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England Rugby and the England Touch Association (ETA) have formalised a new partnership to grow Touch across the country to coincide with the European Touch Championships currently being staged in Nottingham. This new partnership will see England Rugby and the ETA work together to increase adult participation in O2 Touch and the ETA performance Touch leagues, underpinned by inc ...

Yorkshire Thorns were all smiles in the sun after taking home the Cup title from the third round of the 2018 Steeden Development National Touch Series. The Thorns had reached the semi-finals at both of the opening two rounds of the competition, and they made the most of their first final by seeing off St Albans to lift the trophy. Fourteen teams headed to Lincoln, with the refe ...

There are a number of players who are making their international debuts for England during the European Touch Championships. Congratulations to all of them - we're sure they will do England proud over the next few days! MEN'S OPEN Angus Gough, Tom Hall, Dan Mayall, Oliver Maynard, Miles Partridge, Toby Phillips MIXED OPEN George Price, Sophie Arbuthnott, Nye Davies, Charlotte R ...

The England Touch team captains have been announced for the 2018 European Touch Championships. Eleven players have been handed armbands – one for each group with two for the Mixed Open – and they will lead teams in all 10 categories in Nottingham. The captains are: Men’s Open Dom Tripp (London Scorpions) Women’s Open Susannah Hudson (London Scorpions) Mixed Open Leah Cuthbertso ...

The organisers of the 2018 European Touch Championships are delighted to announce that the tournament will be streamed live by BBC Sport Online. England Touch has been live streaming from all of its elite club events in 2018, and the quality of the coverage – produced in association with broadcast partner 24/7 Media – has been such that the BBC have agreed to carry the European ...

The European Federation of Touch has confirmed the fixtures for the 2018 European Touch Championships. There are a number of divisions, and while the overall best country will be crowned as Europe's number one Touch outfit there will also be separate titles for Touch European Cup Open Division and Touch European Cup Senior Division. In all there will be 312 matches played acros ...

London Scorpions had a stellar weekend in the Manchester sun as the Sporttape Men's and Women's National Touch Series headed north. The team in green took home both the Elite Men's and Elite Women's Cup titles, but there were plenty of competitive matches along the way. The men's main competition came from Wigan Touch Warriors, whose quality of play at times shone as brightly a ...

Cheltenham made it two from two Cup titles in the 2018 Steeden Development National Touch Series. They made the most of their home advantage to see off all-comers in the beautiful setting of Cheltenham Tigers RFC, with their tournament culminating in a comfortable win over Northampton COYS. The Northampton outfit nevertheless headed home relatively happy after having reached th ...

The Sporttape Men's and Women's National Touch Series heads north this week for its second round. Trafford MV RFC in Manchester is the venue for two packed days of action, with 26 Elite and Emerging teams taking part across four competitions. We'll have live streaming of all the action from Pitch 1 right here on this website, and you can stay up-to-date with the results and sta ...

In one month’s time the biggest ever European Touch Championships will be tapping off, and England Touch will be giving all 63 participating teams the best possible facilities to help them achieve their potential, including the Red Bull Athlete Experience. The 1,000-plus players, coaches, referees, administrators and supporters will be heading to the University of Nottingham be ...