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It was a busy weekend in Dublin for the England teams in the 2017 Junior Touch Championships. We asked the coaches to round up their respective campaigns by answering the following questions:1) Finishing position2) Coaches’ MVP3) Players’ MVP4) Brief summary of your team’s JTC journeyMixed 18s1) Third2) Jackson Chan3) Salesi Tuiono4) The Mixed 18s arrived at the tournament with ...

We canvassed the thoughts of the England Junior teams’ coaches ahead of the weekend’s action in Dublin.Questions1) Last year's finishing position2) What you're aiming for this year3) Name your capt/vice-capt4) Players to watch5) Any other businessBoys 181) Finished first last year, beating Wales in the Final2) We have a lot of new players this season; we are looking to build th ...

The Turtles burst onto the STEEDEN DTS scene this past weekend by taking home the Cup title in their first ever outing in the tournament.Although their previous experience was more in Tag Rugby, guided by the experienced Lois Lau, Emily Clews and Stephen Barry, the Turtles took to Touch immediately to come through a group which included teams such as CSSC Spectre, G:Force, Warw ...

Following a successful Touch World Cup campaign in 2015, England Touch has commenced the process to appoint Head Coaches for their National Squads. Coaching appointments will be for a two-year term – covering European Touch Championships 2018 (England) and Touch World Cup 2019 (Malaysia).All head coach positions are to be considered open for appointment.It is compulsory for hea ...

The Bareback Riders continued at East London RFC where they left off at Broadstreet, winning their second successive Belief NTS Cup title, and their third of the season so far.After a 100 percent record in the pool stages, Bareback Riders went on to beat Manchester Chargers, London Galaxy and Canterbury Cougars en route to the Cup title. It was the Cougars’ first Cup final appe ...

There will be plenty of action for England supporters to enjoy at August’s Junior Touch Championships in Dublin.There will be England teams in all four categories – Mixed 15s, Mixed 18s, Boy’s 18s and Girl’s 18s – with all four having different formats depending on the number of teams that have entered.England Boy’s 18s play Ireland, Scotland and Wales on day one, with a clash ...

England Scholars did the country proud this weekend, with silver medals in both the men's and women's categories at the 2017 EFT Championship Permit.The men's game was end to end stuff, with some great scores from both teams to entertain the crowds, but the boys narrowly missed out on cup final victory, with an 8-7 loss against the experienced and highly capped Nederland Lions ...

The rapid expansion of the Ryvita Touch Nationals over the past two years has encouraged the England Touch Association to launch specific national competitions for Juniors and Masters later this year.Both of these tournaments will be played at Droitwich RFC in the West Midlands on Saturday, October 7th. Each will have four categories – Mixed 15s, Mixed 18s, Boy’s 18s and Girl’s ...

They say you never lose the skill, and this was certainly true in Cheltenham as a team including former professional stars took home the inaugural England Touch Leagues: Cheltenham Cup title.Nick Wood, Nicky Robinson and Olly Morgan – who all have plenty of Premiership and international appearances under their belt – were part of the A Touch Passed It team that won the main pri ...

England W27s player Louise Rickard has received the accolade of being made a Fellow of Aberystwyth University.Louise was both an undergraduate student at the university and completed her PhD there, too, and during her time at Aberystwyth she took up rugby union, playing for Wales a record 112 times and appearing in four Rugby World Cups.Short-listed for the Wales Sports Persona ...