U18 Academy Premiership Roundup: Key weekend as teams fight for finals day places
The U18 Academy Premiership regular season came to a close yesterday with the final round of games before finals day on Monday 15th February producing plenty of exciting rugby. The top three from each division all go to Allianz Park for the finals day, with each side playing their counterpart from the other division, […]
ISRFC Lambs: Lambs defeat Irish Exiles in an absolute thriller
A pulsating game between The Independent Schools National XV (The LAMBS) and Irish Exiles finished 15-13 to the LAMBS, as the boys in pink recorded a remarkable comeback from 5-13 down with six minutes to go. In a game always evenly balanced and full of running rugby it was no surprise that the first […]
Schools Rugby Weekend Roundup: Fifteens finishes off and 7s kicks off
A superb weekend of schools rugby rounded off the fifteen-a-side season for many and kicked off the 7s season for a few others. Unfortunately a few games were cancelled, Warwick v RGS High Wycombe and Dame Allan’s v Silcoates among them, as well as the Colston’s 7s. Colston’s is first 7s tournament of the […]
Player Watch: Maro Itoje lays down strongest possible claim for an international cap
When England Rugby assembled for their maiden training camp on Sunday evening Eddie Jones was well aware that almost immediately he would need to condense his number down and release a chunk of players back to their Aviva Premiership clubs. When you looked at 33 named in the EPS there were individuals that you […]
