THE ENGLAND RU Counties XV will expand their extensive international portfolio next year when they visit Africa for a three-match tour during the first two weeks in June. They will also break new ground domestically when they take their game against the Ulster Bank Ireland Clubs XV on March 16 to Lancashire – the...
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Australia A Schools 0 England Under 18 27 Oakhill College, Sydney (3.15pm) England’s talented youngsters recorded a second victory on their tour of Australia today, notching up four tries in an accurate and powerful display of running rugby. Despite making ten changes to the side that beat an Australian U19 Academy side 19-8 last...
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England’s young guns kicked off their summer tour Down Under with a 19-8 victory over an Australian Academy U19 side, outmuscling and outkicking their older opponents. With the sides scoring one try apiece, it was the boot of Henry Slade that proved the difference, the Plymouth College and Exeter Chiefs fly half kicking four...
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Transforming a disparate group of rugby players from all parts of the country into a cohesive unit in the quickest time is once again the major challenge facing England Counties XV Manager Mike Old and his coaches Dave Baldwin and Jan Bonney as he leads another team on a three-match tour to Spain tomorrow...
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Doug Howlett, Willie Mason and Tim Visser are the latest additions to the star-studded Barbarians squad for their two-test summer tour which includes a clash against Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday June 4. The invitational side announced their full squad today as they prepare for their first clash against England at Twickenham...
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The England Counties XV, the representative flagship of the County Championship and the game outside the Premiership, has remained true to its traditions by casting their net far and wide in selecting a squad of 26 players for a three-match tour to Spain from June 1/12, 2011. The squad contains 17 players who will...
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New Zealand’s most prized rugby silverware is about to hit the road, with the New Zealand Rugby Union emptying out the trophy cabinet and taking the trophies on tour around the country as part of a unique programme to help promote the game in all 26 rugby provincial unions. Five of rugby’s treasured spoils...
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The All Blacks will be making a special appearance at Twickenham ahead of the first test match of their end of year tour against England on Saturday. Key members of the All Blacks including Dan Carter, Keven Mealamu, Ma’a Nonu, Sam Whitelock, Conrad Smith and newcomer Sonny Bill Williams will be attending the adidas...
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The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) is offering a reward for information leading to the return of a rare and precious 100 year-old New Zealand Maori Rugby jersey stolen from Rotorua during the Sealord Maori Centenary celebrations in June. The reward offer follows a public appeal launched last month to try and recover the...
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Phil Vickery, the former England prop has decided to retire from the game. The 34 year old Cornishman who has come back from four major back operations is insistent that it is the right decision at the right time, after being told that the risks were now too high after sustaining a knock in...
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