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England Touch and Barefoot Filmmaker have today launched the first episode of a new series, Touch: Road to World Cup, which will give a behind-the-scenes insight into what it takes to achieve high performance on the international stage. Episode 1 reflects back on the 2022 and 2023 European Touch Championships, featuring candid in-depth interviews with Dom Tripp and Niki Bird, t ...

As the England Touch begins the biggest year in its history, the Association is launching its 2024 survey to understand the state of play within the sport of Touch across the country. The survey is open to individuals and is not limited to members; we know that there are many thousands of people who play Touch who are not ETA members, but who are also important in creating and ...

Heading into 2024 and another massive year for Touch across England, the ETA is announcing changes to the referee leadership team. After sterling service as National Referee Manager (NRM), Robin Budd informed the ETA management that he intended to step down from the position at the end of 2023, which coincided with the birth of his twin daughters on December 28th. Robin’s enthu ...

In this season review James Warrener was joined by Peter Strachan from Leeds-based Yorkshire Thorns.  His first question to Peter was how would he rate their season and give it a mark out of 10. PS - "I am happy to give us eight out of 10 based on success at regional level where more clubs have been coming into the sport alongside national. We won the Regional Development Seri ...

TRY Sports partners with England Touch Association to launch nationwide school tournaments. TRY Sports and the England Touch Association have partnered to host five regional School Touch Championships in 2024! Students across Years 7-13 can now enjoy action-packed tournaments this coming spring. Registration is open now until April 1st 2024. Visit www.try-sports.com/upcoming-ev ...

England enjoyed a positive weekend in Port Macquarie, notching several wins across all three categories. In the Men’s Open England opened with an 11-4 loss to Parramatta, but after that their matches were extremely competitive, with two losses by just the one try to Hornsby and Newcastle, two tries to Canterbury and three tries to Bankstown. England’s tour finished with a clash ...

England’s Men’s and Women’s Open teams had the first of their back-to-back State Cup weekends on the Gold Coast. The Men had seven round-robin matches, and while there were losses to the Australian teams there was the satisfaction of having an 8-4 win over Japan to savour. Meanwhile the Women, who lost their international match to Japan 5-3 along with the clashes with the Austr ...

Some of England’s national teams are taking their Touch World Cup preparations up several notches over the next couple of weeks at the Queensland and New South Wales State Cups. The Men’s Open and Women’s Open teams are already in Brisbane for their final training – including a match against Queensland University Rebels – before making the short journey to the Gold Coast for th ...

The England Touch Association (ETA) has taken one of the most significant steps forward in its development following its recognition as a National Governing Body for Touch Rugby by Sport England. While acknowledging the place Touch Rugby has within the community programmes of the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League, Sport England has recognised the total focus given ...

England Touch has confirmed the competition calendar for the next 12 months, including the 2023/24 BUCS University Touch Championships, 2024 Nationals, 2024 National Touch Series and 2024’s international competitions. CLICK HERE to download a pdf with more information! The season’s highlight will be the 2024 Touch World Cup, which heads to England for the first time between Mon ...