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The England Touch Association (ETA) and In2Touch have agreed a new strategic partnership for at least the next three years to help grow Touch Rugby across the country and to work together to develop all aspects of the sport. The ETA and In2Touch have worked together for many years, but this new partnership marks the start of a new era for both organisations and for Touch Rugby ...

The England Touch Association (ETA) and Boing have announced an exciting new partnership which will introduce primary school age children across the country to the core skills which underpin Touch Rugby. 2022 saw the ETA launch Super6, a version of Touch Rugby specifically designed for schools to introduce the sport to new young players, which was successfully rolled out by coa ...

The survey, titled Touch Rugby Environment in the UK, is designed to help better understand those that play the game and ultimately make it even more inclusive for everyone. Together with Pride In Touch, we’re calling on all Touch players in the UK to complete the survey. It takes 15 minutes and can be accessed by CLICKING HERE. By taking the survey, players are helping to cre ...

England Touch has teamed up with the Independent Schools Association to offer its 608 member schools the opportunity to take part in a Touch festival at Maidenhead RFC in May. The festival, which will run between 10:30am and 3:00pm on Friday, May 12th, 2023, will be for Mixed teams (3 boys and 3 girls on the field at any one time) in the Under-11, Under-13 and Under-15 age cate ...

England Touch is consolidating the Mixed National Touch Series for 2023, bringing the previous Elite and Development competitions together into one coherent structure in which teams can progress through the national ranks. The move formalises the way that the Elite and Development competitions were organised in 2022 into four divisions, with space available for up to 16 teams i ...

With a new year comes a new format for the Mens National Touch Series and Womens National Touch Series, which will be played out during the weekends of May 20-21 and June 3-4, 2023, with both events at Banbury RFC. In acknowledgement of the two distinct competitions, England Touch has streamlined these into two National Touch Series, rather than the previous sub-sets of the Men ...

Peterborough Coach John Cranston joins us for our latest Club Focus. What are the origins of ‘Borough Touch? I believe Peterborough Touch started in 2014. Touch was taught at a few local schools. Max Raymond's daughter Fran really enjoyed it along with some others. There was also a few South Africans playing socially, the two merged together and the club was born. Local tournam ...