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Saracens Women
Saracens Women (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsærəsənz/) are a women's rugby union club based in Hendon, London, England. They were founded in 1989 and currently play in the Premier 15s, the top level competition of Women's rugby union, women's rugby in the country. Saracens are the most successful team in the history of the Premier 15s, having won the league a record three times – in 2017–18 Premier 15s, 2017–18, 2018–19 Premier 15s, 2018–19 and 2021–22 Premier 15s, 2021–22. They are also the women's team of Saracens Amateurs, who themselves are affiliated to Premiership Rugby team, Saracens F.C., Saracens. History Saracens Women were formed in 1989, starting in and winning the second division in its first season and making it to the Women's Premiership for the 1990–91 season. They have rivalries with fellow London sides, Richmond Women and Wasps Ladies. In 2006, Saracens won the Women's Premiership. In 2007 they retained their title by going unbeaten through the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlesex Rugby Football Union
Middlesex Rugby is the governing body for rugby union in Middlesex, England; Middlesex is a historic county of England that covers areas in the ceremonial counties of Greater London, Surrey and Hertfordshire. The historic county is still in use when referring to sport, businesses and postal addresses in the area. Middlesex RFU was originally created as the Middlesex County Rugby Club but within six years was being referred to as the Middlesex County Rugby Football Union and is now known simply as Middlesex Rugby. History FR Adams Esq of Richmond F.C. called a meeting at the Bedford Hotel at which a resolution was passed bringing the club into being. He served as the Club and Union's first president until 1883 being succeeded by E. Temple Gurdon (also of Richmond F.C.). Middlesex Sevens The world-famous Middlesex Sevens were organised by Dr. Russell-Cargill and the Middlesex Secretary (club), Hon. Secretary CS Bongard, the first tournament taking place according to one source i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Women
Richmond Women, formally Finchley RFC, is a women's rugby union team based in Richmond, London, England. They were founded in 1986 and played in the Women's Premiership. They are also the women's team of Richmond F.C. History Richmond Women were initially formed in 1986 as part of Finchley RFC. They were one of the first women's rugby union teams established in England. They later became a part of Richmond F.C., because of the financial support that Richmond were able to give and they took on the name of Richmond Women as a result. The club used the name "Women" instead of "Ladies" because of a belief that Ladies would imply that it was not a serious team. The team is one of the oldest and most successful in English women's rugby union with 25 league and cup victories, six National Sevens wins and four European Championship titles. In 2000, they won the Rugby World National Cup after beating Wasps Ladies in the final at Twickenham Stadium in the first women's rugby union match to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Evans (rugby Union)
Georgia Evans (born 29 January 1997) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays second row for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Saracens. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2020 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. Club career Evans first became interested in rugby at the age of 16, while she was studying at Yeovil College in Somerset. After moving to Wales in 2014, Evans played with Ynysbwl Ladies for two seasons, before joining the Pontyclun Falcons in 2017. In 2020, Evans signed with her current club, Saracens. International career After appearing twice during the 2019 Autumn Internationals, Evans made her Six Nations debut for Wales in 2020. She has won eleven caps during her career to date. She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Personal life Evans' cousin, Ceri Sweeney, is a former Wales men fly-half who won 35 caps during the course of his career. Her younger brother, Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise McMillan
Louise Iona Matheson McMillan (born 27 July 1997) is a Scottish rugby player from Glasgow. She plays for and has frequently represented them in major championships since 2016, including the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. Club career McMillan has played for Hillhead Jordanhill since 2015 in Back Row. She captained the team to win the Sarah Beaney Cup in 2017 and 2018. The team finished the 2018 season as Tennent's Women's Premier League Champions. On July 2022 she signed for Saracens Women and made her debut against Loughborough Lightning on the first round of the 2022–23 Premier 15s International career McMillan won her first Scotland cap against Spain when she started in the first Women's Rugby World Cup Qualifier at Scotstoun Stadium in November 2016. She has continued to play for the team, moving from Back Row to Second Row, which she played for the first time in 2019. She was in Scotland Women U19 7s in 2013 and selected for the U20 squad, alongside her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Rose
Donna Rose (born 5 June 1991) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team and Saracens. She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2021 and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. Club career Growing up in Hampshire, Rose began playing rugby as a teenager, first as a winger for Ellingham & Ringwood RFC under-18s, and later in the back-row for Trojans, for which she made 153 appearances. After captaining the team for five years, she was approached by then-coach Alex Austerberry to play for Saracens. She signed with the team as prop in 2019. International career A Welsh grandfather enabled Rose to join the Wales national squad. She made her debut in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship in a match against France. Rose has won nine caps in her rugby career to date. She was selected in Wales squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Personal life A trained chef, Rose now works full ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Ellis (rugby Union)
