Ahead of Sunday, when Gloucester-Hartpury get their title defence underway against Leicester Tigers - live on TNT Sports - I aquaplaned my way along the M40 to Kingsholm, and not just because Emma Sing had baked a Kinder Bueno banana bread for the ages.
Sarah McKenna has received her first England call-up under John Mitchell as part of a training squad that contains eight uncapped players.
Sarah McKenna has received her first England call-up under John Mitchell as part of a training squad that contains eight uncapped players.
If there was a blot on Steph Else’s pristine 2023-24 copybook, then it came on a chastening April evening in Rouen. She is confident England can gain revenge when they meet France in Parma on Sunday.
If there was a blot on Steph Else’s pristine 2023-24 copybook, then it came on a chastening April evening in Rouen. She is confident England can gain revenge when they meet France in Parma on Sunday.
As dejected Bristol Bears co-captain Amber Reed admitted as she reflected on what might have been at Sandy Park, the 2024 Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) final was a “cliché, a game of two halves”.
Premiership Women's Rugby couldn’t have asked for much more from this year’s final as Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol Bears combined for an 80-minute, end-to-end battle that ended 36-24 and ensured the cherry and whites would remain champions.
The line-ups for the upcoming Allianz PWR final have been confirmed, with Gloucester-Hartpury naming an unchanged side from their semi-final team and Bristol Bears making three changes.
The Gloucester-Hartpury full-back talks to RugbyPass about the impact of losing her England contract and how she bounced back to help the Circus into this Saturday's Premiership Women's Rugby final, against Bristol Bears at Sandy Park.
Exeter Chiefs flanker Maddie Feaunati and Trailfinders Women prop Liz Crake have both earned full-time England contracts for the 2024-25 season.