In the same week as being named Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship for 2025, it has been announced that Aoife Wafer has signed for Premiership Women’s Rugby side Harlequins.
Let’s start with the obvious, then. Sunday isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s not for the half-committed. But it’s definitely - absolutely - for the girls.
Having played a key role in their historic WXV campaign in Canada last October, starting in the number 13 shirt against the reigning world champions New Zealand- Aoife Dalton admits gaining an Ireland contract, playing in WXV 1 and beating the Black Ferns has all been a bit of a fantasy.
Celtic Challenge and Premiership Women’s Rugby action continues this weekend, with two games live on RugbyPass TV.
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There’s going to be a new name on the Premier 15s trophy this year. Just let that sink in one more time. It’s barbecue season, after all: let the fact marinate for a moment. Let the heady Pimms of novelty infuse the fruit of rugby history.
The pacemaker of the regular Premier 15s season has stepped off the track and the bell’s sounding: there’s a lead pack of four, and it’s time to see who’s got something audacious and all-conquering left in the tank.
One more regular round to go. Exeter Chiefs are looking to secure home advantage in the Premier 15s play-offs, after all, it’s hard to snatch victory from the jaws of a title-defending wolfpack with the StoneX crowd behind them.
The teak-tough D implemented by Alex Sanderson has turned the AJ Bell into a fortress, one that Leicester have to plunder