GB Sevens player Jade Shekells could make her XV-a-side international debut on Sunday after being named on the bench for England’s Women’s Six Nations opener against Italy in York. Gloucester-Hartpury’s Shekells, 28, is joined among the replacements by another of the four uncapped players in John Mitchell’s 37-woman squad – Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Flo Robinson,...
Jamie Donley’s expected addition to the Northern Ireland squad for the friendlies against Switzerland and Sweden has been confirmed. However, defender Eoin Toal will miss the games because of injury and has been replaced by Kofi Balmer while striker Dion Charles withdrew later on Tuesday with a a hamstring injury. Twenty-year-old Tottenham forward Donley, who...