World Sevens Football are in talks with leading clubs about a new seven-a-side women’s football series that is scheduled to start in May. Games in the new “revolutionary grand slam series” will be played on a field half the size of a typical football pitch and involve two 15-minute halves, with extra time for tie-breakers....
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,...
Cunningham has represented England at Under-18 and Under-20 levels but qualifies for Scotland through her grandmother and Easson revealed: “We have had our eye on her for a little while. “It is great to see somebody new coming in who drives standards. “She is experienced, she has been involved with England at under-20, she was...
Amee-Leigh Costigan will captain Ireland in their Women’s Six Nations opener against France at the Kingspan Stadium. Costigan previously captained Ireland Sevens but will lead Ireland for the first time in a Test match in Belfast with regular captain Edel McMahon on the bench. Second row Ruth Campbell and openside flanker Erin King will make...
BBC Scotland’s Andy Burke: “There is a definite sense this is a Scotland team moving forward and their ambitions have risen accordingly. “The big guns of England and France will almost certainly occupy the top two spots, therefore Scotland’s goal is to finish third, something they have managed only twice in the history of the...
After more than a year on the sidelines, Venner returned from her ACL injury and took time to regain top form. John Mitchell called her into camp during last year’s Six Nations and although a cap did not follow, a one-on-one meeting with the England coach helped spur her on to some of her best...
Last season’s joint-captain Sam Monaghan remains unavailable as she continues to recover from the knee injury she sustained when playing for her club Gloucester-Hartpury last June while Beibhinn Parsons is also still out after suffering a second leg break in five months while on Ireland Sevens duty in December. “Sam’s not going to be fit...
Round 1 Saturday, 22 March 12:45-14:45 – Ireland v France at Kingspan Stadium, Belfast (13:00 kick-off) – BBC Two Northern Ireland, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app 16:30-19:00 – Scotland v Wales at Hive Stadium, Edinburgh (16:45) – BBC Two, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app Sunday, 23 March 14:30-17:00 – England v Italy...
England head coach John Mitchell has included GB Sevens player Jade Shekells in his Women’s Six Nations squad before their opener against Italy on Sunday. The 2024 Paris Olympian, who recently played for GB in the Vancouver leg of the World Sevens Series in February, is uncapped in the XVs code. Shekells is one of...
Day matches begin at 04:30 GMT and day/night matches at 11:00 Wednesday, 9 April – Pakistan v Ireland (day, Gaddafi Stadium) West Indies v Scotland – (day, LCCA) Thursday, 10 April – Thailand v Bangladesh (day, LCCA) Friday, 11 April – Pakistan v Scotland (day, LCCA) Ireland v West Indies (day, Gaddafi Stadium) Sunday, 13...
Visit Exeter is set to celebrate its eighth Birthday this month, in a year which sees the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 come to the city and more visitors to Exeter. Launched during English Tourism Week in 2017, Visit Exeter has since grown in those eight years, championing businesses in Exeter and beyond. Funded through...
The Communist Party welcomes the TUC Women’s Conference vote to uphold women’s rights and reject proposals for full decriminalisation of prostitution. The Communist Party welcomes the clear decision by the TUC’s 2025 Women’s Conference in London this week to reject two motions supporting full decriminalisation of prostitution. Demands for decriminalisation of so-called ‘sex work’...
The Communist Party sends greetings to working women everywhere on International Women’s Day 2025! We stand together with women and girls throughout the world against the scourge of sex-based violence from wherever it comes. We reject racism, sexism and misogyny. We demand full protection of hard-won women’s rights and an end to exploitation, oppression and...
Striking images of local female rugby players, coaches and volunteers have started appearing around Exeter to mark Women’s History Month and the Women’s Rugby World Cup coming to the city in August. Inspiring the next generation, the powerful black and white images showcase the history of rugby in Exeter. ‘Because of Rugby…’ is an initiative...
A free one-day festival celebrating women is being held at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 15 March following International Women’s Day on Saturday 8 March. The programme includes music from the Newtown Roots Band and The Corduroy Curiosities with a workshop and choir led by Wren Music. There will also be panel discussions and a screening...