@_JessHayden

Assistant sports editor, The Observer | Author of The Red Roses, Behind The Scenes with the England Women’s Rugby Team. Link below 📚| Tweets mainly about rugby

 London, England
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Some work news: in a couple of weeks, I will become the assistant sports editor at The Observer. It’s a hugely exciting time for the paper and I’m thrilled to be part of the team there! 📰
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A beautiful day for a walk to Quebec and back 🇨🇦🍁
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After a tough opening round in the Champions Cup for PREM defences, wanted to see what coaches in the URC and Top 14 make of the league. Feedback was that outside of the playoffs it’s just not competitive enough, which leads to bad defensive habits. observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…

Why can’t English teams defend? | The Observer

Small playoffs, an outdated bonus-point system and no relegation in the Prem are all to blame, say foreign coaches

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📍 Canada Tire Centre
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All credit to Canada 🇨🇦 Here are my thoughts on Canada’s excellent game plan, the problems with TMO, and insights from chatting to Red Roses players in their camp this week observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…
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Breaking: Canada’s Secretary of State has just announced (midway through the match) almost $5 million in funding for Rugby Canada in 2026-27, including an additional investment of $2.8 million for this year
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With Canada ahead 12-7 here in Ottawa, the crowd have just started singing happy birthday to Meg Jones
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Friday night lights at TD Place, ready for Canada vs England! Just bumped into the waiter who served me in Olive Garden last night. I was talking to him about the rugby so he’s brought his wife and daughter to watch 🥹♥️
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I’ve landed in Ottawa 🇨🇦 I wrote a piece about tomorrow’s match, and the breath of fresh air this Canada team is, for today’s newsletter… observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…

Loss may be bad for the Red Roses, but it’s good for wome...

After Canada ended England’s four-year, 41-game winning run, all eyes are on tomorrow’s rematch

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This interview with the wonderful Ed Slater is a must read today. It is about finding new purpose, and his wish for people to not write off those living with MND. In his own words, he’s “doing bloody great” ♥️
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It’s now over four years since Ed Slater was diagnosed with MND. Went round for a coffee and to watch him at work as a video analyst for Worcester Warriors, a role that’s given him invaluable purpose. Some man. thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…

Ed Slater on MND: I look terrible but it doesn’t mean I can’t contribute

Four years after his MND diagnosis, the former lock has rediscovered his love of rugby with eye-tracking technology that allows him to speak and analyse matches

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A piece about how the rugby community of south Wales rallied to help Aberfan victims and their families ✍️ @bencoles_ observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…

How rugby rallied and remembered its heroes after horrifi...

Dai Beynon, the former Merthyr RFC captain, died trying to protect five pupils as 144 lost lives 60 years ago

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Charlie Morgan@CharlieFelixOct 17
It’s now over four years since Ed Slater was diagnosed with MND. Went round for a coffee and to watch him at work as a video analyst for Worcester Warriors, a role that’s given him invaluable purpose. Some man. thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…

Ed Slater on MND: I look terrible but it doesn’t mean I can’t contribute

Four years after his MND diagnosis, the former lock has rediscovered his love of rugby with eye-tracking technology that allows him to speak and analyse matches

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Red Roses
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Our 41-game unbeaten run comes to an end in Toronto. Congratulations Canada 🤝 #CANvENG | #WXV
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27.08.27 🇫🇷 Tickets to the @howdenlocaluk Lions Women's Cup, the first-ever game in Lions Women’s history, go live at 5pm. #Lions2027
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🦁New: The British & Irish Lions Women will play their first match against France in Cardiff on Friday 27 August. This week I spoke to Carol Isherwood about her journey from organising the first women’s international match in Britain in 1986 to this announcement. Link below ⬇️
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The British & Irish Lions tour 40 years in the making

Next year’s inaugural tour to New Zealand builds on the tireless work of unpaid pioneers over the past four decades

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Alan Dymock@AlanDymockOct 10
This interview came out of leftfield and the details here are properly 'bloody hell'. You never know what's going on in the background. Read it telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…

Craig Doyle interview: I have seen too much death

Rugby presenter speaks out about men’s mental health following his own journey working through grief, including the death of his father

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The centre spread of today’s Observer 📰
Jessica Hayden@_JessHaydenOct 2
When the Women’s Football Show ended, Alex Scott took matters into her own hands. She is self-funding her new show, One More Word, and running every part of it herself. We met three times over three weeks for this interview and it’s been fascinating observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…

Alex Scott is taking matters into her own hands

After the BBC decided to cancel its Women’s Football Show, the presenter built a new one from scratch

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A wonderful piece
Paul Hayward@_PaulHaywardOct 3
In tomorrow's Observer and here online, my exclusive interview with Sir Alex Ferguson, on the games of his life... observer.co.uk/culture/inter…

Alex Ferguson interview – the former Manchester United manager’ tells his life story in 21 matches

In a rare interview, the former Manchester United manager tells the story of his life in 21 matches

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The Observer
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#AlexScott: "I can hold my head up and know that I've always tried my best for the greater good of women's sport" Read her interview with @_JessHayden now: bit.ly/4hZ6bm7

Alex Scott is taking matters into her own hands

After the BBC decided to cancel its Women’s Football Show, the presenter built a new one from scratch

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When the Women’s Football Show ended, Alex Scott took matters into her own hands. She is self-funding her new show, One More Word, and running every part of it herself. We met three times over three weeks for this interview and it’s been fascinating observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…

Alex Scott is taking matters into her own hands

After the BBC decided to cancel its Women’s Football Show, the presenter built a new one from scratch

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