World class Rugby comes to Weetwood

400 excited Rugby fans packed the sidelines of Weetwood Playing Fields this morning to watch the England Rugby Union team train and Leeds Student’s Sports Editors were there to capture all the action.

Journos twittering waiting for the England team to show!!!!!! #rfu twitter.com/SportLS/status…

— Leeds Student Sport (@SportLS) January 27, 2012

 

The squad were training in Yorkshire because of coach Stewart Lancaster’s strong links to Leeds University Rugby and local team Leeds Carnegie.

Before the training began Rob Wadsworth, Head of University Sport, said he was delighted to host the England team, adding that today represented an acknowledgement of how much university sport had improved.

The team, which included one current and one former Leeds student, warmed up, practiced line-outs, signed autographs for crowd, and obviously made a good impression…

 

Eyup England. @Urbanenergiefit can’t stop trying to get their attention. #Desperate #RFU #EPS yfrog.com/h68dtmmj

— David Tiplady (@Tippy679) January 27, 2012

 

While posing for photos for fans England second row, Tom Palmer said “the training session was good but tough.”

See next Friday’s Leeds Student for the full interview with some of the team, and in the meantime follow @sportls for updates on Leeds University Sport.