on from sustaining a second potentially career-ending neck injury, Exeter’s Claudia MacDonald will represent England for the first time in 16 months in their opening Women’s Six Nations game against Italy.
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.
Here we are, about to begin another season of Premiership Women’s Rugby. Last season saw Gloucester-Hartpury Women lift the trophy once again, winning a free-flowing finale against Bristol Bears Women.