Talking Rugby Union brings you the latest news and exclusive interviews from the world of women's rugby including articles from the Allianz Premier 15s and the international scene.
Chris and the Looseheadz team are joined by England international and Gloucester-Hartpury scrum-half Natasha Hunt to discuss the women's game, mental health awareness and World Cup success + Mo selects her Mars XV.
The first round of the new Allianz Premier 15s season started in fine style as Harlequins scored 17 tries to breeze past DMP Durham Sharks.
Harlequins star and England legend Rachael Burford chats to TRU about the launch of the Girls Rugby Club as well as the start of the Allianz Premier 15s campaign.
The Rugby Football Union has confirmed Allianz Insurance as the sponsor for the Women's Premier 15s competition.
The Rugby Football Union has slashed the funding to Women's Premier 15s league competition following the financial loss created by the pandemic coronavirus.
The England Sevens player discusses how she and her fellow colleagues are trying to raise funds to help with their Tokyo 2021 preparations, plus, she talks about her involvement with Looseheadz’s #ENOUGH campaign.
The fixtures for the six postponed games of the Women's Six Nations have been unveiled with the tournament restarting on 24th October.
Speaking to TRU, England Sevens player Sydney Gregson tells us why her goals remain the same despite RFU cutting their Sevens programme.
In his latest column for Talking Rugby Union, Tom Lindsay discusses life after retirement, the joy of returning to coaching and he also looks ahead to the Premiership restarting.
Since midway through 2016, Louise McMillan has earned 22 full caps for Scotland, helped the national sevens team put in some great performances and lifted numerous trophies at club level with Hillhead/Jordanhill.
The fixtures for the postponed games of the 2020 Six Nations tournament has been unveiled with the matches set to take place at end of October.
Premier 15s clubs can now return to stage one of training which will allow individual conditioning in a performance environment with strict social distancing maintained at all times.
Players and supporters at all levels up and down the country are getting excited as rugby starts to slowly return after lockdown and one squad who will be eager to get going are Sale Sharks Women.
All rugby players have had to adapt to different ways of training to keep themselves ticking over for when the sport does eventually return - and for one of Shale Sharks’ newest recruits Nicola Howat, that has meant workouts on her family farm.
After a season spent coaching and playing in Canada, England scrum half Caity Mattinson was unveiled as one of Jo Yapp’s recruits for the 2020/21 season at Worcester Warriors.
When Molly Wright arrived in Scotland from New Zealand - via a stint in London to work within the NHS in early 2017- playing rugby again, let along winning an international cap, was the furthest thing from her mind.
Sale Sharks have strengthened their squad further with six more signings ahead of the 2020/21 season.
Tyrrells have confirmed that they will end the sponsor of Women's Premier 15s at the end of its three-year contract in August.
Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is Harlequins' and England scrum-half Leanne Riley.
Sydney Gregson was set to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games this summer, but the England 7s star and her teammates are now turning a negative into a fantastic positive.
Just eight weeks ago, Leanne Riley was leaving the field having started in England Women’s comprehensive 66-7 win over Wales.
One of Richmond’s longest serving players, Laura Kapo, reflects on the decision to omit her illustrious club from the Tyrrells Premier 15s, plus, she also looks forward to the next challenge.
Since joining Harlequins for the 2016/17 season, Davinia Catlin has become a club stalwart. A combative hooker, Catlin also runs an independent sports shop in Croydon, The Winning Margin.
Chris Heal and the Looseheadz team are joined by Kathryn Craine and Nikki Cowell of Sale 1861 to discuss the foundation + the girls also talk about the exciting times ahead for women's rugby in the North-West.
Exeter Chiefs Women’s head coach Susie Appleby says she is “incredibly excited” after the club had their place in the Tyrrells Premier 15s confirmed at the start of the month.
Chris Heal and the Looseheadz team are joined by Amber Reed to talk through her involvement with the foundation, winning the World Cup in 2014 + the current Red Roses selects her XV to take to Mars.
Following the announcement that Firwood Waterloo have lost their place in the Tyrrells Premier 15s, Joe Harvey caught up with full-back and Ireland international Lauren Delany.
The Head of Women’s Rugby at Sale Sharks discusses the introduction of their elite team to the Tyrrells Premier 15s and the importance of growing the game and creating an identity.
Rachael Burford chats to TRU about her thriving #LockdownSquad, the decision to award Exeter Chiefs & Sale Sharks places in the Tyrrells Premier 15s and why a strong domestic league can aid the Red Roses.
The Rugby Football Union unveiled on Monday the teams that have been invited for the next three seasons of the Tyrrells Premier 15s.
Following the early end of the rugby season in England, the RFU have confirmed the final league positions for the Championship, Tyrrells Premier 15s and community game.
Loughborough's season of celebration has hardly ended in the way that they imagined due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Joe Harvey has looked into what makes the institution so successful.
For now, there is no BUCS Championship final to look forward to for Edinburgh University women’s squad given the current situation which goes far beyond rugby, but they can still look back on a positive 2019/20 with pride.
England’s Women have been nothing short of dominant in this Six Nations. Having only conceded 20 points the entire tournament, whilst scoring 165 of their own, Simon Middleton and his players end as the champions elect.
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Talking Rugby Union were at the Stoop early on Saturday afternoon to watch England’s Women dismantle the Welsh 66-7.
England international and World Cup winner Amber Reed discusses her frustration and struggles with injuries, being back on the international scene, the continued progress of the Red Roses and the need to drive standards.
Having six Scottish women selected in the Great Britain Sevens wider group which is training for the Olympics has given the national XV’s squad a massive boost after a disruptive few weeks.
In his latest column for TRU, Jersey Reds’ Charlie Beckett explains why the international rugby continues this weekend despite the conclusion of Japan 2019