The one in a million fluke which wrecked a career
Shahid Mahmood was in his mid thirties when he made a brave career move. His skills as a fully qualified engineer no longer guaranteed work and being a taxi driver brought no satisfaction.
Tom Curry Sport News
Injury-ridden England make six changes in training squad
Nov 9 : England's injury woes deepened with knocks to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Seb Atkinson in Sunday's record win over Australia and coach Steve Borthwick has made six changes to his 36-man training squad ahead of this weekend's Japan test.
England without injured Mitchell for Nations Championship matches
Nov 2 : England coach Steve Borthwick named a 36-player squad without scrumhalf Alex Mitchell on Monday for November's Nations Championship fixtures against Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
Pollock on the bench again for England against Argentina
July 16 : England coach Steve Borthwick has named an unchanged starting team for the Nations Championship test against Argentina in Santiago del Estero on Saturday, with loose-forward Henry Pollock on the bench again.
Slade starts as England set to debut trio off the bench against Fiji
July 9 : Centre Henry Slade will start England's Nations Championship clash with Fiji at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool on Saturday, while George Kloska, Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Noah Caluori are set to make their debuts off the bench.
South Africa braced for fired-up England in Ellis Park showdown
July 3 : South Africa captain Siya Kolisi is not reading anything into England’s poor 2026 Six Nations campaign and expects the visitors to be psyched up to claim a rare win in Johannesburg in their Nations Championship opener on Saturday.
Pollock on the bench as England name team to face Springboks
July 2 : Fin Smith has been given the nod at flyhalf and livewire back row Henry Pollock is on the bench in the England side named by coach Steve Borthwick on Thursday to face South Africa in their opening Nations Championship fixture in Johannesburg on Saturday.
England name five uncapped players in squad for Nations Championship
June 22 : England coach Steve Borthwick has named a 36-player squad for the first three matches of their inaugural Nations Championship campaign in July that includes a trip to Johannesburg to face world champions South Africa.
Chessum starts on flank in only change for England against France
LONDON, March 10 : Ollie Chessum will start at blindside flanker for England in their final Six Nations game against France in Paris on Saturday in the only change to the team beaten by Italy last weekend, as coach Steve Borthwick resisted another major overhaul.