A group of England rugby stars have teamed up to help try and raise half a million pounds for a boy at risk of his deadly cancer returning.

Harry Banks, 10, has had rare neuroblastoma twice since 2012 and his doctors have warned it will be incurable if it comes back again – which is likely.   Continue reading →

Article source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6622961/England-rugby-stars-lead-heart-warming-campaign-boy-10-cancer.html

Rob Baxter’s forward-thinking vision for Exeter Chiefs has tonight been boosted with the news that three of their highly-rated stars have all pledged their immediate futures to the club.

England internationals Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jack Nowell and Henry Slade have all put pen to paper on two-year deals that will keep them at Sandy Park until the end of the 2020/2021 season. Continue reading →

Article source: https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2018-2019/chiefs-and-england-trio-agree-new-deals/

Little more than 24 hours after Eddie Jones admitted he was tempting fate by remarking that England’s injury list going into the Six Nations was the lowest for three years, his key player and captain Owen Farrell has had surgery to repair a thumb injury and will be out of action for between a week and 10 days. Continue reading →

Article source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/19/owen-farrell-thumb-injury-england-six-nations-rugby-union

England rugby stars Emily Scarratt and Natasha Hunt have predicted a bright future for the women’s game after becoming the first players to be awarded full-time XVs contracts for 2019.

Scarratt and Hunt, along with Harlequins winger Jess Breach, have moved back from the women’s sevens team that came fourth at Rio 2016 and claimed a bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Continue reading →

Article source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-6606411/England-rugby-stars-Natasha-Hunt-Emily-Scarratt-growth-womens-game.html

England’s preparations for their Six Nations opener against champions Ireland in Dublin have been hit by an injury to captain Owen Farrell.

Farrell, 27, has been withdrawn from Saracens’ Champions Cup match against Glasgow and is having a minor procedure on his thumb on Saturday. Continue reading →

Article source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/46930943

James Bailey has named his 12-player squad for the inaugural Fast Four tournament in New Zealand on 26-27 January 2019.

The two-day competition will run alongside the HSBC Hamilton Sevens in what will be the first time that a women’s invitational tournament has been integrated into the men’s World Series event. Continue reading →

Article source: https://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-women-sevens-name-hamilton-squad/

England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named a 35-man squad to begin preparations to play Ireland in their opening Guinness Six Nations match in Dublin on 2 February 2019 (kick off 4.45pm, live on ITV).

Article source: https://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-squad-for-2019-guinness-six-nations-opener/

The Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby (PRL) and the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) have set out the focus areas for their continued action to mitigate the risk of player injuries in the English professional game. 

Article source: https://www.englandrugby.com/news/professional-rugby-england-taking-action-player-injuries/

England’s Jack Nowell still looks upon himself as a winger, despite impressing at full-back for Exeter.

Nowell scored a try within four minutes against Castres on his return after two months out with a hamstring injury.

Article source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/46862854

Eddie Jones has been warned he faces a struggle to keep his England squad fresh given the demands placed on some players by the Champions Cup. Saracens and Exeter are still in contention for qualification and Gloucester’s head coach, Johan Ackermann, believes fatigue could impact on the national team’s prospects at the Six Nations.

Article source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/14/johan-ackermann-england-six-nations-eddie-jones