Premiership Women's Rugby

Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

Red Roses make it 24 wins in a row

England ............52pts USA ......................14pts By MARK DOCHERTY Flyer: Ellie Kildunne on her way to the try-line The Red Roses put 50...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Club Rugby
/ 3 years ago

Women may turn pro with £220m investment

Women's rugby in England is set to transform over the next decade, thanks to a £220 million RFU investment programme to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Columnists
/ 3 years ago

Gloucester-Hartpury power up for challenge to break top four

Big signings for Gloucester-Hartpury: Alex Matthews, centre, with Sarah Beckett, left, Sam Monaghan, top, Siwan Lillicrap, bottom, and Laura Delgado, right...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

Sharks clash as Sarries host Lightning on opening day

DMP Durham Sharks will travel to Sale in the opening game of the season, as champions Saracens travel to Loughborough Lightning...

By Nick Powell
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

DMP find funding to continue in Premier XVs

DMP Durham Sharks will compete in this season of the Premier 15s after finding the required funding. The club set up...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

‘University of Worcester Warriors’ announced as new club name for 2022/23 season

Worcester Warriors Women have become the third club in the Allianz Premier 15s to form a partnership with a university, with...

By Nick Powell
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

IRFU follows RFU into ban on transgender women

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have become the latest governing body to ban transgender women from playing women’s rugby at...

By Nick Powell
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

DMP Durham Sharks’ Crowdfunder passes halfway mark

Darlington Mowden Park Durham Sharks‘ (DMP Sharks) Crowdfunder has passed 50% of its target, as their bid to stay in the...

By Nick Powell
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

Shortfall in funding may force Sharks to pull out

By BEN JAYCOCK Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks are in danger of having to pull out of next season’s competition...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Chris Hewett
/ 3 years ago

Rugby has a proper fight on its hands now

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Anyone out there remember Sean Kerly? It’s just about possible, but only if your joints are seizing...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

England star Beckett joins Gloucester-Hartpury

England international Sarah Beckett has joined Gloucester-Hartpury from Premier 15s rivals Harlequins. The back rower has been capped 24 times for...

By Ben Jaycock
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

Sarries land Evans

Premier 15s champions Saracens have signed Scotland winger Abi Evans, while Jodie Rettie and Coreen Grant have extended their contracts at...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

LJ stepping up

Wasps women have named LJ Lewis as their head coach, replacing Giselle Mather. Lewis, who previously worked at Bristol and Gloucester-Hartpury,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

England welcome Claudia return

Claudia MacDonald has returned to the England squad after a neck injury forced her to miss the Six Nations and final...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Latest News
/ 3 years ago

Funding plans for women just bizarre

NICK CAIN The RFU revealed a bizarre £220 million 10-year plan for professional women’s rugby that appears to be based more...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

‘I’m very passionate, I don’t like watching’

Claudia MacDonald tells Ben Jaycock how she’s desperate to regain her fitness and return to action Claudia MacDonald thought she just...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

Wales Women’s captain Lillicrap makes Westcountry switch

Wales Women’ captain Siwan Lillicrap has swapped Bristol for Gloucester-Hartpury, as the Cherry & Whites continue to strengthen their squad ahead...

By Nick Powell
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 3 years ago

Player of the year Zoe Aldcroft extends Gloucester-Hartpury deal

England second row and World Rugby Player of the year Zoe Aldcroft has extended her contract with Gloucester-Hartpury. A central figure...

By Nick Powell
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago

Exeter head to Premier 15s final after beating West Country rivals Bristol Bears

Exeter Chiefs came from behind to beat Bristol Bears 28-24 in a thrilling Allianz Premier 15s semi-final. Exeter will face Saracens...

By Ben Redwood
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago

Saracens cruise to Allianz Premier 15s final with victory over Harlequins

Saracens avenged last season's final defeat to Harlequins as they made light work of Quins in the Allianz Premier 15s semi-final....

By Ben Redwood
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Taufoou’s late strike clinches win for Lightning

By LILY PATEY Loughborough..22 Harlequins ......17 Vital try: Hallie Taufoou A BUMPER crowd of 1,500 at Franklin’s Gardens went home happy...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Sarries leave it late to edge out spirited Wasps

By BEN HART Saracens ........31 Wasps ..............26 SARACENS pipped Wasps in a London derby thriller at the StoneX to round-off an...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Exeter relieved to secure home semi

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................29pts Bristol ................26pts ‘RELIEF’ was the overriding emotion for Exeter Chiefs head coach Susie Appleby as her...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Underwood hits four in emphatic 11-try rout

By HARRY CHRISTOPHER DMP Sharks ......0 Gloucester-H ..67 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury rounded off the season with a comprehensive win over DMP Durham Sharks...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Nine-try Warriors produce powerful finish

By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ......51 Sale ..................26 WORCESTER Warriors made it back-to-back victories to end their campaign strongly, running in nine...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Phillip’s brace seals Warriors revival

