School 7s: Hampton School Founders’ Day 7s Draw – Big names set to go head to head
Wednesday afternoon sees 7s take over and the Hampton School Founders’ Day 7s will be one of the most important of the day, and indeed the school 7s season. The last three winners are Cranleigh, Brighton College, and Hampton themselves, each has been a dominant force over the school 7s seasons in those years. […]
U18 Internationals: England update squad ahead of training camp
England have named their updated 46-man squad for their U18 February Development camp. Head Coach Jonathan Pendlebury will lead his group at the camp, running from the 20th-23rd February at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, with Mark Luffman and Mark Mapletoft assisting him. Mapletoft, a Harlequins Academy coach, has previously been England U20 coach. […]
U18 Academy League: Round 6 Review – Finals Day teams confirmed
The U18 Academy League Finals Day fixtures are now known after the final round of conference games were played over the weekend. The top three teams from each conference will head to Sixways Stadium on Sunday, each taking on the counterpart from the opposing conference in the play offs. Leicester Tigers and London […]
England U18: Pendlebury names 46-man half term training squad
The England U18 squad for their February half term development camp has been named. New Head Coach Jonathan Pendlebury has named a 46-man squad, up from 40 for the October development camp squad, and with twenty fresh call-ups from that. Every single side from the U18 Academy League is represented, with the exception […]
U18 Academy League: Tigers and Irish through to the Final
Leicester Tigers and London Irish will meet in the U18 Academy League final after victory this weekend sealed both of their places, despite the competition still having a round to play. The other sides at finals day, where top in the north meets top in the south in the final, second meets second for […]
U18 Academy League: Round 5 Roundup
It was the 5th Round of the U18 Academy League over the weekend, meaning that there are now just two rounds to go before the top 3 in each conference head to finals day on the 16th February. In the Northern Conference it looks as though it is now a battle between five teams […]
RPNS7s: U18 Vase Draw and Preview
The U18 Vase is the busiest of all the competitions at the Rosslyn Park HSBC National School 7s, with 52 groups in total, each with four sides. That can prove controversial at times, with organisers, spectators, and seasoned observers imploring, begging sometimes, some of the bigger names in the competition to move across to […]
RPNS7s: Colts Draw & Preview
The Colts tournament at the Rosslyn Park HSBC National School 7s is often described as the ‘truest’ test, with all of the sides placed in one intense competition, no Cup/Vase split. It looks like being as tough as ever this year, with 32 groups of five teams each, and only the winner from each […]
U18 Academy League: Round 5 Preview, Fixtures, Team News, & Tables
It is Round 5 in the U18 Academy League this weekend as the race for a place at Finals Day nears its closing stages. There are just three rounds remaining for teams to secure a place in the Top 3 of their conference, should they do that they will them head to Finals Day […]
U18 Academy League: 2019/20 Round 1 Preview
The 2019/20 U18 Academy League season begins this weekend, with 12 of the 14 academies in action in this opening weekend. The fourteen academies, the twelve Gallagher Premiership sides plus Newcastle Falcons and Yorkshire Carnegie, are split into two groups of seven, as ever. The Northern Conference sees Leicester Tigers, Newcastle Falcons, Northampton Saints, […]
