| Posted On: August 31, 2011 | By: admin |
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Recent tweet from FINESIDE Counting Down! Webstore goes live tomorrow, 1st September, at 9:00am. Find it at www.fineside.com Share on FacebookShare on Facebook Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 30, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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A weary and jetlagged looking England rugby side arrived in Auckland before dawn today, greeted by about 100 hardcore fans. “It is like, an experience, to see England arriving to win the World Cup, in the mecca of rugby,” said Mark, a tourist from Liverpool. Sleepy looking children dressed in white with their faces painted [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 29, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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How does Jonny Wilkinson think he will respond to the fashion critics as he launches a men’s clothing label called Fineside? “I am trying to develop a thick skin,” says England rugby’s number 10. “That is definitely one thing I have learnt through sport is that to accept criticism the easiest way is to just [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 29, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has teamed up with his brother Mark to launch a fashion clothing brand that he hopes will play a major part in his life after rugby. Joining a growing line of rubgy players who have turned to tailoring from Frank Cotton to former England captain Phil Vickery, rival men’s labels should [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 28, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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Jonny Wilkinson will board the plane for his fourth Rugby World Cup on Monday more excited and enthusiastic than he has ever been before. The England fly-half’s mood was helped considerably by yesterday’s emphatic 20-9 victory over Ireland in Dublin – their first since the World Cup-winning year of 2003. Wilkinson was so obsessed with [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 28, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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Jonny Wilkinson’s expert management of England’s power game leaves Ronan O’Gara looking ill at ease in Ireland’s 20-9 defeat in their last pre-World Cup game. The two old gun-slingers strode into the last chance saloon both knowing they needed to prove their trigger fingers remained as quick as ever. By the time the gun smoke [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 27, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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Manu Tuilagi and Delon Armitage scored tries as England ended their World Cup preparations with victory over Ireland at Aviva Stadium. Tuilagi, who was highly impressive in only his second Test appearance, and Armitage touched down in each half with Jonny Wilkinson landing two conversions and two penalties. The kicking of Ronan O’Gara kept Ireland [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 26, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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Great video featuring the England squad Share on FacebookShare on Facebook Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 26, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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England’s final Rugby World Cup warm up match against Ireland is the perfect opportunity to display the kind of mentality that they hope to take into the tournament, according to fly half Jonny Wilkinson. With the RBS 6 Nations defeat against Ireland still raw for 32-year-old Wilkinson, he feels that while revenge isn’t on the [...] Share on Facebook |
| Posted On: August 25, 2011 | By: Sonja |
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Jonny Wilkinson is in the box seat to be England’s World Cup fly-half after replacing Toby Flood for Saturday’s final warm-up against Ireland. Wilkinson will pull the strings at the Aviva Stadium just a fortnight before England’s opening World Cup clash against Argentina in a new-look midfield featuring Mike Tindall and Manu Tuilagi. The England [...] Share on Facebook |