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England: Ben Youngs and Ben Curry dropped for Six Nations encounter with Italy

England centurion Ben Youngs is one of those to have paid the price for their 29-23 Calcutta Cup defeat to Scotland last weekend. The scrum-half, who is the country’s most capped male player, was a key part of the squad during Eddie Jones’ tenure, but he has lasted just one match under Steve Borthwick having been dropped for this weekend’s clash against Italy. Jack van Poortvliet started the game on Saturday with Youngs coming off…

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PLAYER RATINGS | Ferencváros edge Monaco in low-quality affair

UEFA Europa League, Gameweek 2, 15/09/22 Hungarian champions Ferencváros edged a low-quality affair a the Stade Louis II. Both sides struggled to create clear-cut chances throughout the tie. Monaco’s biggest chance arguably fell to the wrong player in Ismail Jakobs, who should have scored when the ball dropped at his feet unmarked and in space just five yards out. That miss was punished minutes later when Bálint Vécsei’s deflected volley wrong-footed Alexander Nübel, who could…

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