Current players
The Ealing Trailfinders squad for the 2024–25 season is:
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| Full name | Trailfinders Women |
|---|---|
| Union | RFU |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Ground(s) | Trailfinders Sports Ground (Capacity: 5,000) |
| Coach(es) | Barney Maddison |
| Captain(s) | Kate Zackary |
| League(s) | Premiership Women's Rugby |
| 2023-24 | 6th |
| First match | |
| Harlequins Women 31–21 Trailfinders Women (Twickenham Stoop, London) 30 September 2023 | |
| Largest win | |
| Trailfinders Women 64–33 Loughborough Lightning (Trailfinders Sports Ground, London) 13 October 2024 | |
| Largest defeat | |
| Gloucester-Hartpury 59–12 Trailfinders Women (Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester) 19 May 2024 | |
Trailfinders Women are a professional women's rugby union club based in Ealing, Greater London. They currently compete in Premiership Women's Rugby, the highest division of women's rugby union in England.
In the 2010–11 season, Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club operated an amateur women's side, Ealing Jades Ladies, which competed in RFUW NC South East 1. They finished 7th place out of the 8 teams. [1] The team did not appear again until the 2021–22 Women's NC 3 South East (Central) season when they were known as Ealing Trailfinders Ladies and they finished at the bottom of the table. [2] In 2022–23, they competed in Women's National Challenge 3 South East (West) when they finished in 5th place. [3]
After the founding of Trailfinders Women, Ealing Trailfinders Ladies changed names and became Ealing Women II. Trailfinders Women were founded as a new team.
In July 2022 Giselle Mather was named as Director of Women's Rugby at Ealing Trailfinders. [4] The club then announced in December 2022 that it had been granted a license by the RFU to join the Premier 15s (later renamed to Premiership Women's Rugby) starting in the 2023–24 season. [5] The full coaching staff for the club was named later that month. [6] The clubs first signing was England wing Abby Dow. [7] [8] Other notable signings for Ealing's inaugural season included Ireland international Emma Swords and Italy prop Sara Seye. [9] [10]
Ealing's first ever win in the league came in a 36–7 victory over Leicester Tigers Women. [11]
The Ealing Trailfinders squad for the 2024–25 season is:
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| League | Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Competition | Final position | Points | Play-offs | Competition | Performance |
| 2023—24 | Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby | 6th | 29 | Allianz Cup | 7th | |
Gold background denotes champions
Silver background denotes runners-up
Pink background denotes relegated
The coaching staff for the 2023–24 season is: [6]
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Director of Women's Rugby | Giselle Mather |
| Forwards, Line-out and Breakdown Coach | Barney Maddison |
| U23s and Defence Coach | Oli Bishop |
| Assistant Line-out and Assistant Defence Coach | Pat Metcalfe-Jones |
| Scrum Coach | Brett Wilkinson |
| Skills Coach and Athlete Mentor | Kim Oliver |
