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England enjoyed a positive weekend in Port Macquarie, notching several wins across all three categories. In the Men’s Open England opened with an 11-4 loss to Parramatta, but after that their matches were extremely competitive, with two losses by just the one try to Hornsby and Newcastle, two tries to Canterbury and three tries to Bankstown. England’s tour finished with a clash ...

England’s Men’s and Women’s Open teams had the first of their back-to-back State Cup weekends on the Gold Coast. The Men had seven round-robin matches, and while there were losses to the Australian teams there was the satisfaction of having an 8-4 win over Japan to savour. Meanwhile the Women, who lost their international match to Japan 5-3 along with the clashes with the Austr ...

Some of England’s national teams are taking their Touch World Cup preparations up several notches over the next couple of weeks at the Queensland and New South Wales State Cups. The Men’s Open and Women’s Open teams are already in Brisbane for their final training – including a match against Queensland University Rebels – before making the short journey to the Gold Coast for th ...

The England Touch Association (ETA) has taken one of the most significant steps forward in its development following its recognition as a National Governing Body for Touch Rugby by Sport England. While acknowledging the place Touch Rugby has within the community programmes of the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League, Sport England has recognised the total focus given ...

England Touch has confirmed the competition calendar for the next 12 months, including the 2023/24 BUCS University Touch Championships, 2024 Nationals, 2024 National Touch Series and 2024’s international competitions. CLICK HERE to download a pdf with more information! The season’s highlight will be the 2024 Touch World Cup, which heads to England for the first time between Mon ...

The 2023 domestic season closed with the Midlands Tigers having the better of the Youth and Junior Nationals at Nottingham’s Riverside Sports Complex. Bathed in sunshine throughout the weekend, Riverside played host to 23 teams from across the country, the largest Youth and Junior Nationals staged by England Touch. With competitions in the 14s, 17s and 19s age categories, one e ...

The England Touch Nationals return to Nottingham this weekend, but this time it’s the juniors turn with boys and girls teams at under 14s and under 17s age groups, as well as youth test matches between the Midlands and North West at Mixed 19s level. With 23 regional junior teams participating across the 14s and 17s age categories, it’s set to be the largest event of its kind in ...

England Touch and In2Touch have been selected by the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) to deliver touch rugby to its 140,000 thousand members over the next two years aimed at increasing participation and supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of the country’s civil servants. Touch rugby has been identified by CSSC as one of the sports that will support the mental and ph ...

As well as the huge on-field successes of English teams at the European Touch Championships in Vichy, the success extended to many of the English referees at the tournament (without whom of course there wouldn’t be any matches!) After sending nearly a third of the entire contingent of referees - the largest of any single nation - to the tournament, 15 of the 27 referees who tra ...

England Touch’s High Performance squad had four days to remember in Vichy this week, bringing home nine Golds and a Bronze from the 10 competition categories. Indeed, seven of the teams went through their competitions with hundred percent records, and while the Men’s 35 and Women’s 35 teams were not able to take part in the medal matches due to having been grouped with the Men’ ...