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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, ...

What is your sporting background?I’ve been really fortunate to have played professional Rugby League and Rugby Union in three countries over a 14-year time span. I was able to play for my favourite club, the North Sydney Bears in Australia, be a member of the New South Wales Waratahs Rugby Union franchise and play for AS Carcassonne XIII in the French Elite competition. I am al ...

 All England Touch ran events have now had their dates and venues confirmed. Further information will be sent to club contacts soon.Note: A new registration process will be implemented in the coming months. NTS/CTSDateVenue6th May 2017Nottingham20th May 2017Cambridge10th June 2017Coventry29th July 2017London16th Sept 2017NottinghamNational DTSDateVenueDivisionEnter he ...

Following a successful Masters tournament in London in late 2016 and a series of trials held across the country, England Touch would like to congratulate the players listed below who have been included in the 2017 England Men’s 45s training squad.England Men’s 45s Training SquadPaul Ainscough, James Barnett, Robert Byrne, Mark Carlyon, Gavin Crowley, Neil Davies, Eddie French, ...