■ By NEALE HARVEY
RFU head of women’s performance Nicky Ponsford is confident the women’s Premier 15s will go from strength-to-strength in the coming seasons.
Two years into the threeyear deal that saw the RFU pump £2.4m into creating the new ten-team Premier 15s in 2017, England have secured a Grand Slam and double-champions Saracens and runners-up Harlequins are raising the bar.
“We’re delighted with how the Premier 15s has progressed,” Ponsford told The Rugby Paper.
“Its creation was about three things: creating better environments for play...