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England Saxons win Churchill Cup

Article Published: Saturday 19 June 2010

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England Saxons followed up the England team's victory over Australia by beating Canada 38-18 in the Churchill Cup final.
 
Player of the tournament Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby) said ,"Our willingness to hold onto the ball and our enthusiasm got us through today. Playing at wing wasn't really a problem for me and I was quite happy with my performance but I think I will stay at full back.
 
"Stuart Lancaster has done a fantastic job and put a structure in place that lets us express ourselves and show off our talent. If you look at the squad there are a lot of guys with pace and we want to get the ball out wide and we had a game plan in place to do that.
 
"Andy Farrell has come in to work with the backs and it's worked. As a squad we are much fitter than we were last year, plus we have come straight from the Premiership this season into the Churchill Cup so we are all still game ready. For us to come here and win the Churchill Cup is a massive achievement."

England Saxons Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said, "It's a fantastic achievement. "

"Three weeks ago we met in a Heathrow hotel with disappointed players not making the senior tour and young players who came in straight from the Premiership and collectively to put all that together and form a team is great, I'm really proud.

"I'd like to think that the players have enjoyed it. They're working with different players and different coaches and learning different ways to play.

"That's what international rugby is all about, we want to make sure these players have enough room to grow and develop so when they make the step to the senior stage they're ready."
 
Churchill Cup final Man of the match - Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby) added,"This is my third Churchill Cup and my first final win.
 
Last year against Ireland A we had a similar talented squad but something obviously didn't work. Full credit to the lads, they have worked hard and we played some exciting football and it was great to be a part of it.
 
"We took the foot off the pedal but all credit to Canada they are a real good side. They came back at us but we had enough talent and energy in the tank to win the game."

More to follow.

Final Score England Saxons 38 - 18 Canada

Scorers

England Saxons
Tries: Abendanon, Goode, Clarke, Narraway;
Cons: Myler (3);
Pens: Myler (4)

Canada
Tries: Evans, O'Toole, Smith;
Pens: Hearn

Teams

England Saxons: 15 Alex Goode (Saracens), 14 James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby), 13 Jon Clarke (Northampton Saints), 12 Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers), 11 Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby), 10 Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints), 9 Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), 1 Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby), 2 Andy Titterrell (Leeds Carnegie), 3 Alex Corbiserio (London Irish), 4 James Hudson (Newcastle Falcons), 5 George Skivington (Captain, London Wasps), 6 Tom Wood (Worcester Warriors), 7 Andy Saull (Saracens), 8 Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)

Replacements: 16 Rob Vickers (Newcastle Falcons), 17 Duncan Bell (Bath Rugby), 18 Graham Kitchener (Worcester Warriors), 19 Kearnan Myall (Leeds Carnegie), 20 Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons), 21 Ollie Smith (Harlequins), 22 Tom Varndell (London Wasps)

Canada: 15 James Pritchard (Bedford), 14 Ciaran Hearn (The Rock), 13 DTH van der Merwe (Glasgow Warriors), 12 Phil Mackenzie (Esher), 11 Justin Mensah-Coker (unattached), 10 Matt Evans, 9 Sean White (BC Bears), 1 Doug Wooldridge (Ontario Blues), 2 Pat Riordan (Captain, BC Bears), 3 Andrew Tiedemann (Prairie Wolf Pack), 4 Luke Tait (Unattached), 5 Brian Erichsen (BC Bears), 6 Chauncey O'Toole (The Rock), 7 Adam Kleeberger (Rotherham), 8 Aaron Carpenter (Unattached)

Replacements: 16 Ryan Hamilton (BC Bears), 17 Jason Marshall (BC Bears), 18 Tyler Hotson (Plymouth Albion), 19 Nanyak Dala (Prairie Wolf Pack), 20 Eric Wilson (BC Bears), 21 Ryan Smith (Praire Wolf Pack), 22 Connor Braid

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