England Women's

Rachael Burford Interview: Aussie motivation, England's style of play and dealing with pressure

The World Cup winner looks ahead to the Red Roses' quarter-final in Auckland, discusses why there is more to come from Simon Middleton's side and gives us an insight into what it is like as a player at this stage of the tournament.
27 October 2022

Rugby World Cup: Quarter-finals fixtures unveiled

The fixtures for the quarter-finals in the ongoing Rugby World Cup 2021 has been confirmed following the conclusion of the final group games.
23 October 2022

Marlie Packer to lead England in World Cup game against South Africa

England head coach Simon Middleton has made 13 changes to the final Rugby World Cup pool game against South Africa to be played on Sunday.
21 October 2022

Game against France 'learning experience' for England - Simon Middleton

England head coach Simon Middleton feels the recently concluded World Cup game against France will be learning experience for his side.
16 October 2022

Rugby World Cup: England edge out France 13-7 to maintain winning streak

Emily Scarratt kicked all 13 points as England managed to hold off France with a 13-7 victory in their second Pool C clash in the ongoing Rugby World Cup in Whangarei.
15 October 2022

England make one change for Rugby World Cup game against France

England head coach Simon Middleton has made a solitary change for their second game in the ongoing Rugby World Cup against France to be played in Whangarei on Saturday.
13 October 2022

Rugby World Cup: England score 14 tries as they ease past Fiji with 84-19 win

England started the Rugby World Cup campaign in a dominating manner as they ran a 14-try riot to annihilate Fiji with a 84-19 win in the tournament opener at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.
8 October 2022

Sadia Kabeya to start for England in Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji

England head coach Simon Middleton has named 20-year-old flanker Sadia Kabeya in the starting line up for the Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji to be played on Saturday.
6 October 2022

England prop Shaunagh Brown to miss Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji due to Covid-19

England's preparations for the Rugby World Cup has been hampered with prop Shaunagh Brown ruled out of the tournament opener against Fiji after testing positive for Covid-19.
4 October 2022

Red Hot Favourites

A global pandemic has meant the Rugby World Cup starts a year late, with England the hot favourites; and not the New Zealand hosts. There are 12 teams in contention with 6 weeks of competition.
4 October 2022

Red Roses to play to play first standalone Twickenham match during Women's Six Nations

England Women's 2023 Six Nations fixtures have been confirmed with the Twickenham Stadium set to host their first-ever standalone game.
28 September 2022

Louis Deacon Interview: "I have been there as a player...you genuinely believe you should be going"

Red Roses forwards coach Louis Deacon has experienced missing out on a World Cup as a player and he tells TRU how difficult it was to omit some established names from England's squad for New Zealand 2021.
21 September 2022

Sarah Hunter retains captaincy as England unveil 32-member squad for Rugby World Cup

England Women head coach Simon Middleton has named a 32-member squad for the Rugby World Cup to be played in New Zealand next year.
20 September 2022

11-try England set World Record after beating Wales 73-7

England rounded off the preparations for the Rugby World Cup with a 11-try performance against their Wales counterparts with a 73-7 win at Ashton Gate on Wednesday.
15 September 2022

Match Centre: England Women 52-14 USA Women

England Women ran eight try riot as they trounced their USA counterpart with a 52-14 margin at Sandy Park stepping up their preparations for the Rugby World Cup next month.
4 September 2022

An invite to Pennyhill, a chat with Simon Middleton and how excited we should all be for the Red Roses

TRU's Elizabeth Cartwright was invited down to Pennyhill Park by Red Roses head coach Simon Middleton to find out how England are preparing for the World Cup.
2 September 2022

Abbie Ward Exclusive: “I don’t think you have seen the Red Roses in full flow yet”

England may not have tasted defeat since July 2019, but the message from forward Abbie Ward highlights exactly why Simon Middleton’s side are the favourites to win the World Cup in New Zealand.
31 August 2022

England head coach Simon Middleton trim squad to 35 players

England head coach Simon Middleton has trimmed the squad to 35 players ahead of the weekend's clash against the United States to be played at Sandy Park.
29 August 2022

How the success of the Lionesses can help the Red Roses and women's rugby go to the next level

Rachael Burford and Amber Reed reflect on England becoming Euro 2022 champions and assess how their achievements can help women's rugby grow both on and off the field.
4 August 2022

Simon Middleton name 37-player pre-season Red Roses squad

Red Roses head coach Simon Middleton has unveiled a 37-player squad for pre-season training ahead of the 2022/23 season.
1 July 2022