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AFP
Wade to make 1st start for England
SI.com
LONDON (AP) -Christian Wade will make his England debut in Sunday's non-cap match against the Barbarians at Twickenham, giving the jet-heeled winger a chance to impress coach Stuart Lancaster days before the squad flies out for the tour to South Africa ...
Wade called up to face Baa-Baas as England prepare for South AfricaScotsman
Christian Wade named in England squad to face BarbariansThe Independent
Wade included in rugby squad against BarbariansAFP
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ESPN STAR Sports
Ford displaces Flood as Tigers eye final feat
The Independent
The two best teams in the Premiership, both close to full strength and performing at the peak of their powers in front of a capacity Twickenham audience of 82000, with the most sought-after title in English club rugby at stake?
Rugby: Robshaw aims for historic triumphESPN STAR Sports
Leicester turn Geoff Parling into a Tiger hungry for Premiership gloryThe Guardian
Harlequins v Leicester (Sat)BBC Sport
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Daily Mail
Foden talks a good game ahead of bash with the Baa-Baas
The Independent
"When you play the Barbarians, you find yourselves being pulled into their style of rugby," the England full-back said this week. "It's hard not to get swept up in it and that's when mistakes happen. We need to control the tempo of the game, ...
Christian Wade starts for England against BarbariansDaily Mail

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Belfast Telegraph
Tigers vs Harlequins in Premiership Rugby final
Bangkok Post
Ben Youngs faces a massive personal duel with Harlequins and England rival Danny Care in the Premiership final Saturday keen to prove himself the No.1 scrum-half in English rugby. Ben Youngs (pictured in 2011) faces a massive personal duel with ...
I WILL KEEP MY HEAD SAYS GEORGE ROBSONExpress.co.uk
Care taken over England returnBelfast Telegraph
Danny Care looking for a strong performance – Rugby News Updatebettor.com (blog)

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Wall Street Journal
More Than a Game in Spain
Wall Street Journal
Nowhere is that more true than in Spain, as Jimmy Burns shows in "La Roja: How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World" (roja is "red," the color of the national team shirt). But if Spanish soccer was originally an English ...

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ESPN STAR Sports
Rugby: Allen ready to seize opportunity
ESPN STAR Sports
Lancaster, who knows Allen well from his time in charge of the England Saxons, rewarded the former Gloucester back with a second chance at senior-level international rugby following a six-year hiatus since he won his two caps.
Allen ready to take his chanceYahoo! Eurosport UK

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Financial Times
The posh-ing of English football
Financial Times
By Simon Kuper The national team is becoming middle-class. It hasn't been so upmarket since public schoolboys disappeared from the side circa 1900 I never thought it would happen, but England's football team is becoming middle-class.