By BEN JAYCOCK

The RFU have confirmed eight teams have been successful in their application to join the 10-team Premier 15s league from 2023/24 at the tender stage. 
Newcomers Leicester and Ealing have been offered a place alongside existing Premier 15s clubs Loughborough Lightning, Bristol, Exeter, Gloucester-Hartpury, Harlequins and Saracens.
Former England player Giselle Mather, Ealing’s director of women’s rugby, said she was “delighted” at the club’s inclusion, while Vicky Macqueen, head of women’s rugby at Leicester, said it was a “big day for Leicester Tigers”.
Two more could still ...