Prince Harry tries to encourage school rugby drive with Eccles RFC visit
The Prince is a big fan of Rugby Union and is visiting the rugby club in Salford as part of his role as Patron of England Rugby’s All Schools Programme
The Prince is a big fan of Rugby Union and is visiting the rugby club in Salford as part of his role as Patron of England Rugby’s All Schools Programme
More than 7,000 youngsters will participate over the course of the season in search of a spot in the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup ‘Parade of Champions’ during half-time of the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final.
Injuries to Geoff Parling and Ed Slater mean that New Zealand born Paterson could be picked by Stuart Lancaster ahead of the Autumn internationals, with the squad announcement due later this week
The event this weekend will be hosted by Sale at Manchester Rugby Club in Stockport – launched during the 2008-09 season, the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup is the first national grassroots tournament officiated by Premiership Rugby
Now is YOUR chance to watch Sale in action as MM have teamed up with the Premiership club to offer one lucky fan and their friend the opportunity to watch the clash on Saturday October 18 at 1pm
Tom Bowen scored four tries across the weekend, including one in Sunday evening’s final, as England saw off a resilient French outfit to win 28-21.
England were in imperious form at Manchester’s AJ Bell Stadium, started brightly and crossing the try line five times against Romania to run out 42-12 winners.
Starting at this weekend’s European Rugby Sevens Grand Prix Series in Manchester, Burgess will officially skipper England for the first time as they seek to stay top of the standings in the third of four legs culminating in next weekend’s Bucharest finale.
A disappointing Commonwealth Games campaign in Glasgow brought an underwhelming fifth-place finish following defeats to Australia and Samoa however England lead the European Sevens Grand Prix ahead of the Manchester leg this weekend.
Manchester’s AJ Bell Stadium this weekend follows in the footsteps of Lyon and Moscow as hosts of the European Rugby Sevens Grand Prix Series.
England, winners of the second leg in Moscow and tournament pacesetters, kick off the event on Saturday against Romania, before runners-up Scotland face Spain in match three and third-place finishers Wales take on first-leg champions France in match five.
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