Latest England Rugby Union News

Former England captain Steve Borthwick has vowed to return a "stronger person and a stronger player" next season after he was dropped from England's Elite squad.
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Former Lions coach Ian McGeechan and now Bath's new performance director feels that Martin Johnson's squad are the best placed northern-hemisphere side to develop into a unit over the next 12 months capable of lifting the Webb Ellis Cup.
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Former England scrumhalf Harry Ellis has announced that he has been forced to retire after failing to recover from a series of knee injuries.
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England have named the 32-man Senior squad for the 2010/11 season with former England captain Steve Borthwick being dropped to the Saxons squad.
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Former England captain Steve Borthwick is set to be excluded from Martin Johnson's 32-strong England elite player squad for next season. Thirty year old
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England's 2007 Rugby World Cup coach Brian Ashton MBE has agreed to return to his old club Fylde RFC as Coaching Consultant.
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Martin Johnson has admitted that losing to the New Zealand Maori will "rankle for a while" after England led at half time but let NZ Maoris back into the match.
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England finished their June tour of Australasia with a 35-28 loss against the New Zealand Maori in Napier on Wednesday. Wing Hosea Gear scored three of the New Zealand Maori's four tries.
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Chris Ashton is the only player from the England starting team that beat Australia to be named to face the New Zealand Maori rugby team at Napier.
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England manager has hailed his team's win over Australia as "pretty special" and says that he had never considered quitting. "I think we played pretty well,"
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The New Zealand Maori has made two changes to the team that beat Ireland for Wednesday's match against England at Napier.
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The New Zealand Maori has made two changes to the team that beat Ireland for Wednesday's match against England at Napier.
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England have named their team to face Australia in the second test with two changes from the team that lost last weekend in Perth.
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England winger Matt Banahan will miss his team's second test against the Wallabies after he was given a two week ban on Wednesday.
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Olly Barkley kicked three penalties and Charlie Hodgson two as England beat the Australian Barbarians 15-9 on Tuesday in an international rugby match decided entirely on goalkicks.
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Joe Worsley will take over the England captaincy for England's match against the Australian Barbarians at Gosford on Tuesday.
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England wing Mark Cueto is free to play in Saturday's second test against Australia after he was cited and then had the charges dismissed.
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England's manager Martin Johnson has lashed out at his players and insisted that they should be "angry" with their performance against Australia.
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Australia held on to beat England in Perth by 27-17 after England were awarded two penalty tries as Australia's scrum collapsed under presure from England.
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Former New Zealand rugby league international Shontayne Hape will make his test debut at inside center among six changes to the team which played France in the last round of the Six Nations championship.
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England's 2003 World Cup winning lock Ben Kay has confirmed that he will retire from rugby. The 34-year-old lock left Leicester
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) have announced that John Steele will become its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Steele joins from UK Sport where he is Chief
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Young Wallaby fullback James O'Connor scored a hat-trick of tries as the Australian Barbarians drew with England 28-28 in Perth on Tuesday.
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Australian selectors have named a strong Barbarians team to take on England in Perth on Tuesday in the first of two midweek matches for the tourists.
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England management and players plan to use this year's June tour to keep their dreams of playing in the Rugby World cup next year by impressing against Southern Hemisphere opposition.
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