There has been plenty of gloom for England to endure even as they have sent women’s rugby up into the stratosphere but, at last, the sun shines on a Red Roses side in full bloom. The most successful international side in Test history now have the ...

Swapping Welsh roots for the England captaincy could be enough to turn a nation against you. But Meg Jones is different.

England defence coach Sarah Hunter described the Red Roses’ current injury crisis as “unheard of” ahead of their Guinness Women’s Six Nations clash with Scotland. Coming into the Round 2 clash at Scottish Gas Murrayfield the side are without 12 of the players that helped the team to Women’s Rugby World Cup glory last September.