The Famous Five?

Five of our girls are have been selected to go trial for regional fame and glory at the end of the month.

Congratulations go to Hayley, Laura and Jess who have all been selected by Hertfordshire to go forward to the East Region trials on 20th January at The Coopers Company & Coborn School (St Mary's Lane, Upminster, Essex, RM14 3HS) where they will join Sasha there who has been selected by Eastern Counties. Fern will also be attempting to get back into the East Midlands squad in a separate trial at Melton Mowbray on the same day.

Commiserations to Emily, Katie and Charley - but Emily and Charley will have another chance next year (and probably a very good chance with so many of this year's team in their final year of junior rugby - next season promises to be quite strange with so many familiar faces in opposition teams missing!), while we expect that Katie will be making a name for herself in student rugby.

All five girls selected should know (but I'll take this opportunity to remind them) that they MUST still register online for the trials themselves. The fact that their counties have put them forward does not mean that they have been registered. Click here for details of what you need to take with you (etc.) and then click here for the actual form. You will need to pay £5 for the trials when you register (not on the day) so you will need a credit or debit card to do that, so you'll probably need a parent (or at least their plastic) to hand when you fill the forms in.

For everyone else at least we know where we stand, which is having a core of girls big enough to be able to play games on regional weekends, so we can start planning with some confidence. All we need do now is find other clubs in a similar position...