By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Double: Carys Phillips Worcester ......34 Loughborough 24 WORCESTER Warriors came from 24-17 down at the break to seal...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Bears into the play-offs despite heavy defeat

By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............26 Harlequins ......43 A PHYSICALLY imposing Harlequins used the power of their pack to propel them to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Saracens humbled by ruthless Chiefs

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................54pts Saracens ..........12pts EXETER Chiefs secured their place in the semi-finals in the most comprehensive way possible,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Cherry and Whites end Wasps’ play-off hope

By ED HAYWARD Gloucester-H ..36 Wasps ................7 IN THEIR last home game of the season, Gloucester-Hartpury put their opponents play-off hopes...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Silky Sale come out on top in battle of Sharks

By TOM BULMER Brace: Leah Lyons Sale Sharks ..57 DMP Sharks ......5 SALE Sharks secured their second win of the campaign...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago

Underwood seals win in super style

By JON BATHAM 5th Place Play-off Gloucester-H .........29 Saracens................. 15 ELLIE UNDERWOOD’S late try saw Gloucester Hartpury finally shake off visitors...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Sixways to host Allianz Premier 15s final

The Allianz Premier 15s final will be held at Sixways, Worcester on Friday 3rd June (KO 15:00). The top four teams...

By Ben Redwood
Latest News
/ 4 years ago

Wasps winger Ellie Boatman reflects on whirlwind season

England sevens and Wasps winger Ellie Boatman has become a dual-code try scoring sensation this season as she finds herself in...

By Ben Redwood
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Wasps keep their play-off hopes alive

By JON BATHAM Wasps ..............30 Harlequins ......14 MEGAN Jones proved Wasps’ conductor-inchief as they steamrollered champions Harlequins to keep their end...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Loughborough fight back for late draw

By MATT MERRITT Bristol..................26 Loughborough..26 IT all came down to a tense final 10 minutes in Bristol as Loughborough Lightning fought...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Exeter’s ruthless attack runs riot over Sharks

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................90 Darlington MP ..7 A RAMPANT Exeter side did their top four hopes the world of good,...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Gloucester’s Sing steals victory at the death

By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Gloucester-H ..15 Worcester ......12 EMMA Sing held her nerve to kick a 77th minute penalty for Gloucester-Hartpury as...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Saracens on the hunt for home semi-final

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v Sale Today, Kick-off 2pm, Stone X Stadium SARACENS head coach Alex Austerberry is seeing Sunday’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Bears confident for wrestle with the leaders

PREVIEW... By IMOGEN AINSWORTH Bristol Bears v Saracens Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Shaftesbury Park BRISTOL host Saracens at Shaftesbury Park today in...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Harlequins keep the pressure on title rivals

By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....5 Harlequins........48 Harlequins ran in eight tries to secure maximum points from their trip to the North...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Play-off hunting Exeter blow Worcester away

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ..............60 Worcester ........7 EXETER Chiefs banished the demons of last weekend’s heart-breaking late defeat to Loughborough, as...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Lightning denied late victory by the upright

By MATT MERRITT Loughborough..19 Gloucester-H ....19 LOUGHBOROUGH saw a late penalty strike the upright to deny them victory. The teams were...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Wasps score nine to condemn Sale’s woes

By SAM BYTHEWAY Sale ..................14 Wasps ............53 WASPS gained an important five points in the battle for the Premier 15’s top...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Bristol’s power game puts squeeze on Wasps

By JON BATHAM Wasps ................5 Bristol ................7 FORWARDS dominated as Bristol dealt a hammer blow to Wasps’ top-four hopes in the...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Kabeya grabs late double to deny the Chiefs

By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Loughborough..28 Exeter ..............25 A LATE double from Sadia Kabeya stunned Exeter Chiefs to secure a bonuspoint victory for...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Nine-try Worcester prove too strong for Sharks

By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ........57 Darlington MP 17 WORCESTER Warriors Women ran in nine tries as they overran DMP Durham Sharks...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Fletcher returns as Quins look to put on a show

By FIONA LYONS PREVIEW... Harlequins v Sale Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop HARLEQUINS head coach Gerard Mullen has made just one...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Quins bounce back in style

By STEWART McCULOUGH Harlequins ....42 Worcester ......15 HARLEQUINS got back to winning ways with a resounding victory at The Stoop to...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Snowsill puts seal on thrilling Bears win

By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Bristol ...................... 12 Worcester............... 10 WALES international Elinor Snowsill held her nerve to convert Kayleigh Powell’s 76th minute...

By The Rugby Paper Team
Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years ago

Muir leads Wasps charge with hat-trick

By TOM BULMER DMP Durham..............0 Wasps.......................46 WASPS ran out emphatic winners over DMP Durham Sharks at the Darlington Arena. Giselle Mather’s...

By The Rugby Paper Team