May 16th 2012: Mat Turner finishes leading 7s try scorer in the HSBC Sevens Series

Mat Turner (nominated as IRB sevens Player of the Year) was the outstanding try scorer in the last round of the World Sevens played at Twickenham over the weekend and ended the series as the leading try scorer, although England could only finish third in the final rankings. Tom Powell also represented his country but John Brake was unfortunately sidelined by injury.

Read about Mat and the England team's performance over the weekend

May 2012: Three OMs in England Squad for South Africa

Chris Robshaw, Anthony Allen and Jonathan Joseph have all been seleected by England coach Stuart Lancaster for next month's five-match tour to South Africa.

Read Stuart's comments about his selection

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May 2012: Chris, Premiership Player of the Year, leads Quins to the Final

England Captain Chris Robshaw, last week named Premiership Player of the Year, led his side Harlequins to their first Premiership Final by beating Northampton in a nail-baiting game at the Stoop on Saturday.

Read more here about his individual honour and here about the victory which sees his side in the final against Leicester on 26th May.

March 2012: Rob's agony

Leicester Hooker Robert Hawkins suffered an horrific broken elbow on 18th March at the hands of Northampton flanker Calum Clark, who has been suspended for 32 weeks by the RFU and banned indefinitely by his club. Rob is likely to be out of the game for 3 months.

Read more here

March 2012: Chris Robshaw's England overpower Ireland in the final round of Six Nations matches

England Captain Chris Robshaw led his side to 2nd place behind Wales in the Six Nations championship with a convincing victory over Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday.

After victories over the Scots in Edinburgh, and Italy in Rome, but then an agonizingly narrow defeat to Wales at Twickenham, Robshaw picked up his men for a hard-fought 24-22 victory over France and then finished the campaign with a 30-9 defeat of the Irish, who were stunned by the power of the English pack.

Read the story of Chris' appointment here and his reaction here

Read comments from Chris' former coaches at the Prep School on page 6 of their latest newsletter in the PDF at the bottom of the page.

Chris' local press has also been singing the England captain's praises

DECEMBER 2011: Chris Helping the Heroes

Some of the greatest rugby players from around the world (including our very own Chris Cook) lined up at Twickenham on Saturday 3 December 2011 for the ‘Heroes Rugby Challenge’.

The match, which was supported by J.P. Morgan, raised a substantial sum of money for Help for Heroes.

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