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Posts Tagged ‘Graham Rowntree’


England 57-26 Barbarians: The Verdict

Posted 361 days ago

Chris Ashton

By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
In a nutshell
A scrappy match littered with errors, but England ran out comfortable winners against a rather tired looking Barbarians side at Twickenham. It wasn’t always pretty, but England showed far more attacking intent and invention than was witnessed in the Six Nations to score eight tries to the Baa-Baas’ four.
Key moment
Chris Ashton’s second…

Is Lancaster the right man for the job?

Posted 420 days ago

Stuart Lancaster

I WENT to Stuart Lancaster’s Six Nations debrief last week. He had put together an impressive presentation, complete with PowerPoint display, but what really stood out were the words of Graham Rowntree, his assistant coach.
Given that the England coaching appointment was still up in the air at the time, Rowntree could have been forgiven for looking after his own interests and making sure that

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