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Bristol Bears and England trio Sarah Bern, Holly Aitchison and Abbie Ward are this month’s cover stars
This is Rugby World’s Red Roses special ahead of a huge 2025 for the international women’s game. England’s women are red-hot favourites to win a seventh straight Six Nations and a home World Cup in 2025, but can they live up to the billing?
We travelled down to Bristol for an exclusive cover shoot and interviews with Bears trio Sarah Bern, Holly Aitchison and Abbie Ward who are all set to play a big part in determining how John Mitchell’s side get on this year.
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What’s in Rugby World’s Red Roses special this month?
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- FULL BLOOM – in conversation with Bristol and England stars
Deputy Editor Josh Graham sits down with Sarah Bern, Holly Aitchison and Abbie Ward to chat PWR, Six Nations, sensory rooms, partners, pregnancy and Team England
- THE BUCKET LIST: WATCHING THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD
Editor Joe Robinson travelled to Toulouse to watch their Galacticos and Antoine Dupont strut his stuff in the Champions Cup demolition of Leicester Tigers
- WOMEN’S SIX NATIONS TEAM GUIDES
Jess Hayden casts her eye over every single side ahead of this year’s championship. Can anyone stop the England juggernaut?
- FIT FOR A KING
Ireland’s Erin King had a dream 2024, winning World Rugby’s Women’s Breakthrough Player of the Year. Pat McCarry caught up with her…
- THE RISE, FALL AND RISE AGAIN OF THE IRELAND WOMEN’S TEAM
Tom English charts what has been quite the journey for the women in green who scalped the Black Ferns in WXV last year…
- NOT SO JUNIOR
Joe Robinson speaks to confident – not arrogant! – England U20 forward Junior Kpoku who is strutting his stuff for Racing 92 and is being monitored closely by Steve Borthwick
- ISLAND IN THE LEAGUE
This month’s grass roots feature highlights the work of Jersey RFC, the amateur side ploughing on in the wake of the Reds’ demise. Josh Graham hears from Scott van Breda who played for and captained the professional side but is now player-coach for the amateurs who are pushing for a third straight promotion which would take them into the National Leagues…
What else is in Rugby World’s Red Roses special?
- Global: Nottingham and Sweden prop Ale Loman who is now on loan at Leicester
- Rising Stars: Glasgow’s Jare Oguntibeju and Sale and Spain’s Alba Capell
- Downtime with Wales’ Alex Callender
- The Analyst Sean Holley on three key try assists from the Men’s Six Nations
- Pau speedster and English-born French sevens star Aaron Grandidier Nkanang
- Loughborough Lightning and Scotland’s Helen Nelson
- Stephen Jones on the plight of Wales’ women and the shrewd appointment of Belinda Moore
- What it’s like to… Balance rugby and nursing with Trailfinders and Wales’ Carys Cox
- My Rugby World with The Chase’s Shaun Wallace
- Face-off: Is this the most significant year for women’s rugby ever?
- Ken Owens on the departure of his former Wales and Lions coach Warren Gatland
- Nolli Waterman on what 2025 can change for good for the women’s game
- Secret Player on why it’s no surprise that Netflix pulled the plug on Full Contact
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