Sitting In The Cheap Seats

The days are warming up (allegedly), crowds are returning to stadiums and for the Allianz Premier 15s it’s play off time! The top four teams across the league face off on Saturday with the two winners travelling to Gloucester the following weekend where one team will be crowned league champions. In previous seasons Harlequins Women have played the bridesmaids to Saracens Women but both teams will fancy their chances and with home advantage this weekend they’ll be hoping to fend off Wasps Ladies and Loughborough Lightning respectively. I caught up with four forwards from across the teams for an insight into the games this weekend.

Casting details are announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2021 summer outdoor production of  The Comedy of Errors  which runs between 13 July – 26 September in the  Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre  in Stratford-upon-Avon.  This specially constructed outdoor performance space is located in the Swan Theatre Gardens, flanked by the River Avon and overlooked by the Swan Theatre.   

Huge news out of London Irish today as they have announced they are forming a women’s team with intent to bid for a spot in the Allianz Premier 15s when the league reviews it’s members in 2023!

I’ve been covering women’s rugby for a couple of years now, interviewing players and attending the odd international but, until this weekend, there was a glaring hole in my coverage. I’d never been to a Allianz Premier 15s game, a combination of my availability and the looming shadow of Covid meaning that my trip to watch Wasps Ladies this week became my Premier 15s debut.