Whilst rugby is the fastest growing women's sport in the country,

Rugby is a late specialism sport and experts recommend that the representative rugby programme should wait until U15 when players have matured.

The RFU’s player development programme is shaped to ensure that it complements the rest of the age grade game as well as identifying and developing the more able players and providing them with higher intensity competitive opportunities.

It will also ensure a focus on their core playing programme in clubs, schools and colleges so that selection and representative rugby balances with the rest of a player’s season and motivations for taking part in rugby union.

The representative menu can be found here.