Johnno’s men avoid Tri Nations in group stages

There was a 75% chance that England would end up in a ‘group of death’ for the 2011 World Cup, with either New Zealand, Australia or South Africa, all of whom they lost to in recent weeks.
But they got lucky, and landed in a group which they will [...]

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Can England and co. get back to winning ways? Our friends at Chicken Dinner have put together this preview of the weekend’s internationals…

England v South Africa
This is the first time the two nations have clashed since last year’s World Cup final and England have lost their last five encounters with the Springboks. The good news [...]

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Our friends at chickendinner are adamant it’s not over yet

England were thrashed in the first of their seven one-day internationals in India which means they need four victories out of six to win the series. The performance today suggested that there is absolutely no chance of that happening but our friends at chickendinner are convinced [...]

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That familiar collapsing feeling…

Abject England were bowled out for less than 100 in their final warm-up match before the start of their seven-match one-day series in India. Not a good omen for the real contest.
Kevin Pietersen’s tourists could only muster 98 all out, a feeble reply to the Mumbai President’s 222-7. Not that KP seemed [...]

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The $20m man upsets England players with flirting

Sir Allen Stanford has apologised for larking about with England’s WAGs during their Super Series win against Middlesex on Sunday.
Stanford was shown on the big screen with Matt Prior’s pregnant wife Emily on his lap.
“He understood that the players were not particularly pleased with the incident,” said a [...]

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And here he is scoring his first ever century…

The above clip is from 1990, when Tendulkar was about nine, and he took our boys apart at Old Trafford. If everything goes according to plan, he should surpass Lara’s whopping total of 11,953 Test runs, when he strides out against the Aussies in Bangalore in the [...]

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He can’t stay away from Nobu, that Dawson

In this day and age, with so much choice, it’s actually a challenge to go to the same restaurant more than once. Unless, of course, you happen to be Matt Dawson, who at the last count had been to Nobu in Berkeley Square roughly twenty-nine times in one [...]

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That Cipriani likes his women…

Gone are the days when rugby players would marry their first love and be done with it, these days they like to sleep around a bit first. That’s mainly thanks to brilliant new bits of headgear that prevent their faces from caving in and their ears turning into cauliflowers. Hence, Cipriani [...]

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James Foster will have plenty of spare time this winter… 

The ECB have today announced the fifteen man squad to take on India in this winter’s test series and yet again there was no place for Essex’s wicketkeeper-batsman James Foster. England’s current gloveman Tim Ambrose averaged just sixteen with the bat against South Africa but has been [...]

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Two girls, one winner…
CHARLOTTE CHURCH

KELLY BROOK

They’re the two biggest WAGs in rugby, but which one is more appealing in, you know, that way? Cast your votes…

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