Who are the english saxson rugby team?

Question

whats the difference between england and the saxons team.

Answer 1

They just won this years Churchill Cup over NZ Maori (by the way)

Answer 2

England Saxons - formerly known as England A, the Saxons first played under their new name in the 2006 Barclays Churchill Cup.  The Saxons are coached by Jim Mallinder and also participated in a Six Nations tournament in February in which they won both their matches against Italy and Ireland A.  The Saxons is part of the RFU's Elite Player Pathway and has successfully developed a number of young players who are now playing for the senior England XV including David Strettle, Toby Flood and Mark Cueto.

2006 Squad

Delon Armitage, David Barnes, Andy Beattie, Chris Bell, James Buckland, Alex Crockett, Ayoola Erinle, Richard Haughton, Paul Hodgson, Michael Horak, Kai Horstmann, James Hudson, Ben Johnston, Nick Kennedy, Robbie Morris, Luke Narraway, David Paice, Kieran Roche, Paul Sackey, David Seymour, Dean Scholfield, Clive Stuart-Smith, Stuart Turner, Sam Vesty, Dave Walder, Micky Ward, Richard Wigglesworth, Ben Woods

They just won the Churchill Cup this last weekend beating the New Zealand Maoris in the Final.

Answer 3

The above answer is brilliant - I wish my other half had read it before he went off to Twickenham today on a corporate thingy as he had no idea, and couldn't seem to find out!

Answer 4

The England Saxons (formerly known as England A)  are the second national rugby union team behind the English national side. They are one of the three sides that compete every year in the Churchill Cup, alongside the full national teams of Canada and the United States (the most recent competition also involved Scotland A, Ireland A and New Zealand Māori).

As well as playing in the Churchill Cup in Canada and the United States the team also take part in matches against opponents from the European Six Nations teams (England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and Wales) as part of a second team development process to encourage greater strength in depth for all nations taking part.

Players do not receive a 'cap', but is still a huge honour.