Women's Rugby

Having already been crowned as the Women’s Six Nations Champions, TRU spoke to England fly-half Katy Daley-McLean ahead of the Red Roses Grand Slam decider this weekend.

The third round of Allianz Premier 15s saw four matches with Loughborough Lightning, Harlequins Women, Saracens Women and Wasps FC Ladies registering wins.

Helen Nelson says Scotland "can't take their foot off the gas" after clinching a dramatic draw with France in the Women's Six Nations on Sunday.

England have successfully managed to defend the Women's Six Nations title after the fourth round game between France and Scotland finished in a draw.

New Zealand, England and Canada have occupied the top seeds in the Women's World Cup scheduled next year.

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.