England Sevens prepared for the HSBC Sevens World Series by winning four of their five games in the warm-up tournament in Elche yesterday. Head coach Ben Ryan took a 14-man squad to Spain for a useful work-out that saw them beat Scotland 24-14, France 29-14, Wales 26-19 and Spain 46-5. The only reverse came...
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England will face champions New Zealand in tomorrow’s quarter finals of the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens after being beaten 19-12 by Wales in their final pool match at Murrayfield today. Comfortable Pool B wins over Portugal (24-5) and Spain (22-12) set up the group decider against Wales at the final event of this season’s...
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Dan Norton took his try tally to 30 for the season with two scores in England’s opening games at the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens. The Bristol Rugby wing got England off to a solid start with the first score in a 24-5 win against Portugal, then scored a long-range stunner as Spain were beat...
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England opened the Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens with a 24-5 win over Portugal this morning. Bristol Rugby wing Dan Norton, John Brake, James Rodwell and Harlequins half back Oliver Lindsay-Hague supplied the tries with captain Ben Gollings added two conversions. England started slowly with Norton’s 29th try of the HSBC Sevens World Series opening...
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England produced a series of stunning performances to lift the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens trophy after coming from behind three times to beat Australia (24-21), New Zealand (19-14) and Samoa (29-21) in the knock-out stages and start the HSBC Sevens World Series in style. They did so after losing on the opening day to...
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Wales have won silverware for the second week running by claiming the Bowl in George, South Africa, in the second leg of the IRB Sevens series. Craig Hill raced over in the first half and Lee Rees scored in the second period to lead Wales’s charge to a 14-5 victory over Russia in a...
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One of England’s brightest back row talents has been working alongside Richie McCaw to develop his game during a three-month spell in New Zealand. Athletic number eight Alex Gray has returned to Newcastle Falcons after three months with Canterbury and heads for a warm weather training camp in Portugal tomorrow with Mark Mapletoft’s England...
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Worcester Warriors are delighted to announce that Matt Mullan – one of England’s most promising and talented front-row forwards – has today signed a new two-year deal to remain at Sixways Stadium. Mullan, named in the England Saxons EPS squad in July, was due to be out of contract at the end of the...
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Paul Hull has stepped down from his role as Assistant Coach to the England Saxons. Hull took up the post of Assistant Coach, working alongside Head Coach Stuart Lancaster, in January 2009. Together Lancaster and Hull guided the Saxons to a 66-0 victory against Portugal in the 2009 Six Nations before travelling to Denver...
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