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Salvin named as interim head coach of Exeter Chiefs Women

Steve Salvin has been named as Exeter Chiefs Women’s interim head coach ahead of the 2025/26 season.

A part of an off-season of change for the women’s side, Salvin will work alongside two new appointments: backs and attack coach Oli Bishop and team manager Keith Brooking.

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December finish for Women's Six Nations

The 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship will finish on 5 December, more than 10 months since the campaign started in early February.

Five of the six remaining fixtures will be played in October but Italy's match against Scotland has been scheduled for the final weekend of the extended international window in December.

Scotland will face France and Ireland take on Italy on...

No scrums, no tackling and just 10-a-side: rugby's plan for return

Women and girl's recreational rugby will look very different for the time being after details were revealed of the Rugby Football Union's plan for returning to play.

All community rugby will be 10-a-side with no scrums and a 'two touch' rule instead of tackling. According to The Times, the RFU has submitted a plan to the government which is expected to be approved this week once it...

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Italy star Franco leaves Harlequins

Giada Franco is leaving Harlequins Women after just one season with the club. The Italy back row is returning to her previous club Rugby Colorno to concentrate on her studies and playing for the national team.

Quins were in second place in the Premier 15s table when the season was declared null and void in March. Franco was hoping to help the side to a third straight Grand Final,...

No date set for new Premier 15s season despite return to training

The Premier 15s clubs were given permission to return to training by the Rugby Football Union but no date has been announced for when the new season will start.

The 2019-20 campaign was cancelled in March but whilst the men's Premiership is set for a mid-August resumption there will be frustration over the lack of a timetable for the women's game.

Clubs can now resume Stage...

RFU open to cross-border Premier 15s expansion

The Rugby Football Union has admitted it would consider allowing teams from Scotland and Wales to join the English Premier 15s.

Women's Sport Daily has previously reported on the desire of the Welsh Rugby Union to develop two "super clubs" as part of a plan to turn the women's game professional in the principality.

The RFU hopes expanding the league to the Welsh and Scots...

RFU admit sevens squad at risk of being cut

England's women and men's sevens squads face the prospect of losing their funding after the Rugby Football Union admitted players might not have their contracts renewed when they expire this summer.

Players were warned they will need to look for other work. Whilst the RFU is exploring ways of keeping a presence on the World Sevens Series circuit, it cannot 'sustain the team in its...

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England 7s star Ounsley signs for Sale Sharks

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...

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Focus On: Shaunagh Brown, Harlequins Women

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:

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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...

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England back in training as plans put in place for French double header

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...

Red Roses given Grand Slam chance as Six Nation matches rescheduled

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...

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