Hannah Botterman, never change 🤩

Manae Feleu will lead a France side out at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in front of an expected crowd of 27,000+ tomorrow, which would be a new attendance record for a women's international in 🇫🇷 'We know England are the top team. It's a great challenge for us.'

Eye opening convo with England's dynamic prop double act Hannah Botterman & Maud Muir
💪 working with scrum coach Nathan Catt (first time the RRs have had access to one 🤯)
🌹 The expectation on them to win scrum pens
🪡 Crocheting telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Exclusive interview with Freddie Steward. Not too proud to be vulnerable about his Six Nations.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Raw emotion of being dropped
🏃‍♂️ ‘Finding joy’ in pre-match sprints
🏉 What improvement will take
🐯 Tricky spot for Tigers
😏 Has he considered 12? telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Exclusive Telegraph Sport interview with Lauren Hemp:
⚽ - How Steph Houghton lured her to Man City
⚽ - #MCFC 's push to win the WSL title
⚽ - Returning to Bristol City on Sunday
⚽ - And why she hasn't paid any attention to speculation about her future
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John Mitchell names England team for Women's Six Nations Grand Slam decider against France – and backs them to hit new level in Bordeaux

✍️ Fi Tomas

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Je ne comprends pas

'In 2022, Wales were hurled the lifebuoy of contracts, but it looks increasingly as though there was no rope attached.'

So much to love about what the Red Roses did at Twickenham, but - this week - I couldn't overlook this tournament's fundamental flaws.

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'England will revel in French cauldron of whistles and jeers, just as we did two years ago'

✍️ Sarah Bern

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‘Rugby’s loss is football’s gain’

Sue Day will leave her RFU role in December to become the FA’s director of women’s football

✍️ Tom Garry and Fi Tomas

Serious hire. One of the sharpest brains in sport coupled with personal lived experience of being an elite athlete. Can vouch she's an absolutely incredible person to boot. Has achieved so much for women in rugby especially that rugby's loss is football's gain.

Sue Day MBE, one of the most influential women at the RFU in recent years, will leave the organisation and replace Baroness Sue Campbell as the FA's Director of Women's Football in December. What a transfer - rugby's loss is football's gain.

Today marks 30 years since Karen Almond lifted the World Cup trophy for England 🙌🌎🏆

A massive achievement back in the amateur days of self-funding, sacrifice and commonplace sexism

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Was asked to write about running the London Marathon - and an event that again showed sport at its best🏃
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It's the big fat question of the week (decade). How do you solve a problem like the Women's Six Nations? Telegraph Rugby writers have their say on how to level the playing field telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Wales' campaign must serve as a wake-up call not just to the WRU but the game as a whole. Contracts (worth peanuts) can't be sticking plasters for years of underinvestment. Nor can Welsh rugby continue to rely on the G-Hartpurys & Bristols of this world to prop up the nat side

Abby Dow = great talker. After the Ireland game in which England's multifaceted attack was in full flow she credited Brian Ashton, who has been acting as a consultant with the team, for helping the Red Roses “rethink the philosophy of rugby.' telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Piece from Twickenham yesterday on Tatyana Heard and England's midfield. Was massively impressed by Heard and Megan Jones... and then Emily Scarratt came on against a tired defence with a point to prove 😳 telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

Report from a Twickenham training session in which England and Dame Ellie Kildunne looked superhuman. This Ireland team is full of promise & with *more support* has their best years ahead of them. Hat tip to the RFU for bringing big game vibes (again) 🪩 telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…

The truth is, this is utterly bad for women's rugby. It's not England's fault. They're doing everything they should be doing and doing it right. They're setting the bar.

It's us that are failing to even see the bar, and it's the IRFU that have allowed this to happen.

#ENGvIRE