Eddie Jones risks big hitters in search of England momentum for World Cup
7 years ago by The Guardian• Billy Vunipola, Owen Farrell and Ben Youngs all face Italy• Joe Marler says team can emulate England’s cricketersFew people, not least several of the players involved, would have accurately predicted...
Eddie Jones Names Team For Final World Cup Warm Up Match
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland head coach Eddie Jones has named his side to play against Italy on Friday at St James’ Park in Newcastle. A mix and match selection strategy sees Joe Marchant named at outside...
Farrell leads strong England team to face Italy as Jones opts against playing it safe
7 years ago by The GuardianBilly Vunipola to start in fourth successive warm-up TestJones also names three players not in Rugby World Cup squadEngland have opted to start Billy Vunipola for the fourth successive warm-up Test and...
England Player Ratings
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyRemarkable game at Twickenham as the home side run riot against and Irish team that struggled to get to grips with the pace of the game and were beaten with some well worked moves and hands. Joe...
Topping world rankings is not important, says England’s Ben Youngs
7 years ago by The Guardian• ‘You don’t need the rankings to tell us where we are as a team’• Manu Tuilagi ‘looking great’ going into Ireland warm-upThe England scrum-half Ben Youngs has dismissed the significance...
Ford-Farrell Axis Returns for Ireland Test
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland head coach Eddie Jones has named his squad to play Ireland as part of the Quilter Internationals on Saturday at Twickenham Stadium. A different selection strategy for the weekend...
England name team to face Wales
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyGeorge Ford will captain the side again following Sunday’s 33-19 win over Wales at Twickenham Stadium. There are three changes to the starting XV that played last weekend. Maro Itoje is named...
He's not in our top 31 - Jones defends Te'o omission
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEddie Jones refused to divulge why Ben Te'o was omitted from England's Rugby World Cup squad, simply declaring "he's just not in our top 31 players". Centre Te'o and full-back Mike...
Eddie Jones names his 31-man England squad for the Rugby World Cup
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland men’s head coach Eddie Jones has confirmed his official 31-man squad to participate in the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan beginning next month. Owen Farrell will captain England in...
Player Ratings: England v Wales
7 years ago by Ultimate RugbyEngland were too good for a strong Wales side at Twickenham as an experimental England side prevented Wales from going top of the world rankings with a 33-19 win at Twickenham. Here is...
