during bristol s defeat by sale. genge, who captained england for the first time during this year s six nations, will be unavailable for the bristol s final two matches of the premiership season, england women s head coach simon middleton has made eight changes to his side ahead of their six nations match against ireland on saturday, including a return from injury for scrum half natasha hunt. marlie packer will captain england, who re top of the table after three wins from three. there are fears for the future of speedway around the uk after wolverhampton one of the sport s oldest teams announced they were at risk of folding at the end of this season. it s the latest team under threat in a sport which has seen the likes of reading, wimbledon, coventry and newcastle disappear in recent years. stuart pollitt reports. 75,000 were there to see the battle
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against last year. we have got writers returning grand prix writers, jack holder, jason doyle, of course, the ipswich side, you know, we have got bigger attendances this year, more people are coming to watch up and down the country, being courted by clubs in both the championship and the premiership, i ve touched there on eurosport covering the sport, discovery sport they are investing £100 million into that. there are so many positives, the problem is not the sport itself and the entertainment. but it is the venues themselves and the landlords, unfortunately, many clubs, the vast majority of clubs don t own their own stadiums, and that appears to be our problem at the moment. chris. our problem at the moment. chris, has there been our problem at the moment. chris, has there been an our problem at the moment. chris, has there been an issue our problem at the moment. chris, has there been an issue or - our problem at the moment. chris, has there been an issue or a - has there bee
now wolverhampton could follow the likes of coventry, stoke, swindon and reading into the archives. sadly the story of british speedway over the last ten or 15 years has been one largely of much loved trax closing will stop raining, we have heard the news about wolverhampton this week, one of the top seven clubs coming very closely on the heels of peterborough announcing that they want to be running next season. there is a big? of edinburgh who are running this clear date next yearin who are running this clear date next year in the league below. there are positives for the sport. a long term tv deal with eurosport and a crop of talented british riders led by world champion tai woffinden. ironically what we are losing trax, we have some of the best individual writers in the world. writers in the world. fortunately, we have a writers in the world. fortunately, we have a lot writers in the world. fortunately, we have a lot of writers in the world. fortunately, we have a lot of stre
super elite cartel, as i call it, the top super league and basically it will stop any super league and basically it will stop any promotional relegation and everyone stop any promotional relegation and everyone else can basically get thrown everyone else can basically get thrown to the wolves. ijust don t think thrown to the wolves. ijust don t think that s thrown to the wolves. ijust don t think that s the right way to go about think that s the right way to go about the think that s the right way to go about the sport. i don t think it s equitable about the sport. i don t think it s equitable i about the sport. i don t think it s equitable. i think it takes away ambition equitable. i think it takes away ambition and opportunity. that is r an ambition and opportunity. that is ryan o neill- ambition and opportunity. that is ryan o neill. i ambition and opportunity. that is ryan o neill. i put ambition and opportunity. that is ryan o neill. i put some - ambition and