Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire RFU

Gill Burns Women's County Championship

Herford RFC 21st May 2017 Kick Off 2.00pm

Hertfordshire Ladies v Hampshire Ladies

Hertfordshire Ladies

15. Rachael Potter - Saracens (C)
14. Alice Finn – Old Albanians
13. Hannah Casey - Tabard
12. Sophie Tyler - Thurrock
11. Emily Bentley - Old Albanians/ Univ of Sheffield
10. Jodie Rettie - Thurrock
9. Hannah Johnston – Old Albanians

1. Jude Stephenson - Saracens
2. Ciara Scott - Old Albanians
3. Sarah Barber - Saracens
4. Jenny Hobson - Saracens
5. Suzie Hilton - Hitchin
6. Loz Salisbury - Saracens
7. Sarah Bebbington - Old Albanians
8. Charlotte Fredrickson – Saracens (VC)

16. Nancy Harrison - Harpenden
17. Helen Roberts - Hitchin
18. Claire-Aimee Grimshaw - Saracens
19. Nina Wilkinson - Hertford
20. Jess Foster - Harpenden
21. Nicky Cameron - Hitchin
22. Harriette Chambers - Old Albanians

MATCH PREVIEW
Sunday 21st May
Hertfordshire Elite Women vs Hampshire Ladies
Gill Burns County Championship – Division 2 Pool 1
Hertford RFC
1400 KO
The last two pool games of the Championship will be closely watched as who will be
progressed to next week’s final at Richmond Athletic Ground comes down to the
wire.
With four out of five sides still in the hunt, bonus points will make all the difference so
teams will be sure to be playing the most attacking style possible to give themselves
every chance to make the final.
Hampshire will come with a backbone made up of Trojans players, a fantastic club
side based near the south coast who had another great season this year. Results
and performances will mean the players they contribute to this visiting match day
squad will no doubt be full of confidence to play in their very direct manner.
Following the setback of last week’s heavy defeat suffered away to Bucks, the Herts
team have regrouped an licked their wounds. Training has been about looking
forward and making sure everyone is focused on what is in the players control.
Head coach Grant Hathaway explained “The message after last week was that we
are still in the competition and we must look at how we do all we can to progress.
Bogging ourselves down with the negatives from last week won’t help us,
concentrating on what we do well and how we do more of that will ultimately give us
the best chance of winning this week’s game.
Expect to see a much improved performance from us this week, we know how strong
Hampshire will be and our intensity and edge will be a mark of that respect.”
A number of Herts players are welcomed back to the fray so the team is nearly at full
strength this weekend, meaning that all those who come to watch on Sunday will be
in for an enjoyable afternoon of rugby.

Gill Burns (MBE, b. 12 July 1964) is a former rugby union player who represented England between 1998 and 2002, including when they won the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup. She also captained her country between 1994 and 1999. She was selected for England only one year after first playing rugby union. She went on to play in four World Cups, including the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup – hosted by Wales in 1991. – where England lost to the United States 19–6. Burns was also made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to sport in 2005.
One season after retiring from the England squad Gill was asked to captain the first ever Women's World XV for their 2 test series in New Zealand. After retiring as a player, Gill was appointed President of the Rugby Football Union for Women – who help administer the Women's game in England – and also worked briefly as a guest commentator for Sky Sports. Burns was the first woman to be made a Privileged Member of the RFU in 2012 and she was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame on 17 November 2014.