Wales: Jasmine Joyce; Lisa Neumann, Hannah Jones (capt), Kayleigh Powell, Carys Cox, Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Jenni Scoble, Abbie Fleming, Gwen Crabb, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis, Georgia Evans. Replacements: Kelsey Jones, Maisie Davies, Donna Rose, Alaw Pyrs, Bryonie King, Meg Davies, Courtney Keight, Nel Metcalfe. Read article in full at source...
Edinburgh: Wes Goosen; Darcy Graham, Matt Currie, James Lang, Duhan van der Merwe; Ross Thompson, Ben Vellacott (co-capt); Pierre Schoeman, Paddy Harrison, D’arcy Rae, Marshall Sykes, Grant Gilchrist (co-capt), Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, Magnus Bradbury. Replacements: Dave Cherry, Boan Venter, Javan Sebastian, Glen Young, Freddy Douglas, Ali Price, Cammy Scott, Ross McCann. Dragons: Huw Anderson;...
There could be debuts for prop Molly Poolman and second row Becky Boyd who are among the replacements. Leah Bartlett remains on the bench after her try against Wales. France also started with a win last weekend, beating Ireland 27-15 in Belfast, and will have a sell-out crowd cheering them on in La Rochelle for...
Granted, Lawrence is in a vastly superior position to open for England than yours truly headlining the Pyramid Stage. He opened in his younger days and batting is batting, right? Yes and no. Opening is a specialist position, suited to some and not others. The challenge of fresh pace bowlers armed with a new ball....
Bristol Bears forward Santiago Grondona has been given a three-match ban by the Rugby Football Union after being sent off during their Premiership win against Exeter. The Argentina international was shown the red card in the 29th minute of the match last Saturday for a head-on-head tackle on Chiefs’ back row Martin Moloney. The 26-year-old...
Wilkinson has previously said Wales is “culturally behind” when it comes to supporting the women’s team. And she insists she will continue to make that point with Wales men’s team regularly selling out Cardiff City Stadium and with over 2,000 fans making the trip to North Macedonia to watch Craig Bellamy’s side in World Cup...
Goalkeepers: Eartha Cumings (Rosengard), Lee Gibson (Glasgow City), Sandy MacIver (Washington Spirit) Defenders: Jenna Clark (Liverpool), Leah Eddie (Rangers), Sophie Howard (Leicester City), Emma Lawton (Celtic), Rachel McLauchlan (Brighton), Amy Muir (Glasgow City), Kirsty Smith (West Ham) Midfielders: Chelsea Cornet (Rangers), Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea), Freya Gregory (Newcastle United), Sam Kerr (Liverpool, on loan from Bayern...
Meg Jones was born in Cardiff and speaks Welsh. But on Saturday she hopes to line up for England against Wales in the Principality Stadium. Sarra Elgan went to meet Jones as part of her Women’s Six Nations preview, which you can watch in full on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only. Read article...
It was double Kylian Mbappe at Madame Tussauds as the Real Madrid and France star sees his waxwork figurine for the first time. Read article in full at source...
Glentoran midfielder Aimee Kerr has received her first call-up to the Northern Ireland squad for their Nations League double-header against Romania. The 18-year-old previously captained NI at under-19 level and replaces club teammate Chloe McCarron in the squad after impressing in her first Women’s Premiership season. Tanya Oxtoby’s side are second Group B1 after a...
Experienced Kent batter Joe Denly is set to miss the start of the County Championship season after suffering a broken arm in training. The 39-year-old has undergone surgery after he was injured while batting in a nets session this week. “He is unavailable for selection at this time,” Kent said on its website, external ahead...
Form (most recent first): WLWWWW Top goalscorer: Haji Wright (10) Most assists: Jack Rudoni (10) Clive Eakin, BBC Radio CWR Why they will make the play-offs When Frank Lampard took over in November he didn’t rule out a play-off push but admitted the first aim was to steer clear of relegation. Now, 10 wins from...
Forward Alessia Russo says she has massive belief in Arsenal after reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s Champions League thanks to a 3-0 victory over Real Madrid. Read article in full at source...
While trying to defend himself and come to terms with what a lengthy ban could mean to his future in the game when he was just months into his latest two-year deal with Leicestershire, Wright says he was forced to think about getting a “Plan B up his sleeve”. And so he started a podcast....
Callum Hudson-Odoi feels he is almost back at the beginning of his career. The winger’s mindset now, as then, is going into every game feeling he can score or assist, being part of the conversation around the England senior team, and once again trying to impress Thomas Tuchel. Now 24, the three-cap England international has...