Premiership Women's Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership Women’s Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players CLAUDIA MACDONALD THIS WEEK... WASPS & ENGLAND SCRUM-HALF Claudia MacDonald...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPioneer Flores put women on world map
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER WHILE singing the praises of the Black Ferns it would be remiss not to tip a hat...
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/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players JENNY MAXWELL THIS WEEK... LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND SCRUM-HALF Loughborough...
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/ 4 years agoSwords at ready for Quins fight with Sharks
NEWS EXTRA By MATT MERRITT NEXT week sees the launch of the Allianz Cup, a new womens’s competition that sits alongside...
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/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ELINOR SNOWSILL THIS WEEK... BRISTOL BEARS FLY-HALF Elinor Snowsill had...
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/ 4 years agoBrown on panel to explore women’s Lions tour
By SAM JACKSON Star: Shaunagh Brown ENGLAND international Shaunagh Brown will be part of the 13- strong group set up to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHarlequins 5-24 Bristol: Bristol dump Quins again to stay top of shop
BRISTOL condemned reigning champions Harlequins to a secondsuccessive defeat on home soil and affirmed their status as league leaders. The Bears...
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/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LAURA PERRIN THIS WEEK... SALE SHARKS CENTRE Laura Perrin started...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLaura clinches it for Worcester on her return
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Loughborough 14 Worcester ......18 WORCESTER showed incredible determination to record a hard-fought victory. Laura Keates, on her return...
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/ 4 years agoEngland women call up 11 debutants
NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON Impressed: Middleton SIMON Middleton has included 11 uncapped players in his 40-woman England squad for the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSale get off the mark in battle of the Sharks
By CARL LEE DMP Sharks ......0 Sale Sharks ....31 SALE Sharks women recorded their opening win of the Allianz Premier 15s...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s World Cup countdown: Alphonsi hired to inspire
By STELLA MILLS ONE year out from the Women’s World Cup, headline sponsor Mastercard have named England hero Maggie Alphonsi as...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoEver-green Sonia brings up her triple century
By ADAM ELLIS PREVIEW... Saracens v Exeter Today, 2pm, StoneX Stadium STALWART Sonia Green will bring up her 300th appearance for...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSevens stars return to ignite Gloucester attack
By NATHAN ROCHE PREVIEW... Wasps v Glo-Hartpury Today, 5.15pm, CBS Arena WASPS welcome back their GB Sevens trio of Abi Burton,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoChiefs find their groove to go three from three
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter Chiefs..23 Wasps ..............13 EXETER Chiefs made it three wins on the spin as they recovered from a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBristol 27-17 Sale: Sharks show fight but Bears just too strong
BRISTOL made it four consecutive wins to the start the season with a bonuspoint victory over Sale. They began at lightning...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBrown hammers over to clinch Quins’ victory
By MATT MERRITT Gloucester-H ..18 Harlequins ......21 WITH a grey sky overhead and greasy, wet grass underfoot, to the credit of...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSharks slaughter gets Loughborough off mark
By NATHAN ROCHE DMP Sharks ......0 Loughboro L....59 LOUGHBOROUGH notched their first win of the Premier 15s season with a thumping...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoFive-star Saracens secure another bonus
By PAUL BROWNING Worcester ........5 Saracens ........34 WORCESTER were unable to stop a clinical Saracens outfit littered with England stars from...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWomen’s team needs increased funding to compete
SHANE WILLIAMS I REALLY hope this autumn can represent a clean slate for Wales women’s side. The team has had an...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ELLA WYRWAS THIS WEEK... SARACENS SCRUM-HALF Ella Wyrwas returned to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoIt’s a demolition job as Bristol run in 19 tries
By LUCY LOMAX Bristol ............115 DMP Sharks ......0 BRISTOL Bears continued their storming run under new head coach Dave Ward with...
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/ 4 years agoHarlequins 12-24 Exeter: The Stoop belongs to Appleby’s forwards
EXETER comprehensively shut down Harlequins to topple the defending champions at the Twickenham Stoop in an early statement of their Allianz...
