After England's failures in 2011 and 2015, Ben Youngs is hoping Japan 2019 can bring a change in fortune for him and the team. We get inside the mind of the Tigers scrum-half Ready and raring: Ben Youngs, England's most-capped scrum-half with 89 Tests (World Rugby/Getty)Ben Youngs: “Antoine Dupont is setting the bar for scrum-halves” All being well, Ben Youngs will equal Matt Dawson’s record …Continue reading »
Robbie's Rugby Festival, the Midlands' largest tens tournament, is going from strength to strength. Now Leicester and England stars Tom and Ben Youngs have got on boardAmbassadors: Tom and Ben Youngs leapt at the chance to support Robbie's Rugby Festival (Getty Images)Youngs brothers throw weight behind Robbie’s Rugby Festival 2019 Robbie’s Rugby Festival 2019 is just weeks away and the organisers …Continue reading »
Leicester and England scrum-half Ben Youngs explains how to fool opponents with sleight of handDummy time: Ben Youngs cuts through the Australia defence to score a try. Photo: Getty ImagesLeicester and England scrum-half Ben Youngs explains how to fool opponents with sleight of hand
England went unbeaten during their Autumn Series and now have fourteen consecutive wins but there's still room to improve, which bodes well for the futureIn it together: The England squad congregate after their emphatic Autumn SeriesBy Alex Shaw What a difference a year makes. After bowing ignominiously out of their own Rugby World Cup at …Continue reading »
England made it 11 Test wins in a row by beating the Springboks, Wales got back on the horse after last weekend's loss, Scotland were pipped at the post and Ireland beat Canada. Who played a starring role and who fluffed their lines?Ben and gone: Youngs wrong-foots Springbok No 7 du Toit. (Photo: Getty Images)The Saints Ben Youngs and Co Joe Launchbury won the Man of the Match award but Ben Youngs made the …Continue reading »