Harlequins Women are first to stage top-flight women's rugby in Sussex

Rugby supporters from Sussex and Surrey arrived in droves as a crowd of 800, the largest seen at Horsham in many years, came to watch the first top-flight women’s rugby match ever staged in the county.

Harlequins brought their fixture with Bristol Bears to Horsham RFC as part of their efforts to build the women’s game in the local community. In a warm up to the big event Horsham under-15 girls played Trojans from Southampton, and then Harlequins Academy held a training session at the club. Read all about it in the West Sussex County Times on Thursday but in the meantime see this page and the ones linked for a gallery from the big occasion.

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Harlequins Women came to Horsham RFC - and so did an appreciative crowd of around 800 fans

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Harlequins Women came to Horsham RFC - and so did an appreciative crowd of around 800 fans

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Harlequins Women came to Horsham RFC - and so did an appreciative crowd of around 800 fans

Harlequins Women are first to stage top-flight women's rugby in Sussex - picture special

Rugby supporters from Sussex and Surrey arrived in droves as a crowd of 800, the largest seen at Horsham in many years, came to watch the first top-flight women’s rugby match ever staged in the county.

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