The tournament continues tomorrow with England currently 2 from 2 playing their final pool match against Wales who are 1 from 2. The England squad will have both Berkshire players Jack Willis and Jonathan Joseph in their ranks and Jack will have a further incentive as he could end up facing his former fellow county and England U20 Johnny Williams (who has been retained in the starting line-up for Wales in the centre after his good showing last week against Georgia). These two were teammates in the triumphant England Un20 squad that won the Junior World Cup in 2016.
Both Jack (Highdown & Reading Abbey) and Johnny (Little Heath & Rams) played in the Reading Schools Cup as well in their early years and this was a critical part of their development of playing the sport that has become their professional careers.
This game will be considered by both teams as a one of where Wales new look line up will be tested against developing England squad who have won their two previous matches based upon a strong defence as opposed to creative attack (apart from Jonny Mays moment of brilliance).
THE TEAMS
THIS WEEKS FIXTURES
Sat 28th Nov
4.00PM WALES VS ENGLAND (LIVE ON Prime)
8.10PM FRANCE VS ITALY (LIVE ON Prime)
Sun 29th Nov
2.00PM IRELAND VS GEORGIA (LIVE ON Ch4)
THE TOURNAMENT
The tournament features the Six Nation teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, as well as Georgia but with the Fijian side still not being able to play (due to isolation) there are the following games to watch.
Amongst those representing so far include our own Berkshire boys Jack Willis (Debut), Jonathan Joseph (51 Caps) and Johnny Williams (Debut)
(See details about Jack WIllis debut and Johnny Williams in our separate features
The eight teams, split into two pools.
| POOL A | POOL B | |
| England | France | |
| Ireland | Scotland | |
| Wales | Italy | |
| Georgia | Fiji | |
The final standings in each group will decide the play-off games, with 1st v 1st, 2nd v 2nd, 3rd v 3rd, and 4th v 4th.
HOW YOU CAN WATCH THE AUTUMN NATIONS CUP FOR FREE!
With the games initially planned as being the first return to crowds they have become no crowd matches due to lockdown but are ALL being shown on AMAZON PRIME TV (14 of the 16 LIVE ). However, the England RFU have been working with Amazon to provide an opportunity for fans to take advantage of a free one-month trial with Amazon Prime so you can watch England Rugby for free during the tournament, while also supporting your Berkshire club.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Amazon have opened their registration for rugby clubs to become Amazon Associates. This means that for every trial that you sign up to you can link to your specific rugby club link
The club will then receive £3 for every member of the community who signs up to Amazon through their club’s unique Associates link.
- Fans who sign up to Amazon on a free trial to watch the Tournament also receive other Prime benefits.
- There is no expectation for members to stay on Prime past the free trial period. The club will make £3 from every sign-up via the unique link, regardless of whether the member stays on past the trial period.
We are aware of several clubs within the county who have signed up within Berkshire to date namely; Maidenhead RFC and Windsor RFC . For other clubs please make contact with your club coordinators as it costs you as an individual nothing during the trial period.
TERRESTRIAL TV
Channel 4 will be showing the Ireland vs Wales game from 6.30pm on Friday 13th November and England vs Ireland 3pm on the 21st November. There will also be a highlights programme on Channel 4 on Sunday 15th November at 11pm and again during the tournament.
