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History repeats itself as England take on Wales in traditional jersey
England and their shirt sponsor Nike are rolling back the years, with the squad taking on Wales in Twickenham’s Centenary Match on Saturday February 6 sporting a limited edition, traditional look jersey to commemorate a century since the two nations’ first encounter at HQ. In the original match on January 15, 1910 England emerged the... »
Guinness Premiership, ESPN reach rights agreement
Multi-Year Deal Brings 43 Live Matches and Exclusive Coverage of Final to ESPN in UK Premier Rugby and ESPN have agreed a three year contract for exclusive live rights to 43 matches per season from the Guinness Premiership, beginning next season and running through to the 2012-2013 season, including exclusive live coverage of the Guinness... »
Coventry Rugby: future still uncertain
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) yesterday met with Coventry President and former England fullback Peter Rossborough at Twickenham Stadium about the future of the club and Championship rugby in the City. The discussions between Mr Rossborough and his advisors and RFU Chief Executive Francis Baron, RFU Management Board Chairman Martyn Thomas and RFU Company Secretary... »
RFU Podcast: Minister Sutcliffe salutes benefits of rugby
England’s Women will head into next year’s World Cup with a historic win over the Black Ferns and a ringing endorsement for rugby from Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe. Catherine Spencer led her team to a 10-3 win in front of 12,500 at Twickenham Stadium and was back at Twickenham Stadium 48 hours later to launch... »
Urgent travel advice for England fans
South West Trains today (Thursday 19 November) issued important travel advice for rugby fans planning to attend the England v New Zealand international at Twickenham Stadium this weekend. Extensive flood damage to a bridge in the Feltham area means no direct train services are currently running between Feltham and Twickenham. ... »
England team to face NZ – Shaw, Worsley & Erinle in
England have made three changes in personnel to the side to face New Zealand in the Investec Challenge international at Twickenham on Saturday (2.30pm). London Wasps lock Simon Shaw, flanker Joe Worsley and Biarritz centre Ayoola Erinle come into the starting line-up and there is a positional switch at full back where Mark Cueto trades... »
England Women must now wait for Twickenham to conquer Ferns
England 3 New Zealand 16 England Women will have to wait until Saturday November 21st to have a second chance of conquering the reigning world champions New Zealand after today (Saturday) succumbing to a 16-3 defeat at Esher RFC. In their first meeting against the Black Ferns since the 2006 Rugby World Cup final England produced... »
England Women’s A team announcement
The England Women’s A team to take on the world champions New Zealand on November 17th, kick off 7pm at Esher RFC, has today (Tuesday) been announced. England A take on the Black Ferns as part of a three test series for the New Zealanders. New Zealand will also play England on November 14th at... »
Australia: Smith starts, Ioane at centre – squad announcement
The return of George Smith to the starting XV, and the selection of an entirely new midfield combination featuring Digby Ioane and Quade Cooper, are the key changes to the Qantas Wallabies starting line-up that has been named today for Saturday’s Cook Cup Test against England in London. Smith, the game’s fifth most capped player,... »
Nintendo announces partnership with RFU
Nintendo UK has announced a one year partnership with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which will bring the entertainment giant to Twickenham Stadium. The partnership with Nintendo, set to run until September 2010, will see commercial rights apply to key rugby events over the year at Twickenham including The Investec Challenge Series matches (England versus... »