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England women too powerful

Match report

A powerful performance by a new-look England women’s side saw them run in eleven tries to defeat Wales 62-0 at the Lextan Gnoll, Neath.

Four of their six debutants were on the scoresheet, player of the match, Wigan teenager Isabel Rowe, landing 22 points from a try and nine goals.

This fixture is really important,” said England women’s head coach Stuart Barrow.

“Wales were really good, and it gave me the opportunity to give out more caps who all performed well, while the leadership of Jodie Cunningham was really important.

Our player pool is developing and competition is getting better. Our aim is to close the gap before the World Cup.”

The visitors, rebuilding after their shellacking against the Jillaroos in Las Vegas in March, led 22-0 at the break, first time starters Jenna Foubister – from a kick by Rowe.

Molly Jones and Leeds’s Lucy Murray among their try scorers.

Another debutant, Eva Hunter crossed twice in the second period as England’s superior fitness told late on, all their player coming from Super League.

Anna Davies – who scored five times when England earned their biggest-ever win against Wales at Headingley last November – also crossed twice, Bella Sykes going over for her first try in the national colours.

“I probably wasn’t the happiest with my performance the first half, but for the second I just told myself to enjoy it.

I’m playing with some amazing girls so that made my job really easy,” said 18-year-old Rowe.

“Everyone wants to play in a World Cup for England, there’s a lot of competition and I’m really looking forward to doing all that I can to get on that plane.”

Wales, who beat Scotland the week before, showed distinct improvement from their last time out against England as they build for appearing in their first Women’s World Cup next year, going close on a number of occasions, Charlie Munday with their best chance, just halted by a fine try saving tackle from Grace Banks.

Wales women’s head coach, Tom Brindle, commented:

“Our metric wasn’t the scoreline, we set some challenges on ourselves and part of that was we wanted to own our version of that game and I think we did, we competed for as long as we could, the effort and commitment for the badge never faltered.

“We’ve learned a lot and got to get fitter, faster, stronger, but where we are at the moment, they’ve done everything to their absolute maximum. I can’t ask for more.”

FULL TIME

Wales 0 – 62 England

Wales

TRIES :
GOALS :

England

TRIES : Jenna Foubister (6), Molly Jones (8), Anna Davies (19), Lucy Murray (30), Eva Hunter (41), Isabel Rowe (51), Isabella Skyes (54), Eboni Partington (54), Anna Davies (60), Georgia Wilson (68), Eva Hunter (72)
GOALS : Isabel Rowe 9

TEAMS

Wales

Leanne Burnell, Lucia Davies, Olivia Williams, Kathryn Salter, Dani McGifford, Megan Whittaker, Amberly Ruck, Agnes Wood, Carys Marsh, Gracie Hobbs, Georgia Cussons, Charlie Mundy, Bethan Dainton. Subs: Jasmine Gibbons, Ffion Jenkins, Amy Price, Hannah Jones

England

Gracie Banks, Anna Davies, Georgia Wilson, Molly Jones, Eboni Partington, Isabel Rowe, Jenna Foubister, Olivia Wood, Katie Mottershead, Isabel Northorp, Lucy Murray, Eva Hunter, Jodie Cunningham. Subs: Ruby Bruce, Victoria Whitfield, Isabella Skyes, Savannah Andrade

Match info

Date : 9 Aug 2025
Kick-off : 17:30
Venue : The Gnoll, Neath
Competition : Senior Women’s International
Referee : Geoff Poumes (France)

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Wales women beat Scotland

Match report

A superb solo try, by player of the match Wales women skipper Beth Dainton two minutes from time, saw her side home 18-12 against Scotland women at the Lextan Knoll, Neath in a thriller.

A penalty from Sarah Smart in the 67th minute gave the Scots, superbly led by Kaiya Glynn and Charlotte Hill, a share of the spoils on their international debut but Dainton.

Who was ably supported by Charlie Munday and Agnes Wood off the bench – saw the hosts home before an enthusiastic Celtic crowd.

Scotland dominated the opening exchanges territoriality and prop Grace Field made history by becoming their first-ever try scorer, pouncing on a Demi Fisher grubber that bounced off a post protector, Sarah Smart goaling.

Dainton’s purposeful runs and Amberley Ruck’s distribution got Wales back into the game and they posted three unconverted tries.

Lucia Davies sent over in the right hand corner, Kathryn Salter – who missed all three conversions – on the left after another Dainton break, and St Helens winger Danni McGifford sliding over after out wide.

Debutant Olivia Williams had gone close.

Just before the break, another Fished chip kick caused havoc, Sarah Smart gathering on the full, her conversion attempt going across the face of the posts to leave it 12-10 at the break.

The second half was end-to-end with some impressive scrambling defence from both sides but without a by-product.

Sarah Smart levelling when Wales were deemed to have taken out a dummy runner.

But Dainton’s smash-and-grab effort – after Amy Price had been held up – saw Wales home, as they prepare to face England at the same venue next week.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game, we play against and alongside a lot of them week-in, week-out,” said Dainton.

“Those are the games we want, we don’t want easy ones. We came out firing at the start of the second half but couldn’t take our opportunities, but we’ve come a really long way since playing England last year and I’m happy with that.”

Bitterly disappointed Scotland women’s head coach John Whalley was immensely proud of his charges on their debut.

“I thought we did enough at times to win it,” he noted.

