Bedford No.8 Fred Tuilagi has been handed an RFU ban after an incident during a Championship match between Bedford Blues and Doncaster Knights on the weekend.
Steve Borthwick has confirmed that a 36-strong England squad – including the fit-again Manu Tuilagi – has assembled for midweek training at Twickenham ahead of the February 24 Guinness Six Nations round three match away to Scotland.
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Samoa brought their World Cup to an end with comfortably their best performance of the tournament, as they narrowly fell to England 18-17 in Lille.
Ollie Chessum arrived straight off the training ground the other day in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, another 9/10 session in the bank and a spring in his lengthy step with England sifting through preparations for this Saturday’s Rugby World Cup game versus Samoa in Lille.
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The expectation is Saracens will have it easy in next season Championship, but the famed Tuilagi family hope London Scottish can cause some headaches.
In a week where the All Blacks’ Barrett brothers made headlines, the world was reminded that the Tuilagi family still go down as rugby’s most formidable ensemble, certainly in terms of size.
He may be one of England's key players leading into their World Cup opener against Tonga next week, but Manu Tuilagi says he is still Samoan at heart.