Former England and Sale Sharks flanker Hendre Fourie has sadly had to announce his retirement from the professional game this season, after battling with a long-standing shoulder injury. However, the South African born forward has embarked on a new challenge – Number Cruncherz.
O2, proud partner of England Rugby, today announced that it has created ‘Wear the Rose’, the first fully immersive 360-degree virtual reality sports experience, using the revolutionary Oculus Rift technology.
Stuart Lancaster insists England intend continuing the resurrection of their RBS 6 Nations title assault by bringing Twickenham to its feet for the visit of Ireland.
See the latest action from England’s training camp and hear from head coach Stuart Lancaster and Dylan Hartley ahead of their Calcutta Cup clash at Murrayfield on Saturday.
England endured heartbreak in their RBS 6 Nations opener as France substitute Gael Fickou struck with a late try that Maxime Machenaud converted to snatch a 26-24 victory.
With less than a week to go before the 2014 Six Nations commence on the 1st of February Talking Rugby Union caught up with Leicester Tigers, England and British Lions scrum-half Ben Youngs to see how he was preparing for the tournament and for his thoughts on how both England and Leicester would fair in the Six Nations and Aviva Premiership, respectively.
England centre Luther Burrell has revealed the intervention of his mother Joyce and mentoring offered by Stuart Lancaster prevented him from following a troubled path.