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Posted 700 days ago
ENGLAND fans can meet their heroes and wish them well ahead of the Rugby World Cup when they train at the home of English rugby on Tuesday August 9.
The session will run from 4.30pm to 5.50pm before supporters have the opportunity to come pitch-side and collect the autographs of their favourite players.
Entrance into the stadium is free and gates open…
Posted 841 days ago
England have reclaimed the mantle as the leading northern hemisphere nation in the latest IRB World Rankings after beating France 17-9 in the battle of the unbeaten teams in the RBS Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday. The victory lifts England one place to fourth, opening up nearly a rating point advantage over France, and keeps them on track for a…
Posted 843 days ago
Martin Johnson refused to talk about a possible Grand Slam on Saturday despite England having played three and won three games so far in the RBS 6 Nations. England ground out a 17-9 win over Les Bleus at Twickenham, and manager Johnson is delighted with the progress his team has made since the corresponding fixture 12 months ago. But talk in…
Posted 865 days ago
England hung on to beat Wales 26-19 in the opening round of the Six Nations on Friday night, in a game that saw Wales one converted try away from levelling the scores with ten minutes still on the clock. Jonny Wilkinson’s penalty in the 76th minute saw England pull away, but Wales remained a constant threat until the final whistle…
Posted 867 days ago
Martin Johnson has placed a huge amount of faith in Northampton back rower Tom Wood, by handing him his Test debut in Cardiff on Friday night, coming in for captain Lewis Moody against Wales.
Johnson dare not go into the game without a credible lineout option with both Courtney Lawes and Tom Croft injured so he plumped for in-form Wood.
The backs…
Posted 871 days ago
Mike Tindall is expected to be named by Martin Johnson, on Monday, as the man to take over from Lewis Moody as England captain for the trip to Wales to kick off the Six Nations.Tindall is interviewed in the new edition of Rugby World Magazine, out on Tuesday.
AFTER England had won a Six Nations Grand Slam in 2003, if someone…
Posted 874 days ago
Martin Johnson said Warren Gatland’s comments about Dylan Hartley were “unsubtle, not exactly unexpected, and a bit premature” as he launched England’s Six Nations campaign today in London, writes Bea Asprey. Warren Gatland said earlier this week that England hooker Hartley “went to pieces” when Northampton took on Leicester earlier this month, and says he believes Hartley will not be up to…
Posted 889 days ago
The January 2011 England and England Saxons Elite Player Squads have been announced today by England Team Manager Martin Johnson and England Saxons Head Coach Stuart Lancaster.
There are three additions to the England EPS in Sale Sharks fly half Charlie Hodgson, Leicester Tigers lock Louis Deacon and uncapped London Wasps scrum half Joe Simpson.
Deacon and Simpson replace David Attwood (Gloucester…
Posted 889 days ago
England’s chances of their first Six Nations title in eight years received a blow with confirmation that key second row Courtney Lawes is out of the Championship.
Lawes limped out of Saturday’s Aviva Premiership loss against Leicester and a scan on his knee injury has shown medial ligament damage, according to Northampton head coach Jim Mallinder.
Martin Johnson was already without the…
Posted 894 days ago
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today announced a major organisational restructure following the arrival of John Steele as Chief Executive in September 2010.
The changes, unanimously approved by the RFU Board of Directors, will, they hope, create a new streamlined executive leadership with more emphasis on delivering rugby at all levels and will simplify the organisational…
