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England hooker Dylan Hartley’s British & Irish Lions hopes are hanging by a thread after he was sent-off in the Aviva Premiership final
England hooker Dylan Hartley could be out of the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia after being sent off in Northampton’s 37-17 defeat by Leicester in the English Premiership final at Twickenham on Saturday.
England hooker Dylan Hartley became the first player to be sent off in an English Premiership final on Saturday and is likely to see his British and Irish Lions tour hopes disappear as a result.
England hooker Dylan Hartley could miss the Lions’ tour to Australia after being sent off in the Premiership final.
England coach Stuart Lancaster has urged his youthful side to “step up to the plate” and prove they have that special X-factor to become Rugby World Cup contenders, when they face the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday.
England boss Stuart Lancaster has been set the challenge of securing a place in the top two of the International Rugby Board world rankings ahead of his side’s assault on the 2015 Rugby World Cup
England flanker Calum Clark is a doubt for the tour of South America after an ankle injury ruled him out of Saturday’s Premiership final.
When Samu Manoa’s mother last saw him, she decided that the 19st-plus Northampton forward was looking a little on the skinny side. “Are they feeding you over there in England?” she asked him.
Premiership rugby has spent the last decade crying out for a big final derby in front of a full house at Twickenham, and now it has one – a bitterly intense East Midlands set-to that will redefine the relationship between two of England’s grandest clubs and set the tone for a new era of local rivalry. Leicester, the hardy annuals led by the perennially prickly Richard Cockerill, against a Northampton side just beginning to flower under the patient nurturing of Jim Mallinder. It should be quite a show.
Stuart Lancaster will attempt to ensure England are one of the two top-ranked nations in world rugby in time for the 2015 World Cup after the RFU revealed their new five-year strategic plan.
When Samu Manoa’s mother last saw him, she decided that the 19st-plus Northampton forward was looking a little on the skinny side. “Are they feeding you over there in England?” she asked him. “Give me the coach’s number
Premiership rugby has spent the last decade crying out for a big final derby in front of a full house at Twickenham, and now it has one – a bitterly intense East Midlands set-to that will redefine the relationship between two of England’s grandest clubs and set the tone for a new era of local rivalry. Leicester, the hardy annuals led by the perennially prickly Richard Cockerill, against a Northampton side just beginning to flower under the patient nurturing of Jim Mallinder.
England are not exactly tripping the light fantastic on the try-scoring front these days; after putting four past Scotland at the start of the Six Nations in February, they managed only one more all tournament, and that was a fluke. Even so, it seems odd to suggest that a new back division shorn of Chris Ashton and Manu Tuilagi, the most dangerous red-rose strike runners of their generation, looks a lot more exciting than the old one.
Samu Manoa is ready for a turf war at Twickenham, far removed from those he was used to before a life-changing move from the west coast of America to England’s East Midlands.
Stuart Lancaster has welcomed the Rugby Football Union’s wish to see England be first or second in the World rankings.
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London Irish winger Marland Yarde has admitted he is “ecstatic” to get the chance to play for England so early in his career.
England head coach Stuart Lancaster has called for members of his squad to lead the side with senior players absent this weekend.
Christian Wade and Joe Launchbury will start for England this weekend against the Barbarians
Premiership Rugby today announced an extension of their partnership with the UK’s largest insurance company, Aviva, for a further three years. The contract extension, which starts in the 2014-15 season, will cover a golden era for club rugby in England and will include a period when the country will host a Rugby World Cup and when rugby union will finally rejoin the Olympic movement.