| Jo Yapp | The 2006 Six Nations Grand Slam winners, who are ranked second for the tournament behind the reigning World champions the Black Ferns, will be led by Worcester scrum-half Jo Yapp. Jo, whose family farm in Clee Hill, is a P.E. teacher at Bewdley High School. This is her 3rd World Cup after representing England in Holland in 1998 and Spain in 2002. England prepared for the tournament with a three week programme in England and five days training in Calgary. Throughout the tournament BBC Hereford and Worcester will be running an exclusive diary from Jo in Canada. |
Wednesday 13 September Everyone is in a good mood today...we are so pleased to be in the World Cup Final! The morning started with pool recovery for the NPR's (non playing reserves), and the players who only had a small amount of time on the pitch. Then it was off to the gym and unit meetings to discuss how we played in the semi-final against Canada on Tuesday. We had a nice afternoon, going out to a restaurant and then on a trip out to Fort Edmonton, an outdoor museum about Edmonton in the 1900's. It was great fun and a nice relaxing afternoon out and we even got a ride on a carriage drawn by Curly and River. We had a good end to a good day with another trip out in the evening to the Comedy Strip in town, which all our friends and families were invited to. ENGLAND'S WORLD CUP SCHEDULE: September 16 - Consolation Finals (All Ellerslie Rugby Park):
Loser M21 v Loser M22. KO 5pm. Winner M23 v Winner M24. KO 2.30pm. Loser M23 v Loser M24. KO 12pm. September 17 - Finals (All at the Commonwealth Stadium) Winner M21 v Winner M 22. KO 12pm. Loser M19 v Loser M20. KO 2.30pm. Winner M19 v Winner M20. KO 5pm. | 
