women's rugby

Exeter Chiefs women’s side boosts Exeter College Rugby Academy

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Thu, 05/07/2020 - 11:57am

Exeter College’s Ofsted Outstanding offer to the region’s top young rugby talent received a huge boost with the news that Exeter Chiefs’ newly launched professional women’s side received approval to join the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s League.

The agreement to join the league rubber stamps the launch of Exeter Chiefs’ women’s team and provides fresh impetus to Women’s Rugby Academy at Exeter College.

Exeter College has been offering the Women’s Rugby Academy education provision in partnership with Exeter Chiefs for three years, with students given the chance to pursue a career in...

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Exeter Chiefs Women to compete in Tyrrells Premier 15s

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Mon, 04/06/2020 - 11:33am

Exeter Rugby Club chief executive, Tony Rowe OBE, has today spoken of his delight after it was confirmed that the newly-formed Chiefs’ Women’s side have had their application to join the Tyrrells Premier 15s division for the 2020/21-2022/23 seasons accepted.

An independently verified audit took place in the first half of the 2019/20 season, where each current Tyrrells Premier 15s club was assessed based on a combination of their ability to deliver the competition’s Minimum Operating Standards and their on pitch performance. Clubs were then ranked from one to 10 based on the audit...

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Exeter Chiefs create new women's team

A new and exciting chapter in the history of Exeter Rugby Club has today been unveiled with the announcement that the ambitious Devon club are to create a new professional women’s team.

The team, which will be the club’s first-ever affiliated women’s team, will begin in earnest from this point with the view of tendering for a place within the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s League ahead of the 2020/21 season.

For some time, Exeter Rugby Club chief executive, Tony Rowe OBE, together with Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, have been exploring the idea of creating a women’s team at Sandy...

Exeter College set to inspire next generation of women’s rugby players

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 05/31/2016 - 11:39am

A new style of Women's Rugby Academy is being launched by Exeter College, in partnership with Exeter Chiefs, for students starting this autumn.

Students will benefit from first-class rugby and sports coaching, together with outstanding training and education opportunities.

Applications are now being accepted for places for entry in September 2016. Many of the potential applicants can aspire to follow in the stud marks of former Exeter College student and current England rugby international player Poppy Leitch. Poppy, 18, from Exeter, who is now studying for a degree in...

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