Women's Rugby

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.

Former England Women skipper Sue Day has been honoured with an MBE for services to gender equality in sport.

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 fixtures for the six postponed games of the Women's Six Nations have been unveiled with the tournament restarting on 24th October.

Scotland Women's head coach Philip Doyle has announced his decision to step down from the role as he was unable to join the team following the Covid-19 shielding rules.

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.

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.

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.

A return to competitive rugby in the UK may still be some way away, but Sale Sharks new recruit Mhairi Grieve is buzzing about the thought of playing for the Tyrrells Premier 15s newcomers in 2020/21.

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.

Latest to answer our quickfire Isolation Edition questions is England international and Bristol centre Amber Reed.

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.

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.