A young Yorkshire rugby union player from Wetherby who has successfully battled through 80 weeks of treatment for a brain tumour, worked his way back into the team he played with when illness struck and raised £50,000 for the charity that supported him during his illness, is one of the first people in the...
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England U20 and Leicester Tigers fly half George Ford has been named IRB Young Player of the Year for 2011, beating New Zealand duo Sam Cane and Luke Whitelock to the coveted prize. Voted for by team head coaches and match officials, as well as international and local media, Ford is the first Englishman...
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Following on from the announcement of the re-signing of Mike Brown, Harlequins have announced that 21 year old George Lowe has also put pen to paper and has re-signed for Quins until the end of the 2013/14 season. A centre with winger’s pace, the former England U20 and Quins academy graduate, George Lowe, has...
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Less than 24 hours after snapping up England under-18 forward Joe Robinson, hooker, George McGuigan is the latest young starlet to sign professional forms with Newcastle Falcons. McGuigan, 18, who hails from Richmond, North Yorkshire caught the eye of club bosses following a string of impressive performances last season. The talented No. 2 played...
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England U20 got their 6 Nations campaign off to the perfect start tonight, securing an impressive 20-26 victory against Wales at the Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli. Rob Hunter’s men looked strong throughout and the win ensured double celebration for England’s teams this weekend, with the seniors triumphing in Cardiff on Friday night. Things...
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London Wasps today announced an extension to its agreement with the club’s title sponsor, EMC Computer Systems UK Ltd., which will take it through to the summer of 2012. EMC became Wasps’ title sponsor at the start of the 2009/10 season, signing the most lucrative commercial partnership in Wasps’ history with a £1 Million,...
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Emerging fly half Owen Farrell is among six talented young English players who have extended their contracts at Saracens. Farrell, hooker Jamie George, lock George Kruis, flanker Jackson Wray, scrumhalf Luke Baldwin and winger James Short have all committed their futures to the north London club. Mark McCall, Director of Rugby, said: “There’s no...
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Bristol Rugby travel to Nottingham on Sunday determined to end a three match run which has seen them lose to each of the top three sides in the RFU Championship. Head Coach Paul Hull is able to select from a near full squad and makes just two changes in personnel to the starting 15...
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England U18 head coach John Fletcher has named a strong squad for the first of this season’s international programme against Ireland on Thursday, December 30. The action, a qualifying game for next April’s FIRA-AER tournament in France, gets underway at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin at 2pm, and is a fixture Fletcher is thoroughly looking...
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England are two wins away from another title after beating the hosts 19-10 in the quarter finals of the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens. Two John Brake tries, one by Isoa Damudamu and two conversions from captain Ben Gollings secured their place in the last four. The last time these two sides met was...
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