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.
A lot has changed in the five years since Mia Venner won her one and so far, only England cap but at 22 she could still have a long Test career ahead of her.
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.
The impending Six Nations will be without a hoard of England-qualified battering rams and laser beams, who’d stroll into other countries’ formations, forced to bide their time, or - worse - never have it at all. And so, as the latest cohort descend upon Pennyhill, here’s - for your delectation - a 1-15 of uncapped English powerhouses.
Premiership Women's Rugby table toppers Gloucester-Hartpury will take on Saracens, the team that finished the regular season second, in the final on March 16.
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.
The USA sevens star was given her Bears debut off the bench against champions Gloucester-Hartpury last weekend, completing 20 minutes in the 40-17 defeat – her first 15s appearance since 2021.
Ilona Maher arrived in the West Country to plenty of fanfare. It’s not hard to work out why. With over eight million followers across social media, the sport has never seen celebrity like the 28-year-old possesses.