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Do you live in or around London? Would you love to excel at Touch and go on to represent your country?The ETA have successfully secured funding to develop an excellence centre for Junior Touch from the Wembley National Stadium Trust (WNST).Schools Touch Liaison officer and England Touch President, Gregg Cropper, seen receiving the cheque on behalf of the Association.WNST is an ...

The 2015 Rugby World Cup reached its pinnacle stage recently, with the all mighty All Blacks emerging victorious over its ‘big brother’ of Green and Gold. The bronze medal match was also an all-Southern Hemisphere affair, with the Springboks outshining the Pumas for a place on the podium. So why is it that the Southern Hemisphere countries did so well in the RWC compared to its ...

Due to popular demand, Manchester will once again be running their 7th Annual Touch Tournament.Manchester are once again holding their season-opening February tournament, to take place on Saturday 20th February. The tournament has Men’s, Women’s and Mixed divisions and has previously attracted teams from all over Europe (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Switzerland ...

Are you a rugby coach who wants to utilise technology to your advantage? Unfortunately, there aren't a great deal of apps for rugby coaches especially for Touch. iDrills is an effective rugby training app that has an intuitive user interface and logical progression feature to help coaches keep track of his or her team’s training as well as their progress.iDrills is more than ju ...

The first Cumbria Cyclones Touch competition was held at Whitehaven Rugby League club on Sunday. Ten teams graced the hallowed turf of the Recreation Ground, where two pitches had been freshly mowed in by Tommy the groundsman just before everyone arrived. There were fears of a wet and windy competition but the Cumbrian sky held firm for the entire tournament.What started as an ...

Following a great season England Touch are pleased to release the confirmed dates for the National & Challenge Touch Series for 2016 and the Touch Nationals, which is being extended to 3 days.Three bank holidays will be utilised to make the most of the extra days which will also allow the delivery of Open Men's and Women's tournaments on the Sunday of NTS 2 & 3.Venues a ...

Following the receipt and review of applications, England Touch would like to congratulate the following individuals on their coaching appointment to England junior sides that will compete at the Junior Touch Championships in the Netherlands in 2016.England Boys 18s​ - Doug BenzieEngland Mixed 15s​ - Ben PowellEngland Mixed 18s​ - Leah CuthbertsonEngland Girls 18s​ - Marnie Wil ...

England Touch are excited to announce the introduction of the University Touch Series (UTS) to the Touch calendar following a successful pilot scheme, the formulation and consultation with the UTS team and the growth of Touch at universities across England in the past few years.The series will follow a similar structure to the current National Touch Series (NTS) structure with ...

During the recent #TouchNationals (Cambridge) and the 2015 Junior Touch Championships (Nottingham) selectors were busy watching the best junior talent from England. From these two tournaments, the following development squad will train for the 2016 version of the Junior Touch Championships to take place in The Netherlands on 12th – 14th August next year.Lizzie AdamPoppy Ashwell ...

During a hugely successful and competitive #TouchNationals and Open Trials, national selectors were kept very busy watching some incredible Touch talent on display. The Coaches and selectors  along with the England Touch High Performance Team have now finalised their training squads for the 2016 European Touch Championships that will take place next year on July 7th – 10th in J ...