The Rugby Football Union has today unveiled details of an exciting new partnership with one of the world’s leading consumer healthcare companies, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK). The deal will run to 2016 and sees leading brands Lucozade Sport and Maximuscle, part of the Maxinutrition portfolio, partner with the Elite England Rugby Squads as Official...
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New Zealand’s world champion Black Ferns will have a guaranteed annual programme for the next three years to bolster their formidable playing record and already strong international reputation. The multi-year programme agreed between the RFU (England) and NZRU will guarantee the Black Ferns play a total nine Test matches against England over the next...
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The International Rugby Board has announced that France will host the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2014. The showcase international tournament for Women’s Rugby will be staged in Paris and will build on the record-breaking 2010 tournament in England. The IRB Council selected the Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) as the Host Union following...
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Former Black Fern now international referee Nicky Inwood has been selected to the first ever IRB Women’s Referee Panel and has been appointed to whistle two matches in the 2011 Women’s Six Nations Championship. Inwood is the only New Zealander among eight women worldwide selected for the newly formed panel, and when she takes...
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New Zealand’s most prized rugby silverware is about to hit the road, with the New Zealand Rugby Union emptying out the trophy cabinet and taking the trophies on tour around the country as part of a unique programme to help promote the game in all 26 rugby provincial unions. Five of rugby’s treasured spoils...
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Scotland Women head coach Karen Findlay has announced the team to take on France Women in their RBS 6 Nations opener on Friday 4 February at Viry-Châtillon (kick-off 8pm, local). Led by captain Susie Brown, the side is a combination of relatively new faces alongside some of the more experienced players who defeated the...
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A hugely experienced former Scotland internationalist and currently head coach at Richmond RFC, Karen takes charge of the side just a week prior to its first Six Nations fixture against France (Friday 4 February, Viry-Châtillon, kick-off 8pm, local). Karen won 85 caps for Scotland, 52 as captain, and was a member of the first...
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The England Women’s team to take on Wales in the opening round of the RBS 6 Nations on February 6th at Cross Keys RFC, kick off 230pm, has been announced. Darlington Mowden Park fly-half Katy McLean will skipper England as they bid to win a sixth consecutive Six Nations title this season and defend...
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Ireland Women’s Coach Philip Doyle has named an extended squad of 34 for the first training camp this season. The squad features many of the players who helped Ireland to their highest ever finish at the Women’s World Championship earlier this year while also featuring a few new faces. Last season’s captain Fiona Coghlan...
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A stunning year of success on the international stage will be recognised when New Zealand rugby honours its best at the 2010 Steinlager Rugby Awards. A logjam of winning national teams and outstanding individual performances on and off the field make for an exciting list of nominees and add extra interest to the final...
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