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/ 4 years agoWasps 26-22 Worcester: What a thriller as Wasps’ defence holds firm
THIS encounter saw thrilling action from the start with Wasps scrumhalf Claudia Macdonald opened the scoring two minutes in and Florence...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens 38-7 Loughborough: Sarries give ton-up Poppy Cleall occasion to enjoy
Saracens Women stunned Loughborough Lightning with a relentless first-half display, as they cruised to victory. Sarries scored four tries inside the...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWales Women can’t thrive in current set-up
Former Wales Women’s coach Sam Dodge tells Alex Bywater things are badly wrong in the camp ASA MAN who made a...
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/ 4 years agoLightning and Saints Women’s teams join forces
By CYBIL HARDING Ambassador: Sarah Hunter PREMIER 15s side Loughborough Lightning have linked up with Premiership club Northampton Saints to create...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHartpury make the profligate Sharks pay price
By NATHAN ROCHE Sale ..................21 Glo-Hartpury 45 SALE SHARKS were left to rue a wasteful first half as Gloucester-Hartpury came out...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHayes: Johnson can give Chiefs lift-off
By NATHAN ROCHE Preview Exeter v Sale Today, Kick-off 2pm EXETER assistant coach Tom Hayes has backed Rachel Johnson to give...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoMarston’s late try gives Bears the edge
By CARL LEE Glo-Hartpury ..17 Bristol ..............24 ROWNITA MARSTON’S try in the final five minutes proved to be the differencein a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoKildunne hat-trick sparks Harlequins
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ........31pts Harlequins ........66pts HARLEQUINS Women made it two wins out of two with a bonuspoint victory over...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens run riot to thump plucky Sharks
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks ......5 Saracens ........75 SARACENS notched their second win of the Allianz Premier 15s season with a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoScarratt surgery strikes Lightning plans
By ADAM ELLIS Preview Loughborough v Wasps Today, Kick-off 2pm LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning will attempt to get their season up and running...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players CLARA NIELSON THIS WEEK... EXETER HOOKER Hooker Clara Nielson describes...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoO’Shea appeals for more women’s pro teams
RFU director of performance rugby Conor O’Shea has appealed for more countries to professionalise their women’s set-ups. O’Shea said there was...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHarries kills off Sharks for away day spoils
By SAM BRETT Sale ..................24 Worcester ......29 WORCESTER Warriors come out on top in their visit to Heywood Road to kick...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSing gets ball rolling in 12-try demolition job
By JANE MARSHALL Glo-Hartpury ..84 DMP Sharks ......0 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury made an emphatic start to the season with 12 tries against Darlington...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSarries show class to grab bonus point win
By MATT MERRITT Wasps ................20pts Saracens ..........26pts IT MIGHT be the first week of the season, but this game had a...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBurford unfazed by pressure of being champs
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE PREVIEW... Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning Today, The Stoop, Kick-off 3pm THE HUNTERS become the hunted as reigning champions...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBurgess try seals the points for Ward’s Bears
By MATT MERRITT Bristol..............38 Exeter ..............21 ELINOR SNOWSILL‘S kick-off marked the beginning of the new Premier 15s season and a return...
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/ 4 years agoBaa-Baas women to follow men at Twickers
BARBARIAN Women are set to play South Africa at Twickenham in a doubleheader with the men on November 27. It will...
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s Lions will be a full English
I AGREE with Simon Middleton “that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time” and I...
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/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players LYDIA THOMPSON THIS WEEK... WORCESTER WINGER Winger Lydia Thompson has...
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/ 4 years agoPre-season round-up: Dave Ward gets Bristol Bears off to winning start
A look at some of the matches played by Premier 15s and National One teams this weekend
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/ 4 years agoLeicester Tigers team with Lichfield
LEICESTER Tigers have launched a women’s team in a merger with Lichfield to compete in the second tier of English rugby....
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/ 4 years agoMiddleton: Women’s Lions tour not far off
■By PAUL REES SIMON Middleton believes that the formation of a women’s Lions team is only a matter of time and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: England and Loughborough Lightning hooker Lark Davies
Last season's top tryscorer in the Allianz Premier 15s tells Sarah Rendell about her journey through rugby and the new Cup...
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Features
/ 4 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
DARLINGTON MP WING Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players ROSIE BLOUNT THIS WEEK... Rosie Blount had...
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/ 4 years agoMoment in Time: England trailblazers of 1991 changed women’s game
Neil Fissler tracks down the England Women's team who reached the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup
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/ 4 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins and England full-back Ellie Kildunne
A new recruit at Harlequins after leaving Wasps this summer, the England full-back explains her shift in mindset to focus on...
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