CANADA’S recent draw with England was good for the wider woman’s game internationally, but it must also be a wake up call for the RFU.
Canada have cleverly used Premiership Women’s Rugby to develop a talented group of players over the last few years and other nations are starting to do the same, which is also starting to affect young English players’ pathways into their club first teams. For some PWR games you see up to eight non-English players in some starting XVs.
It’s not English rugby’s responsibility to develop other nation’s wom...