Sports Briefing | Rugby: Depleted England Loses
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South Africa routed England, 36-0, in their World Cup group match, handing the defending champion its biggest defeat in 30 games at the tournament. England, which has slipped to seventh from first in the rankings, was missing its captain, Phil Vickery, because of suspension. Its regular fly-half, Jonny Wilkinson, and his backup, Olly Barkley, were injured.
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England&#39;s performance against minnows the United States in their opening Rugby World Cup game was lambasted by British newspapers Sunday as &quot;diabolical&quot; and &quot;appallingly poor.&quot;
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England end day four of the third Test on 151-5, facing a big loss to South Africa.
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Andy Robinson has lost his job as head coach of the England rugby union team here with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced he was standing down with immediate effect.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: England captain left out of team to face Tonga on Friday.
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England's Six Nations build-up, already hit by injuries to leading players, suffered another setback when Newcastle centre Jamie Noon limped out of an English Premiership match.
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The England head coach Andy Robinson&#39;s midfield problems worsened yesterday when Will Greenwood was ruled out of the Six Nations Championship after an operation on his shoulder, enhancing the prospect of Jonny Wilkinson returning to the side at centre.
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England look well set for victory in the first Test against South Africa after being set 142 to win in Port Elizabeth. The Proteas lost the last six wickets of their second innings for just 28 runs as Simon
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England centre Will Greenwood was effectively ruled out of the 2005 Six Nations Championship with a shoulder injury that left England having to find a new midfield duo for the start of the competition.
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England end day two of the third Test 175 ahead after West Indies suffer a dramatic collapse at Old Trafford.
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England bat first and lose Michael Vaughan early in the must-win one-day international in Brisbane.
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England are facing an injury scare over flanker Richard Hill.
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Mike Tindall is ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations while David Strettle, Lewis Moody and Tom Rees will all miss England's match against Italy.
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England coach Brian Ashton rues his side's collapse in the 55-22 defeat to South Africa.
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England are in trouble against South Africa in the Second Test at Kingsmead after being bowled out for just 139. It is the first time they had been bowled out in their first innings for less than 200 since
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England's hopes of reclaiming the Six Nations trophy have suffered a setback after World Cup winning centre Mike Tindall was ruled out of action for eight weeks with a stress fracture of his right foot.