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Northampton vs Gloucester
Anglo-Welsh Cup Final
15:30 GMT, 15:30 local
Northampton Saints and Gloucester go head-to-head in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup at Sixways on Sunday, with the Cherry and Whites out to provide a happy ending for their fans after Twickenham misery last season.
A pasture-diversion resembling rugby football was a pastime played by very old Greeks referred to as episkyros (Greek: ep?s?????). In Wales those a sport is named cnapan or “criapan”, and has medieval roots. The old Irish predecessor of rugby may be caid. The Cornish called it “hurling to goals” which dates back to the bronze age, the West country known it “hurling over country” (neither should to be baffled with Gaelic hurling in that the orb is hit with a stick known a hurley or hurl, not carried), East Anglians “Campball”, the French “La Soule” or “Chole” (a rough-and-stumble cross-country pastime). English villages were positively playing games of ‘fute orb’ during the 1100s. English boarding colleges would definitely have developed their own variants of this entertainment as shortly as they were established-the Eton Wall pastime being one example.
The “invention” of rugby was therefore not the act of playing early forms of the diversion at Rugby School or elsewhere but rather the actions which led up to its codification.
The game of football which was played at Rugby School between 1750 and 1859 permitted handling of the ball, but no-one was allowed to run with it in their hands towards the opposition’s goal. There was no fixed limit to the number of players per side and sometimes there were hundreds taking part in a kind of enormous rolling maul. This sport triggered major injury at times. The innovation of running with the orb was introduced some time between 1859 and 1865. William Webb Ellis has been credited with breach the local rules by running forwards with the sphere in a game in 1823. Shortly after this the Victorian mind turned to establishing printed rules for the sports that had earlier just involved local agreements, and boys from Rugby School produced the first written rules for their version of the sport in 1870. Rugby would also be considered a unsafe entertainment but fun.
Around this time the influence of Dr Thomas Arnold, Rugby’s headmaster, was opening to be felt around all the other boarding universities, and his emphasis on sport as part of a balanced education naturally encouraged the general adoption of the Rugby rules across the country, and, eventually, the world.
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Northampton Saints and Gloucester go head-to-head in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup at Sixways on Sunday, with the Cherry and Whites out to provide a happy ending for their fans after Twickenham misery last season.
Last weekend's semi-final victory over Cardiff ended Welsh interest in the tournament and went some way towards erasing the memory of a 50-12 hammering at the hands of the Blues in the 2009 final, but they face an uphill task against a Saints side eyeing another piece of silverware since landing last season's European Challenge Cup.
Nick Robinson will marshal the Gloucester backline at fly-half after inspiring their downfall while a Cardiff player last season, with Rory Lawson named at scrum-half after being released by Scotland.
In the centre, Tim Molenaar is drafted in as Mike Tindall has been recalled by England. There are further changes in the pack as Pierre Capdevielle deputises for the injured Paul Doran-Jones and Adam Eustace slots in at No.8 in place of Jake Boer.
The Saints are unbeaten in the tournament but have been hit hard by the England camp's recognition of Ben Foden and Chris Ashton's form. Both players start their country's showdown against France in Paris, but Northampton have benefited from the return of Courtney Lawes from international duty.
Lawes slots into the second-row alongside the Bulls-bound Juandre Kruger, allowing Phil Dowson to start at blindside and Roger Wilson at No.8. Neil Best completes the back-row. Shane Geraghty starts at fullback in place of Foden, with Bruce Reihana and Paul Diggin, who will play his 100th Saints game, on the wings. Stephen Myler and Lee Dickson are named at halfback.
"We've won all our games so far and we want to go one step further in Sunday," Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder said. "We want to do our best and win every game, regardless of the competition and we don't pick and choose. We've entered this competition and we want to lift the silverware.
"We've got to a final and have been putting all our emphasis and focus on a Gloucester team that will be very dangerous. They are playing a good style of rugby and have plenty of players who have come back into form over the past few weeks."
Northampton: Shane Geraghty; Bruce Reihana, Jon Clarke, James Downey, Paul Diggin; Stephen Myler, Lee Dickson; Soane Tonga'uiha, Brett Sharman, Brian Mujati, Courtney Lawes, Juandre Kruger, Phil Dowson (capt), Neil Best, Roger Wilson
Replacements: Andy Long, Regardt Dreyer, Jon Vickers, Mark Hopley, Mark Easter, Alan Dickens, Barry Everitt, Joe Ansbro
Gloucester: Freddie Burns; James Simpson-Daniel, Tim Molenaar, Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, Lesley Vainikolo; Nicky Robinson, Rory Lawson; Nick Wood, Olivier Azam, Pierre Capdevielle, Will James, Alex Brown, Peter Buxton (capt), Akapusi Qera, Adam Eustace
Replacements: Darren Dawidiuk, Yann Thomas, Rupert Harden, Apo Satala, Andy Hazell, Dave Lewis, Tom Voyce, Charlie Sharples
Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll is refusing to let complacency kick in as his side go in pursuit of the Triple Crown against Scotland on Saturday.
But O'Driscoll is adamant the result is far from being a forgone conclusion, believing the influence of new Scotland head coach Andy Robinson is already having an impact.
He said: "Andy is doing a great job. He did a great job at Edinburgh in turning them around and getting them playing some great stuff.
"They were very difficult to beat and there's a similar policy with Scotland - building defensively alongside a very strong work ethic. It's a good foundation to build from.
Memories
"They've been unlucky with some results but you only have to look back to November when they managed to beat Australia to realise they're capable of big performances when the occasion arises."I'm sure they'll see this as a big occasion and a good opportunity."
Saturday's game is the last Ireland will play at Croke Park, with Declan Kidney's side relocating to a revamped Lansdowne Road - now rebranded as the Aviva Stadium - in the autumn.
"We've had some great days at Croke Park and some not so memorable ones, but that's part and parcel of professional rugby," reminisced O'Driscoll.
"For the most part we have fantastic memories and part of us will definitely be sorry to say goodbye."
Before their recent run of winning Triple Crowns, they had completed just five clean sweeps of the home unions, with their last coming in 1985.
While the loss in France all but ended their title defence, head coach Kidney believes his side have put in a fantastic response since, although he knows Scotland are well capable of gaining a victory.
"We lost in Paris but the way the lads have come back since then has been fantastic. The Triple Crown will be an added bonus," he said.
"If the Triple Crown comes out of it, that will be brilliant.
Hungry
"But all you have to do is look at the history of the Triple Crown to see how hard it is to win these three matches."I believe this is a very good Scots side that has improved no end and has many points to prove.
"They're hugely physical. They come at you defensively so we'll have to be very sharp in trying to take our scores.
"I don't think there will be much in it at the end of the day.
"They've very big men and they're hungry. You can't coach hunger - it's either in players or it's not.
"This Scotland team is on the verge of something. We just have to make sure that it doesn't happen tomorrow."
