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Lovell Rugby Round Up from around the Globe #4
England Head Coach Martin Johnson has made 4 changes to his starting Line up for Saturdays encounter when they face Argentina at Twickenham. Stade Francais forward James Haskell (Who wears an Adidas Rugby scrum cap) starts at number 8 comming in for Leicester Tigers Jordan Crane who is left out of the 22 man squad all together. The other changes are London Irish Scrum Half Paul Hodgson coming in for Harlequins Danny Care. In the Front Row Northampton Saints captain Dylan Hartley replaces Steve Thompson and Bath Prop Duncan Bell replaces injured club mate David Wilson. Many expected Courtney Lawes of the Saints to replace Louis Deacon in the Second row but it is clear Johnson is letting Lawes find his feet slowly in international Rugby.The match on Saturday will also be the debut of Englands new alternate purple strip. Argentina who will be looking for a victory to prove why they have been allowed to enter the tri nations after the next world cup.
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Lovell Rugby Round Up From Around The Globe #3
The All Blacks have named their travelling party for the upcoming Bledisloe cup game and tour of Europe. For the games against Australia, then Tests against Wales, Italy, England and France follow with a match against the Barbarians in December rounding off the trip. The big surprise in the squad in the omission of Joe Rokocoko who has 60 caps to his name. The squad will again be lead by Flanker Richie McCaw (wearing his Adidas 915 rugby boots).
Zac Guildford and Tamati Ellison were two of the four new faces named in the New Zealand squad for their end of year tour to Japan and Europe, but the real surprises were fly-half Mike Delany and wing Ben Smith.
Delany has been in good form for Bay of Plenty during the Air New Zealand Cup, while Smith has shone for Otago and will also provide cover at full-back.
Guildford, a winger, has been rewarded for a stellar Air New Zealand Cup campaign with Hawke’s Bay.
The 20-year-old is the competition’s leading try-scorer with 13 but will not get the chance to add to thattally as he will be on the plane to Tokyo on October 25.
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Rugby Match Report - England vs Pacific Islanders - Saturday 8th November 2008
Martin Johnson enjoyed his first victory as England manager as England defeated the Pacific Islanders 39-13 at Twickenham. The win will have pleased Johnson as the Pacific Islanders were made up of players from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, all of whom had impressive World cups last year in France. In addition to this they boast a lot of UK based players in both the Guiness premiership and Magners league.
London Wasps fly half Danny Cipriani eventually got the scoreboard ticking after 10 minutes with a simple penalty (wearing his Adidas Powerswerve Rugby boots). But it was the try which followed four minutes later which gave a glimpse of the power England have under the engine.
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