Sport 22-12-2003 who: England Rugby Team what: Beat New Zealand Barbarians 42-17 where: TWICKENHAM when: Saturday snippet: The game was marred for Richard Hill by a broken nose in the second-half "to go with the 13 stitches under his eye after a first-half clash of heads," says The Guardian. He was left "looked as if he had just gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson," writes Paul Rees. "I don`t like looking like this," comments Hill. "It scares my nieces". Meanwhile, The Sun proudly announces that it has "saved for the nation the historic rugby balls used in England`s fantastic World Cup victory over Australia," although they can`t be sure which of the four was kicked to glory by Jonny Wilkinson in the dying seconds. In other rugby union news, Leeds beat visiting Gloucester 22-18, Wasps thrashed Saracens 41-0, Northampton beat Leicester 14-0, Bath beat Newcastle 22-10 and Edinburgh lost 21-27 to Ulster in the Celtic Cup final. [... more]

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