Playing elite sport is Birmingham's social time while East Grinstead see value in TV return

In other news, the league could now stretch to January due to postponements

By Rod Gilmour


Birmingham show sense of fun against East Grinstead on Saturday Credit: Eva Gilbert

"I'm not going to lie, it's been really difficult," says Richard Chambers, University of Birmingham women's coach. "We are a really close unit and my aim has been to make it a really fun environment because of the student restrictions. This is their social time, they can't go out as much in terms of the social aspect."