2ND MAY 2013: Mako makes The Lions!

Many congratulations to OM Mako Vunipola who has been selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to Australia in June. He is one of 10 England players in the squad and follows three illustrious Millfield Lions – Gareth Edwards, JPR Williams and Matt Perry.

Sadly, England captain, Chris Robshaw, was not one of those on the team sheet, but as former Lion, Lawrence Dallaglio, has recently pointed out in an interview with the BBC, players like Robshaw should certainly not hang up their boots for the summer! Hear the interview here

Read Warren Gatland's thoughts and also those of Lions forwards coach, Graham Rowntree, about the likelihood of Robshaw being called up, here

Read the school's reaction here

26TH APRIL 2013: Jake the Pirate!

Jake Parker (2007-09; Kingweston) has been signed by the Cornish Pirates for the 2013-14 season.

Read more here

11TH MARCH 2013:Mako earns his first England start in bruising encounter

Mako Vunipola was given his first start for his country at the weekend in the hard-fought win over Italy, which keeps England at the top of the 6 Nations table, with the final match against Wales on Saturday at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff, the Championship decider.

Read more about Mako and his younger brother Billy.

Billy, who went to Harrow rather than Millfield, was named in the squad but did not make an appearance.

1ST MARCH 2013: Plaudits keep coming for Robshaw

Chris Robshaw's all action performance in the hard-fought England victory over France last Saturday continues to earn him praise from rugby aficionados.

Here is an appreciation by the Daily Telegraph

15TH FEBRUARY 2013:  Mixed fortunes forEngland 7s

OMs help England to victory in the New Zealand Sevens in Wellington, winning their three finalmatches against Scotland, Samoa and Kenya.

Read a report on the game here

They have since moved on less successfully to the USA Sevens, losing to Scotland in the Pool stage, and being relegated to the Bowl, where they play France in the semi-final.

11TH FEBRUARY 2013: Captain Chris Man of the Match

Chris Robshaw led England  to their first win at Dublin for 10 years, in every sense, after a match in which the English young guns took everything the Irish threw at them - and won the war of attrition.

How the BBC reported it

23RD JANUARY 2013: The BBC commemorates the 40th Anniversary of Gareth's 'greatest try ever'

Radio 4's 'Archive on 4' this week explored Gareth Edward's famous tryfor the Barbarians against New Zealand in 1973.

Access the programme here

Watch the try here

3rd DECEMBER 2012: Robshaw's men defy the odds

Chris Robshaw and his England team, which also included OMs Jonathan Joseph and Mako Vunipola in the latter stages, produced a sensational performance at Twickenham on Saturday in beating the world champions, New Zealand, by a record-breaking score and wining margin.

Read more

2nd NOVEMBER 2012: England call-ups for four OMs

England captain Chris Robshaw has been joined by Jonathan Joseph, Anthony Allen and uncapped Mako Vinipola in England's Senior Squad for the autumn internationals.

Read reaction in the local paper here

8th OCTOBER 2012: Joseph knocking on England's door

Jonathan Joseph's try for London Irish in their win at the weekend against Northampton Saints can only be good news for the OM centre. Read more here

8th October 2012: Bailey out for the season

James Bailey suffered a broken leg when playing for London Wasps against Northampton Saints last Friday and is likely to miss the rest of the season.

Read more

OM Rugby players currently in the professional game 2012-2013

(with thanks to Paul Hockedy)

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