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There are plenty of ways to follow England’s campaign at the 2022 European Touch Championships in Nottingham. In person Entry into the Highfields Sports Complex is free each day, with the first matches tapping off at 8:45am and the final matches tapping off at 6:05pm, Tuesday to Friday. Saturday is Finals Day, with the first match tapping off at 8:45am and the Men’s Open Final ...

Lauren Torley has credited Touch for giving her the skills, fitness and all-round rugby ability to put her on the road to representing Team England at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Torley has been named in the Team England Rugby Sevens squad that will face Canada, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the pool stages at Coventry Stadium, with the winners and runners-up progressing to ...

Referee Manager Robin Budd has thanked all the referees who helped make the 2022 National Touch Series a massive success. Round 3 saw the entire weekend of Elite and Development competition be refereed without requiring player-ref slots, the first time this has happened for England Touch, with the Development NTS having its first round without player-ref slots in Round 2 in Bur ...

Galaxy London completed a memorable double for the club last weekend, taking home the overall titles for both the Elite and Development National Touch Series. Galaxy had entered Round 3 well clear at the top of the Development NTS table, but the Elite NTS swung this way and that throughout the day, with the destination of the overall crown only being decided in the Cup semi-fin ...

The Elite National Touch Series is set for a gripping finale this Saturday at Banbury Rugby Club. Galaxy London, NQ Rebels and Nottingham Hoods all come into Round 3 with 90 league points, with NQ and Galaxy having won the Cup title in Rounds 1 and 2 respectively, and Nottingham having reached both Cup finals. So the equation is simple – whoever reaches the further in the compe ...

Galaxy London head to Banbury on Sunday searching for an elusive clean sweep of Cup titles in the 2022 Development National Touch Series. Galaxy’s Cup wins in Banbury (Round 1) and Burton (Round 2) have put them on 92 league points, eight ahead of London Eagles and Norwich Rebels, both on 84. Galaxy opens up the live stream at 10am with their match against Horsham, with the oth ...

You can help make the 2022 European Touch Championships a memorable and successful event as part of our team of amazing volunteers. We are seeking volunteers to assist with event set up and delivery in Nottingham from Monday, August 1st to Saturday, August 6th inclusive. Roles include event set-up, branding, social media, broadcast support, event support, scoring, administratio ...

We look back on a fantastic month of Pride activity and announce our partnership extension with Pride In Touch. England Touch Pride Weekend The opening round of the mixed National Touch Series in June saw the first England Touch Pride Weekend take place as our location in Banbury was transformed with progress rainbow flags, face paints and rainbow sweatbands. Across our officia ...

Galaxy London headed back to the capital with a double Cup success from both the Elite and Development National Touch Series legs held in Burton-on-Trent. The wins mean that while Galaxy have taken a firm control of the Development NTS with two Cup wins from two tournaments, in the Elite NTS there is a three-way tie at the top of the table going into Round 3 on July 16th. This ...

It is game on in Burton this Sunday as the Elite National Touch Series moves into the all-important second round. NQ Rebels top the league standings after winning in Banbury a fortnight ago, and with Burton RFC just a 90 minute drive from Manchester the geography and travel time is more in their favour than Round 1. But this also applies to Nottingham Hoods, who pushed the Rebe ...