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Posted 294 days ago
A SWITCH is an easy skill to master and a great way to beat a defender, especially out wide. If your attack is running out of space, and the touchline is too close to put your winger away on an overlap, then the winger should think about coming off his wing on a switch.
Posted 570 days ago
Two rugby nuts spent 18 months cycling to the World Cup. Here’s their story…
We had plans to set up home in Australia and we wanted to see the world by bike, so we decided to cycle from the UK to New Zealand, raise money for charity and explore rugby across the world into the bargain.
When we set off in May…
Posted 572 days ago
I’ll be making my first appearance for the Barbarians at the end of this month and I’m really looking forward to it. I was supposed to play for them against England in May last year, but I broke my thumb and had to pull out. So this will be a great experience, and a chance to tick off one of…
Posted 574 days ago
The new-look HSBC Sevens World Series kicks off in Australia on 25-26 November. Sevens players are placed under intense physical stress over the two days, and preparation is the key to success, as England’s strength and conditioning expert Brett Davison explains…
“The England Sevens squad had a five-week break to recover from last season, during which they had a total break…
Posted 577 days ago
It would be easy to look back on the World Cup in a negative way and think about what could have been, but we’ve got to be positive. It’s more important to look at what we did achieve.
We came out of a tough group and finished fourth in the World Cup, we scored lots of tries and defended well. That’s…
Posted 579 days ago
Delon Armitage was one of the few England successes at the World Cup in New Zealand, proving a credible alternative on the wing and showing the kind of form that saw him win the first of his 26 caps in 2008. We asked the London Irish man to look back at his route to the top of the game…
I grew…
Posted 579 days ago
Kirby Myhill
(Scarlets)
Matthew Rees’s injury and Ken Owens’s World Cup call-up meant teenage hooker Kirby Myhill was fast-tracked into first-team rugby at the Scarlets this autumn, sharing the No 2 jersey with Emyr Phillips. And the Wales U20 player has risen magnificently to the challenge.
Picked out by national U20 coach Richard Webster as a “hard-working, talented player”,…
Posted 582 days ago
Hampton are our first 2011-12 Team of the Month after seeing off the challenges of Aylesbury GS, RGS Lancaster, Pangbourne and Woodhouse Grove. It’s the Middlesex school’s very first Team of the Month award.
Hampton warmed up with a 38-21 trial match against Dulwich College and impressed all in claiming the Esher RFC President’s Cup, beating Abingdon 5-0 in the final…
Posted 582 days ago
I am so proud of my team-mates for the way we played in the World Cup final.
We showed pride in our jersey and incredible team spirit. Clearly we’re disappointed to lose by one point but we have to pay tribute to the All Blacks, who deserved to win. They played some really great rugby, not just in the final. They’re…
Posted 585 days ago
The New Zealand people came out to support the World Cup and it was a magnificent tournament.
It was the games around the country, in smaller places like New Plymouth, Napier and Rotorua, which made it special. Huge crowds turned out, people adopted teams and the atmosphere was great, which made the pool stages so festive.
I spent most of my time…
