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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Latest News
/ 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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Features
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 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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Features
/ 5 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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Latest News
/ 5 years agoVicky Fleetwood eyes route for every Premier 15s player to go full-time
The Saracens and England flanker says the women's game is at the precipice of a commercial boom
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeicester set to launch women’s programme
LEICESTER Tigers are to form a women and girls' rugby programme to begin later this year with former England full-back Vicky...
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEmily Scarratt joins call for women’s British & Irish Lions team
The England vice-captain believes a women's Lions tour is the ideal way of growing the game beyond the World Cup and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Saracens and England fly-half Zoe Harrison
Sarah Rendell talks to the Saracens fly-half about Premier 15s final defeat and her difficult past facing up to bullies who...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoAlex Matthews and Lydia Thompson extend Worcester stay
The England duo hold almost 90 caps between them and will remain at Sixways for next season
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoWorld Rugby embolden concussion protocols with new specialist panel
World Rugby confirm new law trials and wider use of independent concussion consultants
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Features
/ 5 years agoPremier 15s champions Harlequins in bid to sign Saracens ace
Heading to the Tokyo Olympics with GB Sevens this summer
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Features
/ 5 years agoWOMEN’S GAME IN FOCUS
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING AND SCOTLAND FLY-HALF Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players HELEN NELSON THIS WEEK... Loughborough...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne
Harlequins and England hooker Amy Cokayne moved to New Zealand when she was nine after her father, Ian, was recruited by...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Wales captain and Bristol back row Siwan Lillicrap
Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap would love to see Welsh teams introduced into the Premier 15s when the league re-tenders in two years’...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLeanne Riley joins Abbie Ward is swapping Harlequins for Bristol
Bristol Bears have made a huge statement of intent with the signing of Leanne Riley ahead of the 2021-22 season. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoRed Roses lock Abbie Ward makes switch to Bristol Bears
Abbie Ward will leave Allianz Premier 15s champions Harlequins to move west to Bristol Bears ahead of the 2021-22 season. The...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoExeter scrum-half Patricia Garcia signs new deal and takes on management role
Olympian Garcia will become academy manager for Exeter Chiefs' women's programme
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoShaunagh shines in captivating contest | Chris Hewett
The best rugby action was on show in last Sunday's Premier 15s final, not in the Premiership's non-contest between Exeter and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Gloucester-Hartpury scrum-half Natasha Hunt
CHANGE has surrounded the league this season but not all in a bad way. Last Sunday’s Premier XVs final, in which...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Saracens wing Rachel Laqeretabua
Sarah Rendell talks to the Saracens flyer who believes this season has been historic for the Premier 15s
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPremier 15s final: Burford insists Quins can still do it without try ace Jess
Harlequins meet fierce rivals Saracens in the Premier 15s final at Kingsholm, with Burford saying Quins are a 'different outfit' this...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBath become latest Premiership club to announce intention to compete in Premier 15s
Bath aim to follow Exeter Chiefs and Sale into the Premier 15s with intentions to develop Bath Rugby Ladies
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSaracens 28-24 Loughborough: Cleall girls power in
POPPY and Bryony Cleall proved to be a lethal double-act for Saracens as their two tries apiece edged the hosts past...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: DMP Sharks wing Lauren Torley
The DMP Sharks winger moved away from playing XVs after puncturing a lung in a game, but came back to full-contact...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins 25-14 Wasps: Quins stay in the hunt for first title
HARLEQUINS advanced to the Premier 15s final with victory over Wasps to keep up their hunt for an elusive maiden title....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoHarlequins ace Lagi Tuima hopes to avoid more late drama against Wasps
Harlequins will welcome fans to the Stoop for their home semi-final against Wasps in the Premier 15s
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Features
/ 5 years agoWomen’s Game in Focus: Loughborough and Scotland back row Rachel Malcolm
Sarah Rendell takes a weekly look at some important women players Loughborough Lightning back row and Scotland captain Rachel Malcolm says the...
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