“To come off the back of four sessions and almost do it, it’s a building block, we’ve got a pathway in place and the future’s definitely bright.

We look forward to preparing for facing Jamaica next and will be ready.”

photo credit to Penallta Photographics

Wales 18 – 12 Scotland

Wales

TRIES : Lucia Davies (15), Kathryn Salter (33), Bethan Dainton (78)
GOALS : Amberly Ruck 3

Scotland

TRIES : Grace Field (3), Sarah Smart (39)
GOALS : Sarah Smart 2

Wales Women’s team

Megan Whittaker, Lucia Davies, Olivia Williams, Kathryn Salter, Danielle McGifford, Carys Marsh, Amberly Ruck, Ffion Jenkins, Jasmine Gibbons, Gracie Hobbs, Georgia Cussons, Charley Mundy, Bethan Dainton. Subs: Sara Jones, Agnes Wood, Amy Price, Ffion Jones

Scotland Women’s team

Rebecca Smart, Sarah Smart, Sammi Simpson, Emma Whelsford, Eve Tonkin, Demi Fisher, Isabel Glover, Grace Field, Abi Gordon, Kaiya Glynn, Charlotte Hill, Steph Gray, Nicole Stewart. Subs: Morgan Pearson, Georgia Briggs, Rebecca Moffat, Ciorstadia Ainsworth

Match info

Date : 3 Aug 2025
Kick-off : 16:00
Venue : The Gnoll, Neath
Competition : Senior Women’s International
Referee : Rob Apsee

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Domestic season set to kick off in Uganda

Five women’s and four men’s teams across three regions will take part in the 2024 domestic season in Uganda.

Domestic season set to kick off in Uganda (Photo – ERL Media Department)

Matches will be played in a series of regional tournaments which will commence with the western region teams taking on sides from central on May 1 and 2.

Eastern sides will host western on June 15 and 16, with teams from central facing those from the east on August 28 and 29.

The top two men’s and women’s sides at the culmination of the tournament stages will play in the respective Grand Finals.

There is a new side in both competitions, Bulucheke from the Bududu district in the eastern region. Team manager, Muntaki Gerald, commented:

“We are excited to be in a competitive structure. We have only been playing the sport a short time and, as underdogs, we hope to learn a lot from being in the championship.”

Baleen are the defending women’s champions and Beluga the men’s. Beluga captain, Isaac Mutyaba, commented: “We don’t want to give up what we worked so hard to gain last year.

We expect a lot of entertainment and excitement and being part of a national trial selection at the same time, all players will put in a lot of energy.”

Baleen captain, Lucky Nirere, noted: “We have had a month-long camp in January to prepare and there have been a lot of new recruits.

We are looking forward to the kick off and helping to spread the ‘Let the Girl Play’ campaign, we shall surely put on a beautiful show and try to keep the title.”

Fortunate Irankunda, the education leader of Rugby League Uganda, noted:

“I am impressed with the way the clubs keep growing the game, aided by the Whales Academy staff who don’t stop moving from region to region to share more knowledge and to ensure the players are getting the right basics.

And to our dear partners York Knights and Valkyrie for keeping us moving one step at a time.”

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England Women earned an emphatic 60-0 victory over Wales in their first international outing since 2019 at Warrington’s Halliwell Jones Stadium.

There were ten different scorers for Craig Richards’ side with Captain Emily Rudge notching a double. International debutants Fran Goldthorp and Hollie Dodd also found themselves on the scoresheet.

Carrie Roberts – making her first international appearance since 2015 – opened the scoring for the hosts after just two minutes however Wales would keep England from adding to their early score until midway through the first half.

Tara Jones would eventually capitalise on a Welsh mistake before St Helens teammate Jodie Cunningham powered her way over. Shona Hoyle would complete a run of three tries inside six minutes for England.

With nine minutes remaining in the first half, Leeds winger Goldthorp would score out wide after going close earlier in the evening. Georgia Roche rounded off the first half scoring under the posts to give Richards’ side a 34-0 lead at the interval.

Rudge sliced through the Welsh defence just seconds after the break to continue where England left off prior to half-time. Caitlin Beevers followed with a try on the 50-minute mark.

Georgia Wilson entered the fray for the final 20 minutes and found her herself on the receiving end of a looping pass before Rudge doubled her account for the evening.

Castleford Tigers youngster Hollie Dodd finished the scoring with some neat footwork just before the full-time hooter.

England Women: Tara Stanley, Fran Golthorp, Carrie Roberts, Amy Hardcastle, Caitlin Beevers; Georgia Roche, Beth Stott; Grace Field, Tara Jones, Paige Travis, Vicky Molyneux, Emily Rudge, Jodie Cunningham.

England Interchanges: Shona Hoyle, Chantelle Crowl, Hollie Dodd, Georgia Wilson.

England 60
TRIES : Roberts, Jones, Cunningham, Hoyle, Goldthorp, Roche, Rudge (2), Beevers, Wilson, Dodd

GOALS : Stanley 6, Stott 2

Wales Women :
Kathryn Salter, Jess McAuley, Lowri Norkett, Seren Gough-Walters, Eleri Michael; Amberley Ruck, Shaunni Davies; Lauren Aitkin, Ffion Lewis, Sara Prosser, Emily Hughes, Charley Mundy, Rafiuke Taylor.

Wales Interchanges: Carys Marsh, Keira McCosh, Danyelle Dinapoli, Sara Jones.

Referee: Aaron Moore

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