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What to watch in women’s rugby: England, Wales join Quad Series
By Martyn Thomas
Hosts Wales and England enter the fray as the Transatlantic Quad Series moves south from Ystrad Mynach to Cardiff for Friday’s second round.
Canada and USA got the U20s tournament underway at the Centre for Sporting Excellence last Sunday with the former running out deserved 23-10 winners.
Ria Johnston, Ava van Santen and Adelaide Holmes (twice) each crossed the whitewash for Canada before Grace Jacklyn added a late penalty.
On Friday, Canada will take on an England side made up of primarily of players who graduated from their U18 programme last year and members of the U20 squad who didn’t travel to Parma for the recent Six Nations Women’s Series.
England beat Ireland 33-10 and Wales 55-24 in northern Italy before suffering a 72-21 defeat to France on the final day.
The squad for Friday’s match against Canada will be led by England U18 Women’s head coach James Cooper.
Wales, meanwhile, were beaten 57-12 by France in their opening match in Parma before letting a 14-5 half-time lead against Italy slip in their final match, going on to lose 33-19 against the hosts.
Liza Burgess’ side will hope they come out on the right side of the result on Friday, having suffered an agonising 28-27 defeat to USA on their North America tour last summer.
You can watch all the action unfold at Cardiff Arms Park live and for free on RugbyPass TV.
Friday, July 19th
17:30 BST (GMT+1) – England v Canada, Cardiff Arms Park – WATCH LIVE HERE
19:30 BST – Wales v USA, Cardiff Arms Park – WATCH LIVE HERE
Star Red Rose Kildunne opens up
Series three of Stronger Than You Think continues apace as England star Ellie Kildunne joins Jodie Ounsley and Ashleigh Wilmot in the studio.
Harlequins full-back Kildunne scored an incredible nine tries during the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations to help the Red Roses to another Grand Slam and earn the Player of the Championship gong.
She is aiming to take that form into the Olympics as part of the Great Britain squad aiming for gold at Paris 2024 having returned to the sevens set-up for the Games.
Off the pitch, meanwhile, Kildunne is developing her talent for photography and has become a leading member of the cowboy ‘movement’ that has swept the Red Roses camp and among their supporters.
Find out more about her journey in the game and where it might lead in the latest episode on RugbyPass TV.
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Thanks Nick
Yes, whilst Donnalson did some ok things in the game, you highlighted why he can't really be there.
A lot of our issues have to do with strategy etc, but where there is a player who just can't deliver he can't really be there.
Notwithstanding this when Donnalson went off, things got worse including exits, though his replacement wasn't to blame.
I guess that means Lolesio at 10!
SURELY they'll work on exit strategy....and defensive systems that the players in the team can understand...simple ones.
Given the headline, it is a must that we deliver against the Lions, and we must start with the EOY tour, or no-one will turn up. That must mean half a dozen OS players injected. Shouldn't be that hard to splice them into existing strategies, given its not even a quarter of a match day 23.
In the meantime, just don't get thrashed by NZ. Everyone in the country hears about an All Blacks thrashing, even if they still haven't heard about the Pumas or the Puma debacle.
The All Blacks game will be on FTA TV, and everyone has heard of the All Blacks!
Razor won't make it easy
Go to commentsFrom Terry24: "If you win a match you gain points"
Also from Terry24: "Nobody gets points against teams who are more than 10 points behind them in the rankings."
More from Terry24: So stop making a fool of yourself with ridiculous conspiracy theories."
You have clearly lost your tenuous grasp on reality.
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