For the third time in a row England and France meet in a Girls’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider, and you will discover all of the motion from Bordeaux in The Rugby Paper this Sunday.
On the identical day Wales face Italy hoping to keep away from whitewashes in each the boys’s and girls’s tournaments in entrance of what’s anticipated to be their file crowd on the Principality Stadium, with Scotland trying to safe a top-half end for the primary time since 2005 in opposition to Eire.
Along with studies and response from all three matches Maddie Feaunati options in our Crimson Roses column, and whereas the Roses nonetheless have to attend to see if they’ll declare the Six Nations title England U20s Sean Kerr discusses how his boys did it on the junior stage in our Younger Weapons characteristic.
Again on the home entrance, Harlequins host Northampton Saints at Twickenham for his or her “Massive Summer season Kick-Off”, the choose of three Premiership and 7 United Rugby Championship studies on that shall be throughout our pages, in addition to previews for 2 Prem video games on Sunday.
In a single such preview, arduous hitting Jacques Vermeulen reveals he desires his aspect to be aggressive and ruthless when Exeter journey to Kingsholm to face rivals Gloucester, and on the subject of the Chiefs, Chris Hewett explains why the Devonians really feel they symbolize the true south west moderately than ‘northerners’ Bristol, Tub or Gloucester.
Within the different preview, Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson has known as Sunday’s assembly with Newcastle the ‘Steve Diamond derby’, and Leinster flanker Will Connors seems to be forward to their Champions Cup semi-final conflict in opposition to Northampton Saints subsequent Saturday in entrance of over 82,000 followers at Croke Park.
Bristol Bears boss Pat Lam says he’ll by no means cease recruiting from the Championship as he tops up his squad with second tier expertise, whereas Saracens and Wales star Nick Tompkins provides his ideas on the Premiership run-in and what his aspect must regain if they’re to safe back-to-back titles.
Elsewhere in our weekly options former Tub hooker and Scotland ‘B’ captain, and ex-Bristol and Saracens boss, Rob Cunningham seems to be again on his profession in My Life in Rugby, with former Australia Sevens, Bedford and Coventry flanker Ben Adams – now at Cambridge – choosing the most effective XV he has performed with or in opposition to in Dream Group.
And within the ultimate spherical of the Nationwide Leagues, will or not it’s Leeds Tykes or Rotherham Titans claiming the Nationwide Two North title?
Becoming a member of The Rugby Paper Podcast on Thursday to preview the Girls’s Six Nations decider was none aside from Crimson Roses captain and 100-cap membership member, Marlie Packer.
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