Women’s rugby at sixes and sevens as focus on Olympics splits loyalties

Though grassroots participation in women’s rugby has increased, a swathe of leading players are missing the Six Nations to concentrate on sevensWomen’s rugby is used to fighting its corner but never like this. Next Friday England’s women will launch their Six Nations championship campaign against Scotland in Cumbernauld without the majority of their leading players, who will once again be representing their country at sevens in warmer climes. To say there are split loyalties is a massive understatement.Who could begrudge anyone trying to win an Olympic medal? The present policy of the England …