The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Autumn Internationals MILS MULIAINA FULL-BACK – 7 Showed astonishingly silky footwork and some delightfully deft handling of the kind too rarely seen on modern rugby fields. ZAC GUILDFORD WING – 5 Saw a lot less of the ball than Sivivatu as he was keener to stick to his touchline. On the odd occasion he did stray in field he cut his way through England with ease. CONRAD SMITH CENTRE –...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Autumn Internationals AMARK CUETO FULL-BACK – 7 A natural fit at full-back. Sound under the high ball in testing conditions, but too often found himself surrounded by black shirts when he came back to the ground, which meant he conceded costly penalties. MATT BANAHAN WING – 5 Contributed a lot up in the front line, breaking and making tackles, but his skills were lacking whenever the ball...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Dylan Hartley usually gives newspapers a wide berth, but as he spent last week at the England team headquarters in Surrey rather than on the dark side of Planet Zog, he could not help detecting just a whiff of pessimism concerning the immediate survival prospects of the red-rose pack. "Everyone thought we were going to be bullied by the Argentines," he says, grinning from ear to ear. "But...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
• England's Kiwi-born hooker ready to make No2 shirt his own • 'All Blacks see me as an Englishman. I'm happy with that' You can take the boy out of Rotorua but there are limits. As Dylan Hartley contemplates a reunion with his compatriots at Twickenham tomorrow, the Kiwi-turned-Englishman openly admits the sight and sound of the haka "still makes the hairs on my neck stand up"....
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Dylan Hartley admits he could perform the Haka tomorrow, but instead he is proud to stand and watch New Zealand’s pre-match challenge international.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
England's New Zealandborn hooker Dylan Hartley admits he is relishing facing the All Blacks' haka for the first time.
The Life and Views of Graham Reid (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
There are only so many articles, blogs and comments a boy can read before he becomes determined to stick his oar in; consider my oar officially submerged and my boat rocking upon the swelling waves of discontent. Two weeks of woeful England performances, consistent pressure from media and fans alike, and a great performance from a club captainless Saracens have led me to one - fairly obvious - conclusion:...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
• New Zealand legend criticises Borthwick's captaincy • 'People in team are crying out to follow somebody' Sean Fitzpatrick, who led the All Blacks 51 times, believes the burden of captaining England is affecting Steve Borthwick's performances. The former hooker is adamant that the England captain needs to lead by example against New Zealand this weekend, rather than trying to manage the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
UGO MONYE FULL-BACK Discomfiture under the high ball was exploited and he carried on dropping. Never bottled an attempt, but looked like a wing out of position until he was moved in the second period – 4. MARK CUETO WING England are at the stage where they need to take every chance. Should have scored early on after Juan Fernandez Lobbe's knock-on, but lacked both pace and composure. Made a...
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Keo.co.za brings you live action from the Test between England and Argentina at Twickenham. More to follow… England – 15 Ugo Monye, 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Shane Geraghty, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Paul Hodgson, 1 Tim Payne, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Duncan Bell, 4 Louis Deacon, 5 Steve Borthwick (c), 6 [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
• Prop plans to exploit England's front-row inexperience • Argentina no longer wear the underdog label England's prop Duncan Bell is a marked man and it says a lot about the relative inexperience of Martin Johnson's front row for Saturday's Test against Argentina that the Bath forward, whose last international appearance was in 2005, is the only one of the three that Pumas hooker Mario Ledesma...
Sport Experts (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
James Haskell, Duncan Bell, Dylan Hartley and Paul Hodgson will start for England against the Pumas at Twickenham.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
• Dylan Hartley and Paul Hodgson start against Pumas • Joe Worsley among replacements at Twickenham It is nine years since England's players opted for strike action before an international against Argentina and Clive Woodward threatened to cobble together a team of lower league players to tackle the Pumas. That desperate scenario never materialised but there were echoes of it in the corridors...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
No one needed ask Martin Johnson what he was about as a player, but his England side are in the midst of an identity crisis Martin Johnson has reached the stage where he is envious of old Mother Hubbard. With more players in the casualty ward than on the training field , it is a question of what England run out of first: players or excuses. They have made four changes for the visit of Argentina to...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Paul Hodgson will make his first Test start for England this Saturday after being named Wednesday in Martin Johnson's team to play Argentina at Twickenham. London Irish No 9 Hodgson is one of four changes Johnson has made to the side following last weekend's 18-9 loss to Australia. Hodgson, who came off the bench last weekend at Twickenham, swops places with Danny Care. Up front, Northampton hooker...
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