The Red Roses have once again made the Rugby World Cup Final set to take place this weekend!
They will face hosts New Zealand on Saturday morning Kick off at 6.30am (GMT) live on ITV1.

The match will be played at Eden Park, Auckland and so far more than 40,000 tickets have been sold making it a record breaking crowd for a womens rugby game.

This will be the Rose’s 3rd title chase after winning previously in 1994 and 2014. The Black Ferns have triumphed on 5 occasions; 4 of those being against the Red Roses, which really sets this up to be one of the greats!

The starting line up features Leicester born Emily Scarratt and also Loughborough Lightening stars Sarah Hunter (Captain), Sadia Kabeya and Cath O’Donnell.

Good Luck from Leicestershire Rugby Union!

See full team line up below:

15 Ellie Kildunne (Harlequins, 30 caps)
14 Lydia Thompson (University of Worcester Warriors, 57 caps)
13 Emily Scarratt (vc) (Loughborough Lightning, 107 caps)
12 Holly Aitchison (Saracens, 14 caps)
11 Abby Dow (Wasps, 29 caps)
10 Zoe Harrison (Saracens, 45 caps)
9 Leanne Infante (Saracens, 57 caps)
1 Vickii Cornborough (Harlequins, 74 caps)
2 Amy Cokayne (Harlequins, 69 caps)
3 Sarah Bern (Bristol Bears, 51 caps)
4 Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury, 37 caps)
5 Abbie Ward (Bristol Bears, 60 caps)
6 Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury, 55 caps)
7 Marlie Packer (Saracens, 88 caps)
8 Sarah Hunter (c) Loughborough Lightning, 139 caps)

Finishers
16 Lark Davies (Bristol Bears, 43 caps)
17 Maud Muir (Gloucester-Hartpury, 16 caps)
18 Shaunagh Brown (Harlequins, 29 caps)
19 Cath O’Donnell (Loughborough Lightning, 23 caps)
20 Poppy Cleall (Saracens, 62 caps)
21 Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning, 7 caps)
22 Claudia MacDonald (Exeter Chiefs, 23 caps)
23 Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury, 8 caps)

There is still time to book onto the England Rugby Referee Award starting 27th November at Loughborough University.

This is a great opportunity to get qualified and be a vital part of the rugby community.

The LSRUR are offering to reimburse candidates the cost of the course providing they officiate at least one game this season!

Limited spaces available, Get involved!

Dates and location as below:

BOOK NOW!

https://gms.rfu.com/GMS/coursefinder


Location : Loughborough University, LE11 3TU
Dates: Day 1 – 27/11/22 (09:00 – 17:00)
Day 2 – 04/06/23 (09:00 – 17:00)

Leicestershire Society of Rugby Union Referees
https://www.lsrur.co.uk/

Leicestershire Rugby Union is excited to announce the first U12s and U14s Girls training session, which will go ahead on 7th November 2022 on the AGP at Leicester Forest East Rugby Club. (LE3 3PJ)

Under 12s session:
Starting at 7pm
Arrive by 6.30pm for registration with the session running from 7pm-7.50pm

Under 14s session:
Starting 8pm
Arriving 7.30pm for registration with the session running from 8pm- 8.50pm

The first session will be an open training session so we can assess numbers going forward, player ability and player welfare.
This will be a carousel of coaching looking at Game play, core skills, player readiness, activate and small sided games.

We look forward to welcoming as many girls as possible to the evening from as many clubs as possible across Leicestershire.

Please register your interest using the link below before 02/11/22 :
https://forms.gle/U3osGFCtmaDaUGdN8

Leicestershire Rugby Union are looking for two driven individuals with a passion for keeping rugby in Leicestershire and Rutland safe for all. These integral roles are a corner stone to the success of the LRU.
Within the LRU we value and support all our volunteers, using the TREDS and our own core values. We look forward to your application.

We are recruiting a Safeguarding Manager, see link below with the job scope:

CBSM

Safeguarding Assistant, see below link:

CBSA

If you are interested in either please express your interest to:
Gail Bates
hon-sec@leicestershirerugbyunion.co.uk

Please fill out the below volunteer form and submit with your application.

RFU Volunteer Form

Please spread the word if you know anyone that would be perfect for either role.

A Huge congratulations to two teams from Leicestershire making into the U16 Girls National Cup today!

Both teams are playing at home this afternoon.

Leicester Forest U16 vs Newark U16
Kick off is 2pm at Leicester Forest Rugby club (LE3 3PJ)

And

Market Harborough U16s Vs Worcester U16s
Kick off is 2pm (Pitch one) at Market Harborough RFC (LE16 9HF)


We wish both teams the best of luck in this campaign.

#StayTogtherPlayTogether

As the nights draw in this autumn and with ever more teams opting for a Friday night fixture do you know your floodlight regulations?

Please see the below guidance from the RFU.
https://www.englandrugby.com//dxdam/d1/d176970b-b1dd-4f7d-b06f-1feb55a41977/RFUguidetofloodlighting.pdf

Contact details for the East Midlands and Leicestershire as below:

Stu Eades – FDM
Email : stuarteades@rfu.com
Tel: 07730814156

Adam Blackford -FDE
Email: AdamBlackford@RFU.com
Tel: 07718706578