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England Rugby August 2007 in Review
By KATH
September 25 2007
England Rugby Union August 2007 Monthly Review. A busy month, the build up to the Rugby World Cup 2007, the announcement of the England elite player squad for the Rugby World Cup and the warm up matches against Wales and France. We also looked at bars in Lens and have a super Fixtures Wall Chart and games to check out.
 

England Rugby August 2007 In Review

England Rugby in August 2007.   A very busy month lots happening and the lead up to the Rugby World Cup 2007 begins with warm up matches against Wales and France.  England play France twice once at Twickenham and then in the hot bed of rugby Marseilles.

England's Alex Sanderson joins RFU National Academy . 27-year-old Sanderson will become part of the National Academy coaching team and will work with the England U18 and U20 squads and back row players who have recently completed their time in the U20 side.  Full article here..

England's Alex Sanderson joins RFU National Academy

 England Under 18s team to face Australia Schools A in Brisbane Under 18s team to face Australia 2007

Rugby World Cup 2007 - Build Up:Englands nick easter

England Rugby World Cup 2007  warm up match England v Wales Match Preview  well this turned out to be no contest as Wales fielded a second team and paid the price England v Wales Match Review 4/8/07   Star of the show Nick Easter.

Next up France England v France 1st Test,   England faced a much stronger test this week against France in the second warm up match on the road to the Rugby World Cup 2007.  A game England could of won and really should have won England v France Match Review

We had England's Martin Johnson backing England to raise their game in France speaking on the Gillette Rugby Podcast available from www.rfu.com/podcast.

England Rugby Coach Brian Ashton announced his final thirty man squad for this year's Rugby World Cup in France. England Rugby Squad for Rugby World Cup 2007

Second round this time in France France v England 2nd Test  Good physical demonstration by England, no use of the backs - much more work to do before we meet Samoa, Tonga, South Africa ....errr we should beat USA shouldn't we? France v England 2nd Test Match Review

Then we had injuries .........! England Trainin & Injury Update 29/8/07

Patrick came up with this spectacular RWC Fixtures Wall Chart

Rugby World Cup 2007- Wall Fixtures Chart

I attempted to find you pubs to celebrate or drown your sorrows at the various locations in France Rugby World Cup Looking at LENS trhough a Pub Glass

an there is always an 

 Irish Tavern
6, avenue Raoul Briquet
62300 Lens
Tel. : 03 21 78 79 20

We took a look at a couple of new games on the market this month

Unofficial England Rugby takes a look at 'Blackout Virtual Rugby', a brand new online tipping website that's aimed to provide a bit of fun during the Rugby World Cup championship and future competitions such as the Six Nations and the Tri Nations.     Blackout Virtual Rugby

and then we had.............

Demandi Rugby World Cup Prediction Game

With the World Cup kicking off soon, rugby fans worldwide are asking the question of questions: Who’ll be the next Rugby World Champion? Demandi.co.uk have contacted us and are delighted to be linked with this site as they launch their new World cup prediction game, giving users the opportunity to predict how the tournament will unfold...

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