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By Martin WrightDay two of the NTLs is done and the competition is starting to take shape. Five games completed and the better teams have pulled away whilst the battle for the middle placings is hotting up. So far things seem to be going with the form book but day three could see a few upsets which might effect the make up of the semi-finalists.I used to think that Australia wa ...

Martin Wright's observations on Australian lifeWell the last blog didn’t seem to go down too badly so I thought I’d write again and see how this one goes. I haven’t really got much to say about Touch this time so those of you (probably not many of you) hoping to read about lessons I’ve learnt related to the game will be disappointed today. That’s not to say I haven’t done much ...

In 2016 England had a Mixed 15s team for the first time Over 120 youngsters attended two Junior Discovery Days over the past two weeks, one in Manchester, the other in Canterbury. This is up from 88 players in 2016 England will be sending teams to the 2017 Junior Touch Championships in Dublin in August The England Touch Association is developing a schools programme based o ...

NTL Blog - A Southern Crusade. By Thomas DevereuxFollowing on from the 2016 Euros, England Touch Nationals and the need to continually up-skill England's coaches I was given an opportunity to visit Australia and work with the Queensland Cowboys Men's Open Elite Eight Team at the 2017 NTLs. They are the defending champions from the 2016 Carnival. I had watched a bit (My girlfrie ...

   England Touch Association agrees new extensive partnership with kit manufacturer Belief New partnership applies to England national teams and regional teams competing in 2017 Nationals onwards The new deal is crucial in helping the England Touch Association achieving its organisational goals and ambitionsThe England Touch Association has today announced a new th ...

The 2017 Touch season got off to an excellent start with the 8th and Annual Manchester Touch Championships held at The Armitage Centre on Saturday.Following last year's mud bath, and some people still trying to get clean, we ran the event on state of the art 3G pitches to ensure the weather couldn't ruin the day and the Touch could flow, and flow it did!This year's tournament w ...

One man's blog - By Martin Wright[caption id="attachment_31099" align="alignright" width="227"] Coach Wright - In Action[/caption]So back in October I got a phone call from Tim Osborne asking if I would like to shadow one of the Elite 8 coaches at the Australian NTLs.  There was only ever going to be one answer to that, so 'leave pass' obtained, teary farewells done and 27 hour ...

National governing body for Touch undertakes groundbreaking research into injury rates Study part of increased support for England national players and regional representative players Injury rate sustained during Touch tournaments comparable to Rugby Sevens Research to be expanded to national club tournaments in 2017 Eighty-one percent of players surveyed rated medical pr ...

Touch is one of England’s fastest growing participation sports with nearly 20,000 people playing regularly England Touch Association setting targets for continued growth ahead of 2018 European Touch Championship in Nottingham England Touch Association developing sponsorships and partnerships to help achieve its goals England Touch Association developing programmes for deli ...

By Harry GrocottA 04:15 alarm could only mean one thing, Loughborough away. Despite Touch being well known as a summer sport the midlands is yet to accept this fact and presented sides with cold conditions and snow to kick the day off.The group stages saw teams warming up very quickly, with notable scores going to Loughborough Lions who opened the day with an 8-0 win over UEA, ...