Twickenham can become women's fortress, believes Botterman

Hannah Botterman is backing Twickenham to become a fortress ahead of the Red Roses' hotly-anticipated showdown with France at the end of the 2023 TikTok Women's Six Nations. The Red Roses are set to clash with Les Bleues at the home of English rugby in a potential Championship decider on 29 April, with over 40,000 tickets already sold for what is hoped to be a world record crowd for a women's game. Ad It will be the first time England's women have played standalone fixture at the 82,000-seater stadium, and former Welwyn RFC player Botterman hopes playing at HQ will become the norm ahead of the 2025 Rugby World Cup on home soil.

RugbyTwickenham fixture shows growth of women's game, says HarrisonAN HOUR AGO «We had a meeting not so long ago to say that everyone's ambition is to sell out Twickenham for that World Cup final,» said Botterman. «That's the plan, that's what we want, and we don't just want that to be a one-off. We want that to be the norm and to play all of our Six Nations games here.

»When I started we were ecstatic to sell out a little 5,000-seater stadium in Doncaster and we were buzzing about it. «Now we are getting 40,000 people into Twickenham to watch us. It's really special and it just shows how fast it's growing and how quickly it is getting there.

»We all know the occasion it is going to be. For us, it is about not getting too excited about the occasion and focusing not only on that game but all the other games that come before it. «It is going to be a massive occasion, and hopefully we will have the opportunity to win another Six Nations title at home.