Just back from sunny Swansea (and it was) supporting Ms Marco in the England U18 Touch Rugby team in the first ever U18 Euro Championships (home nations, plus France and Switzerland). Ms Marco did her bit for a sponsor, Sport Tape, by having continuous runs of tape from neck to heel down each leg applied by the physios - photos on England Touch Facebook page.
England won the pool stages (10 matches, each opponent played twice) and the semi-final against Scotland, but lost to Wales 6-3 in the final. Galling as England had beaten Wales in both pool matches, but congratulations to Wales.
Brilliant game (I like it much better than sevens), brilliant tournament. Adult Euro Champs started yesterday with about 20 national & regional teams. Hopefully another U18 Euro champs next year in Dublin, and hopefully the Swiss will be there; they turned up with flags, cowbells and huge smiles determined to enjoy themselves, and beat France (who fell to stereotypical bickering amongst themselves) in the 5th/6th playoff match to much applause.