Red Roses return to Twickenham with women’s rugby ready for next step

Peering through the windows on the team bus, the Red Roses were virtually pinching themselves. It was the end of the 2023 Women’s Six Nations and England had at last been afforded an opportunity to play a standalone fixture at Twickenham, France the opposition with a grand slam title on the line. As they made the short journey from their hotel to the ground, the anticipation, and goosebumps, grew, the squad looking out on rows of people clambering over one another to get a sight of their England stars.

“I’m still blown away by it,” scrum half recalls ahead of the on Saturday.