Wasps prop Claire Purdy will captain England in their second Nations Cup clash, against South Africa on Friday evening, kick off 1030pm BST, at Appleby College, Ontario, Canada. Head Coach Gary Street has made wide-spread changes to the team that defeated the USA 15-11 on Tuesday, which sees only Becky Essex, Kay Wilson, Alice...
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Martin Purdy has warned that London Welsh must up their intensity when they face Rotherham Titans at Old Deer Park on Saturday (3pm). The former Wasps second row helped the Exiles up to fourth in the Championship table with a hard fought 21-10 win at Plymouth Albion last weekend. It was Welsh’s third league...
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England 10 New Zealand 3 England Women recorded their first victory over world champions New Zealand in eight years in the Investec Challenge Double Header at Twickenham on Saturday with an impressive 10-3 win. England, who last defeated the triple world champions in 2001, bounced back from a 16-3 defeat seven day ago to...
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England 3 New Zealand 16 England Women will have to wait until Saturday November 21st to have a second chance of conquering the reigning world champions New Zealand after today (Saturday) succumbing to a 16-3 defeat at Esher RFC. In their first meeting against the Black Ferns since the 2006 Rugby World Cup final...
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