Tag: Twickenham
England’s Red Roses to face New Zealand in September at Twickenham ahead of WXV 1 title defence in Canada | Rugby Union News
Women’s Six Nations winners England will play reigning world champions New Zealand at Twickenham this September ahead of the WXV 1 title defence in Canada. The fixture could possibly break the previous attendance record for a women’s rugby match, after 58,498 spectators watched England beat France at the 82,000 capacity Twickenham in the Women’s Six…
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Captain Marlie Packer returns to Red Roses side for Six Nations clash with Ireland at Twickenham | Rugby Union News
Skipper Marlie Packer is one of two changes to the Red Roses side to face Ireland at Twickenham in the Women’s Six Nations 2024. Packer, who dropped to the bench for England’s 46-0 win over Scotland, comes back into the back row, Lark Atkin-Davies the second change as she comes back in at hooker after…
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Six Nations: England’s Marcus Smith and Alex Mitchell return to squad ahead of Ireland clash at Twickenham on Saturday | Rugby Union News
Marcus Smith and Alex Mitchell have returned to England’s Six Nations squad ahead of the visit of Ireland on Saturday after calf and knee injuries respectively. Fly-half Smith is yet to play a minute in this season’s competition after picking up a knock on a pre-tournament camp in Girona, sitting out the wins over Italy…
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Steve Borthwick: England a side that stays in the fight | ‘I didn’t hear Twickenham crowd discontent’ | Rugby Union News
Steve Borthwick praised his England side as one that “stays in the fight and finds a way”, adding he did not hear any discontent from the Twickenham crowd as to their performance. England turned a nine-point deficit around to edge past Wales 16-14 in the Six Nations via a George Ford penalty with eight minutes…
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Six Nations: Wales head coach Warren Gatland rings the changes for clash with England at Twickenham | Rugby Union News
Warren Gatland has made seven changes to Wales’ starting line-up for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham. Centre George North returns from injury for his 50th Six Nations appearances, lining up alongside Nick Tompkins in midfield. Fly-half Sam Costelow, who went off injured during the first half of Wales’ 27-26 loss to Scotland…
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Six Nations: England’s Freddie Steward calls on team to win back support of Twickenham fans | Rugby Union News
Freddie Steward has called on England to win back the support of Twickenham as they launch a new era with Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Wales. In their most recent home fixture, Steve Borthwick’s side were booed by fans after falling 30-22 to Fiji in the build-up to the 2023 World Cup – the first…
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Six Nations 2024: Marcus Smith to miss England’s clash with Wales at Twickenham on Saturday | Rugby Union News
Marcus Smith will miss England’s second Six Nations game against Wales next Saturday after failing to recover from the calf injury that sidelined him from the narrow win over Italy. George Ford started at fly-half for England in Rome during a 27-24 victory with debutant Fin Smith coming on for the final 14 minutes. Marcus…
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Premiership final at Twickenham between Saracens and Sale interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters
Saturday’s Premiership final between Saracens and Sale Sharks was interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters Saturday’s Premiership final between Saracens and Sale Sharks was interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters. Two individuals threw orange paint onto the ground around 20 minutes into the game at Twickenham before being removed from the pitch by stewards and…
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