Alexandria Ellis (born 1 August 1995) is a Canadian rugby union player. She plays Prop for Canada and for Saracens. Rugby career Ellis competed for Canada at the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. She played against USA in the quarterfinal. She then featured in the semifinal against England, and in the third place final against France. In 2023, She was named in Canada's traveling squad for their test against South Africa and for the Pacific Four Series. In July, she featured in her sides 21–52 loss to the Black Ferns at the Pacific Series in Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Alex 1995 births Canadian rugby union players Living people Canadian female rugby union players Canada women's international rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochelle Clark
Rochelle "Rocky" Clark, (born 29 May 1981) is an English rugby union player for Saracens Ladies, Saracens. She represented at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2006, 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2010, 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2014 and 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup tournaments. Clark earned her 50th cap at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup which made her 's second most-capped player at the time. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to rugby. As of 16 March 2018, Clark has 137 caps. She was the most capped player in England international history, including both men and women, surpassing Jason Leonard's men's record of 114, until Sarah Hunter received her 138th cap at the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup She credits hot baths and hard work as reasons for her success. She is a PT and rugby coach, and in her spare time is developing her media career. She regularly delivers motivational speeches at rugby clubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Botterman
Hannah Botterman (born 8 June 1999) is an English rugby union prop who represents Saracens Women in club rugby and the England national team. Botterman made her debut in 2017 against Canada. International career In 2017, Botterman was called up to the England national women's rugby team after an impressive season at her club, Saracens. She made her debut versus Canada. Botterman played again for England in the 2019 Super Series San Diego and was awarded a full time professional contract by the Rugby Football Union for the 2019/20 season. She was part of the Grand Slam winning 2019 Women's Six Nations Championship team. She was named in the England squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand in October and November 2022. Club career Aged 18 she made her debut for Saracens Women during the 2017/18 season. She has been instrumental in Saracens winning back-to-back Tyrell Premier 15s titles, scoring the winning try in the 2017/18 final against Harlequins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Rettie
Jodie Rettie (born 31 December 1990) is a Scottish rugby player, who played in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship. She has played international rugby for Scotland since 2018. Club career In her club career, Rettie has played for Old Albanians and Thurrock RFC. Her first club was Lakenham Hewett in Norwich. Since 2018, Rettie has played for the Premier 15 side, Saracens Women, starting as hooker and in the backrow. In 2020 the team experienced 12 wins in a row, with Rettie among the squad. In 2019, the team won the Tyrells Premier 15s championship as they beat Harlequins 33–17, with Rettie playing in position 6. International career Rettie received her first Scotland cap from the bench in the team's 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship opener versus Wales. She went on to play in the championship's match against France, in which the team lost 3-26 - a step change in progress since the previous year's 0–55 loss. Rettie was among the Scottish team selected for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcester Warriors Women
Worcester Warriors Women, currently known as the University of Worcester Warriors for partnership reasons, and formally known as Worcester Valkyries, are a women's rugby union club in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. They were founded in 1993, as Worcester Ladies, and play in the Premier 15s. They were originally created as the women's team of Worcester Wanderers, but became part of the English Premiership team Worcester Warriors' organisation ahead of the 2016/17 season. History Worcester Ladies were formed in 1993 by Mark Edwards, who also set up women's rugby union teams at Droitwich RFC and Malvern RFC. They initially played in the national leagues. In 1998, they were promoted into the Women's Premiership for the first time. Worcester Ladies has close links with the University of Worcester with some players playing for both Worcester Ladies and the University of Worcester's women's rugby union team. In 2013, Worcester Ladies won their first Women's Premiership title afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flo Long
Florence Long is an English rugby union player. She plays for Worcester Warriors Women at club level and was a member of the England squad for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championships. International career Long was named to the England squad for the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championships as one of six development players in March 2021, having previously played for the country's U20 side. Club career Long currently plays for Worcester Warriors Women, having joined from Bristol Bears in 2020. In 2022, she was on short term loan to Saracens file:Erhard Reuwich Sarazenen 1486.png, upright 1.5, Late 15th-century Germany in the Middle Ages, German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek language, Greek and Latin writings, to refer .... Early life and education Born in Bristol, Long played for Somerset RFU at U18 level. She supported her mother, who had breast cancer. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Flo Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Premier 15s
The 2022–23 Premier 15s is the 6th season of the Premier 15s, the highest tier of English domestic women's rugby union competition (the 24th season including editions of the previous Women's Premiership), and the 3rd to be sponsored by Allianz. The competition schedule was adapted to take place in a shortened timeframe, compared with previous seasons, in order to accommodate the 2021 Rugby World Cup. For the second year running, the Allianz Cup will take place alongside the league, with fixtures for this cup competition scheduled within the international windows during the season. Teams As in previous Premier 15s seasons, 10 teams have been named to compete in the 2022–23 competition. Player movements Premier 15s Table As of ''3 June 2023'' Regular season Fixtures for the season were announced by the Rugby Football Union on 17 August 2022. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
