Head coach Susie Appleby believes her players at Gloucester-Hartpury can put themselves “in the best position” to achieve their next goals following the RFU’s recent announcement regarding full-time contracts.
England Women and Men's teams will have an aligned programme ahead of the 2018/19 season at the England Rugby Sevens High Performance Centre at The Lensbury in Teddington.
England Women Sevens settled for a seventh-place finish in the Kitakyushu leg of the Women's World Rugby Sevens series after a 36-5 win over China on Sunday.
England Women Sevens finished third in Pool C at the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in Kitakyushu, Japan. They will now face Spain in the Cup quarter-final.