Pat Lam: Our dream is still alive but we face huge test
1 decade ago by Irish IndependentEven though last weekend's game may have had an end-of-season feel to it, with goodbyes to players and our annual awards ball, our season is far from over and with a play-off game at Gloucester on Sunday,...
George savours Aviva Community Player of the Season award
1 decade ago by Premiership RugbyJamie George may have enjoyed a fantastic campaign but after being named Aviva Community Player of the Season, the Saracens hooker believes his main development has come away from the pitch.
Matt Kvesic relishing England World Cup opportunity
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoMatt Kvesic will enter England's training camp "all guns blazing" as he eyes a place at the World Cup.The flanker, who made a clean sweep of the major Gloucester end of season awards, has been...
Matt Kvesic relishing England World Cup opportunity
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoMatt Kvesic will enter England's training camp "all guns blazing" as he eyes a place at the World Cup.The flanker, who made a clean sweep of the major Gloucester end of season awards, has been...
England Rugby World Cup squad: Stuart Lancaster defends snubbing France-based players
1 decade ago by The TelegraphStuart Lancaster was not for persuading at Twickenham on Wednesday as he revealed his 50-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup. The England head coach was adamant that he would “hold the line”...
Burgess makes England cut
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Rugby League convert Sam Burgess is one of the new additions to the England squad. England coach Stuart Lancaster on Wednesday named a 50-man group to begin preparing for the World Cup tournament -...
England announce 50-man Rugby World Cup training squad
1 decade ago by RugbyMedia.co.ukENGLAND today announced their extended training squad for the Rugby World Cup 2015. Named as a 50-man group, the squad will meet up at Pennyhill Park on Monday, June 22 to begin preparing for the tournament...
England World Cup squad to give Chris Ashton chance to resurrect career
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsChris Ashton will be handed a lifeline to resurrect his England career today when he will be named in Stuart Lancaster’s World Cup training squad along with five uncapped players, including his Saracens...
Sam Burgess can fill the void left by Manu Tuilagi in England's World Cup squad, claims Bath coach
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsMike Ford, the Bath head coach, believes Sam Burgess and Jonathan Joseph are more than capable of filling the gap left in the England ranks by the enforced absence of Manu Tuilagi. Ford insists Burgess’s...
Louw: Burgess the real deal at flank
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Springbok loose forward Francois Louw is backing his Bath teammate Sam Burgess to make his debut for England on the flank. Rugby League convert Burgess has impressed since moving to the back row from...
