News about Archie Griffin

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Forget the gimmicks, light shows, DJs and live bands - England should be thrilling the crowd on the pitch, not off it

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 11, 2024
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England's victory over Wales was a poor game between two teams that are discussing rebuilding. I don't like the plot. The two best teams both countries were able to defeat at Twickenham on Saturday night were the two best sides both countries were able to put out. It's not about rebuilding. It's about winning. At the end of the tale. To me, this kind of talk establishes a mentality in which you are barely making an excuse for losing. It's a cop out. That shouldn't be happening in the Six Nations, which is rugby's pinnacle.

As a Wales twist, England will keep the host team unchanged for the first time in FOUR years in the hopes to demolish Warren Gatland's new-look XV

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 7, 2024
On Saturday, England will face Wales for the first time in more than four years, while the visitors have gone the other way by redesigning almost half of their lineup. Although England's Steve Borthwick is expected to stick, Warren Gatland has chosen to twist. The Wales head coach announced his Twickenham team a day early and it featured seven starting changes, while his England counterpart is expected to select the same XV that began with the victory over Italy in Rome on the first weekend of the Six Nations. The team will be announced at 1 p.m. today at 1 p.m. If, as predicted, it will be the starters that defeated Italy, the first time England has gone unchanged since the World Cup final in 2019. Borthwick's pick, in part, and partially due to the postponement of casualties.

In his Six Nations squad, Wales head coach Warren Gatland selects five uncapped players, after Louis Rees-Zammit unexpectedly left the game to pursue his NFL aspirations on the eve of the tournament

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 16, 2024
After the wing was released by Gloucester with immediate effect to request a player in the NFL, they would be without Zammit, and Gatland was caught off guard. "I learned it about an hour ago," he said. About half an hour ago, I think I spoke to Louis. It's a little surprise. Gloucester had contacted us and I talked with George Skivington (club's director of rugby) about 12. ' In the last 24 hours, stuff has happened very quickly.'