Topic: Nick Easter

Harlequins, with 14 successive wins in all competitions this season, tackle four-time champions Toulouse on Friday on a European Cup weekend where the top two sides in each of the six pools clash.Harlequins, the English Premiership leaders, welcome the French Top 14 ...

Easter to skipper England

Nick Easter will captain England in Saturday's Investec Test against Samoa after manager Martin Johnson made four changes from the team that beat Australia.. Easter has previously captained England in non-cap internationals against the Barbarians in 2008 and at the end of ...

Nick Easter's rising sees him land captain's role

Nick Easter will captain England against Samoa on Saturday in a side showing four changes from the XV, who started the 35-18 win over Australia.. The elevation of Easter for the Test at Twickenham highlights just how important the 32-year-old has become ...

Hartley gets England call for Wallabies Test

New Zealand-born hooker Dylan Hartley, England's try-scorer in the 26-16 defeat by the All Blacks last week, is promoted from the bench ahead of 2003 World Cup winner Steve Thompson.England face the Wallabies on Saturday with the Australians determined to avenge their ...
New Zealand-born hooker Dylan Hartley, England's try-scorer in the 26-16 defeat by the All Blacks last week, is promoted from the bench ahead of 2003 World Cup winner Steve Thompson.England face the Wallabies on Saturday with the Australians determined to avenge their ...

Nick Easter wake-up call for 'dozy' England

The pain inflicted on Lewis Moody by Keven Mealamu was merely a momentary irritation compared to what the England captain is enduring in the wake of the 26-16 loss by New Zealand.. Handling, errors, defensive lapses and a lack of fire and ...
Surprisingly, none of these sums earned by his sporting counterparts makes Harlequins star Nick Easter in any way jealous. He was also late starter on the international scene and is glad that he did not make his first England appearance until 2007 ...

London Irish set pace on opening weekend

London Irish turned on the style at Twickenham as the Exiles romped to a 33-16 victory over Saracens on the opening weekend of the Premiership on Saturday.They killed off Sacarens with 15 points in the second half as tries for Delon Armitage ...

The men with an eye on a bigger prize

With the opening match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup at Eden Park in Auckland just over 12 months away, the launch of the Aviva Premiership this weekend signals the start of the battle to make Martin Johnson's squad for the biggest ...

White and Easter join England injury list

England's plans for next month's Tests suffered yet more disruption on Saturday when forwards Julian White and Nick Easter joined an already extensive injury list.Leicester veteran White became the latest front-row to be ruled out of the Twickenham encounters against Australia, Argentina ...
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