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BBC News
18-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Win the first Test, win the series
Ex-Wallabies scrum-half Will Genia joined the Rugby Union Weekly podcast this week and gave his prediction for the Test series."I look at that Lions team on paper and I think – what a team," said Genia."There are world-class players all across it but I do give us a chance. I think we have some athletes in our team that can really challenge this Lions team and if we can create some time and space for them we can get in the game."Whoever wins the first Test will win the series because you gain confidence and rhythm for the remaining games.""Australia win 2-1. We win the first and third Tests."
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Combinations take time on Lions tour
Scrum-half Alex Mitchell says building combinations "takes time" on British and Irish Lions tours and believes he is starting to find his feet with the players around Mitchell scored a well-taken try and was a standout performer in the Lions' 21-10 win over New South Wales Waratahs on Saturday in Tomos Williams' tour ending through injury, Mitchell is now in a strong position to likely back up Jamison Gibson-Park in the first Test against Australia on the 19 July in Brisbane."Different people see the game differently," Mitchell, who is known for his running game, told BBC Sport."It has been a fantastic couple of weeks now we're really starting to gel."There is times you need to stick with the shape and go through moves, but they [the coaching staff] give me a full licence to bring my running game alive."I thought times today the lads were fantastic at getting off me."It takes time with these combinations. The players we have got on the tour are going to be exciting."
BBC News
17-06-2025
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- BBC News
Williams hopes to do Wales proud in Lions shirt
Scrum-half Tomos Williams hopes he and Jac Morgan can do Wales proud when they play for the British and Irish Williams and Ospreys flanker Morgan are the only two Wales players in Andy Farrell's 38-man squad that will face Argentina on Friday night in Dublin before the nine-match tour of is Wales' lowest contingent for almost 100 years after a record run of 17 international defeats."I try not to put too much pressure on myself, but it is just me and Jac [from Wales]," said Williams."I don't want to speak for him but we are so hugely proud."It is such an honour to represent your country and the Lions and hopefully we can do them proud." 'Lot to thank Gloucester for' Williams says he hopes to follow in the Lions footsteps of outstanding Wales scrum-halves Sir Gareth Edwards, Brynmor Williams, Terry Holmes, Robert Jones, Rob Howley, Dwayne Peel, Mike Phillips and Gareth Davies. Williams was named Gallagher Premiership Player of the Season after a standout debut campaign with 30-year-old joined Gloucester from Cardiff in 2024 and helped them to a fifth-placed finish in the Premiership, narrowly missing out on the play-offs by two points."Being in Wales was pretty tough, especially over the last couple of years playing internationally," said Williams."I think the move to Gloucester helped me a lot and given me a break from the international rugby as well and it is nice to go back there."The way we played suited me and I have got a lot to thank Gloucester for."Williams' performances saw him named in the Lions squad alongside England's Alex Mitchell and Ireland number nine Jamison Gibson-Park, who missed Leinster's United Rugby Championship (URC) final win against Bulls on Saturday. The Farrell aura Williams has been impressed by the approach of Lions head coach Farrell."I think he has such an aura around the place," said Williams."Everybody turns their heads when he speaks."The level of detail and clarity he gives you is class."Following a warm weather training week in Portugal where he shared a room with England fly-half Fin Smith, Williams is in line to be involved in the warm-up fixture against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium on Friday, 20 June (20:00 BST)."It is about trying to put what we worked out in the week," said Williams."It has been a pretty short period to get things going. Hopefully we can see how we have trained and put it into practice on the pitch and that will be half the battle. "It is not putting too much pressure on ourselves, getting that game plan in place and playing the way we want to play."
BBC News
10-06-2025
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- BBC News
England call up Bracken & Porter for training camp
Scrum-halves Charlie Bracken and Will Porter have been named in an England training squad for a four-day camp, while Northampton full-back George Furbank will continue his rehabilitation from concussion as part of the get-together at Pennyhill Bracken - the eldest son of 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Kyran - is in the senior squad for the first time after representing England Under-20s and spending part of this season on loan at Championship side Porter has been rewarded for impressive form for England A with promotion to the senior squad. Coach Steve Borthwick is without several scrum-half options, with first-choice Alex Mitchell selected for the British and Irish Lions while Leicester's Jack van Poortvliet and Bath's Ben Spencer are preparing for Saturday's Premiership final and Bristol's Harry Randall is was forced off early in Northampton's Champions Cup final defeat by Bordeaux-Begles last month after being concussed. He has had a season interrupted by injury after fracturing his arm in a win over South Africa's Bulls in December and missing the 2025 Six will play a France XV in a non-cap match at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium on Saturday, 21 June before the final touring party is named for the summer's two-Test tour of Argentina and one-off match against the United States in Washington. England training squad Forwards:Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Richard Capstick (Exeter), Arthur Clark (Gloucester), Alex Coles (Northampton), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Ben Curry (Sale), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Manny Iyogun (Northampton), Jack Kenningham (Harlequins), George Kloska (Bristol), Curtis Langdon (Northampton), Tom Lockett (Northampton), Gabriel Oghre (Bristol), Tom Pearson (Northampton), Bevan Rodd (Sale), Tom Willis (Saracens).Backs:Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester), Seb Atkinson (Gloucester), Oscar Beard (Harlequins), Charlie Bracken (Saracens), Joe Carpenter (Sale), Fraser Dingwall (Northampton), Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter), George Ford (Sale), Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (Sale), Cadan Murley (Harlequins), Luke Northmore (Harlequins), Will Porter (Harlequins), Raffi Quirke (Sale), Tom Roebuck (Sale), Henry Slade (Exeter), Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton).Rehabilitation: George Furbank (Northampton).Not considered for selection: Joe Batley (Bristol), Ollie Lawrence (Bath), Alex Lozowski (Saracens), George Martin (Leicester), Harry Randall (Bristol). More to follow.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Scrum-half Davies signs new Ospreys deal
Scrum-half Luke Davies has signed a new deal with 23-year-old has made 26 appearances and scored three tries since making his debut in Ospreys' opening fixture against Connacht last season."The Ospreys has felt like home for me since I joined, some of my best mates are here and every day I come to work, I get a real buzz," said Davies."It's been great for me to train alongside Reubs [Morgan-Williams] and Kieran [Hardy], and I feel like this has really helped in growing myself as a player and a person." Ospreys head coach Mark Jones, said: "We're really lucky to have some quality strength in depth at scrum-half and Luke is an important part of that. "Each one of our nines have a unique point of difference, whilst also offering that consistency and level-headedness that's required at the position."Ospreys have not announced the length of Davies' new contract.
