View From The 22

So good to watch the Red Roses play with flair. Ireland offered little in first half but woke up with a bit of self belief in the second.
Obviously a two horse race for the title but good rugby being played.

Down side was Natasha Hunt and Morwenna Talling will be out with “long-term” injuries.

Great day out, with tickets from £20, or £10 if you work for the NHS. Only downside was that I had trouble working out what the ref decisions were. We were on the back row of the top deck! Would it be so bad for them to just say it over the PA system?

Off topic but wasn't sure where to post it and not sure if its been mentioned.

Picked up tickets for this in the season ticket window, there are tickets available, standing 15, seated 25-30 ish

Eng vs Aus at Corpaq

https://www.salesharks.com/2026/03/23/r ... e-corpacq/

Evie Wills starting v the Roses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... 452k21mvvo

Rollie (Toulon Provence Mediterranee), Lloyd (Sale Sharks), Wills (Sale Sharks), Smith (Bristol Bears), Campbell (Sale Sharks); Nelson (Loughborough Lightning), Brebner-Holden (Loughborough Lightning); Bartlett (Sale Sharks), Skeldon (Bristol Bears), Clarke (Bristol Bears), Wassell (Trailfinders), Cunningham (Bristol Bears), Malcolm (Trailfinders) capt, Stewart (Edinburgh Rugby/University of Edinburgh), Coubrough (Glasgow Warriors/University of Edinburgh).

Replacements: Martin (Loughborough Lightning), Swann (Exeter Chiefs), Poolman (Edinburgh Rugby/Watsonian), Bogan (Glasgow Warriors/Stirling County), McLachlan (Montpellier), Darroch (Glasgow Warriors/Hillhead Jordanhill), Scott (Loughborough Lightning), McGhie (Trailfinders Women).

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Tue Apr 14, 2026 11:17 am

Great day out, with tickets from £20, or £10 if you work for the NHS. Only downside was that I had trouble working out what the ref decisions were. We were on the back row of the top deck! Would it be so bad for them to just say it over the PA system?

Any decent ref should give clear signals (they aren't always perfectly clear, but at top level, at least, they usually are). If you are not familiar with those signals, they are explained Here

Red Roses team
England: Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury); Jess Breach (Saracens), Megan Jones (Trailfinders) (capt), Helena Rowland (Loughborough Lightning), Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins); Zoe Harrison (Saracens), Lucy Packer (Harlequins); Kelsey Clifford (Saracens), Amy Cokayne (Sale Sharks), Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury), Abi Burton (Trailfinders), Lilli Ives Campion (Loughborough Lightning), Demelza Short (Bristol Bears), Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning), Maddie Feaunati (Exeter Chiefs),

Replacements: Connie Powell (Harlequins), Mackenzie Carson (Gloucester-Hartpury), Sara Bern (Bristol Bears), Haineala Lutui (Loughborough Lighyning), Marlie Packer (Saracens), Flo Robinson (Exeter Chiefs), Holly Aitchison (Sale Sharks), Mia Venner (Gloucester-Hartpury)