It was not the showcase for women's rugby organisers were hoping for. Just over an hour into the rematch between France and England following the Red Roses' success in the Six Nations final, the lights went out in Lille eventually leading to the abandonment of the match.
Although the players lingered on the pitch, hoping for the match to resume with England edging another tight...
Individual defensive errors again cost England as they lost for the second time in four days. Canada won 2-0 in Stoke, following on from defeat to France last Friday.
Interim head coach Hege Riise rued the mistakes which allowed the Canadians in for both goals at either end of the game.
"We tried and held together as a team but I feel like it was more about mistakes today,"...
England paid for the absence of captain Steph Houghton and Lucy Bronze as France were able to exploit some defensive weaknesses in a 3-1 friendly victory in Caen.
For all their rustiness at the back, the Lionesses looked far sharper up front and only an inspired display by France keeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin prevented the margin of victory being narrower.
The Football Association are monitoring the worsening coronavirus situation in France ahead of England's friendly in Caen on 9 April.
Lyon have already been forced to quarantine their entire squad, including Lionesses star Nikita Parris, and have postponed their Champions League quarter-final against Paris St. Germain.
The England squad could also be banned from entering the...
England will play an additional fixture against France following the end of their Six Nations campaign as plans for this year's competition were finally confirmed less than a fortnight before the start of the tournament.
The Red Roses will play the French in Lille on Friday 30 April even if they meet on Six Nations finals day on Saturday 24 April six days previously. All of England's...
A dominant second-half display allowed England to ease to a 33-10 victory against France in the first of their back-to-back autumn internationals. The Red Roses continued their Six Nations form to punish a potent but wasteful French XV in Grenoble.
Despite the opening try from Harlequins hooker Amy Cokayne, England failed to build on that early advantage and the score was tied at 10-...
Fresh from completing a Covid-delayed Grand Slam, England travel to the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble for the first of two back-to-back autumn internationals against France. The match kicks off at 1315 (GMT) on Saturday 14 November.
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The Rugby Football Union has reached an agreement with the BBC for both matches to be shown on terrestrial...
Scotland's trip to Wales in the Six Nations has been postponed after several players were told to isolate following positive tests for the French players they faced last weekend.
Another Scotland player has also tested positive, which gave organisers little choice but to postpone the match. France's fixture against Ireland had already been called off earlier in the week.
England were handed the 2020 Women's Six Nations title despite not playing this weekend after Scotland ended France's hopes of taking the title with a late try to claim a 13-13 draw in Glasgow.
The Red Roses are on course for the Grand Slam, having won all four fixtures so far and their final match against Italy coming up on Sunday 1 November. France needed to win both their...
Ireland and Italy will kick-off the remaining fixtures in this season's Six Nations championship after dates and kick-off times were finally confirmed. However, organisers have been criticised for placing matches too close together, forcing armchair fans to choose between games.
Italy's trip to Donnybrook will start at 1pm on Sunday 25 October, with Scotland entertaining France at...
