Sale Sharks have strengthened ahead of their first season in the Premier 15s with the signing of England Sevens star Jodie Ounsley.
The 19-year-old joins straight from the England Sevens programme but does have previous Premier 15s experience following a spell with Loughborough Lightning.
The recruitment of Ounsley takes Sale's squad to 33 with further arrivals set to be...
With clubs beginning to prepare for the new Premier 15s season, Women's Sport Daily takes an in-depth look at some of the players expected to star in the new campaign:
Player Profile
Name: Shaunagh Brown
Club: Harlequins Women
Position: Back Row/Prop
Country: England (17 caps)
Not all superheroes wear capes. Firefighter by day, rising rugby star by...
The England squad will return to training by the end of July as they begin preparing for the autumn internationals.
The Rugby Football Union have confirmed activity will be restricted to Stage One of the return to rugby roadmap, meaning players can only take part in non-contact training in small groups for the time being.
Some Red Roses are already back but the rest will now...
England will have the chance to win the Grand Slam this season after World Rugby confirmed the remaining matches in the Women's Six Nations will be rescheduled.
The Red Roses beat Wales 66-7 at the Twickenham Stoop in their final match before lockdown in March, their fourth consecutive victory to leave them top of the table.
Their final match against Italy was postponed but...
Transgender players could be banned from participating in women's rugby following a review by the sport's governing body.
World Rugby says there is a 'clear safety risk' when transgender women play contact rugby. A 38-page draft report, which has been seen by The Guardian , claims there is 20-30% more chance of a woman being injured if they are tackled by a player who has gone...
England rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio has called for the creation of a British & Irish Lions women's Test team.
Speaking on The Ruck podcast, the Rugby World Cup winner argued it made sense - at a time when the future of the Lions is being questioned - to strengthen the brand by introducing a women's side.
"It's certainly something they've got to look to for the future...
As they continue to build up to the start of the new Premier 15s season, Bristol Bears Women head coach Kim Oliver has been assessing the strengths of the core of English and Welsh internationals she is constructing her squad around.
The Red Roses quartet of Amber Reed, Sarah Bern, Clara Nielson and Rownita Marston had already committed to remain at the club before Oliver started to...
Women and schools rugby teams are likely to face major short-term changes to the sport - including the reduction of the number of players on each side - as the Rugby Football Union searches for ways to resume training and playing in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
The RFU has reacted to the latest government framework for the return of recreational team sport which came into...
The Rugby Football Union has confirmed women's elite rugby players can return to training under the same criteria as elite men. The Premier 15s teams are eligible to follow the men's Premiership Rugby clubs in moving to Stage 2 of the Elite Sport Return to Training guidelines which allowed players to resume full-contact training in small groups.
