Published Date:
03 February 2010
BRIAN Ashton, MBE, the former Head Coach of the England national rugby team, visited Stonyhurst College last week.
He gave a talk to pupils at Stonyhurst's junior department, St Mary's Hall, in which he described the atmosphere among the England players as they prepared to play World Cup matches, and talked about some of the top players he has coached.
After taking lots of questions from his spell-bound audience, he then coached the rugby teams. "It was an awesome experience, being coached by Mr Ashton," said Gabriel Strain (13), from Hurst Green, "and his talk was amazing."
Brian Ashton taught rugby and history at Stonyhurst for eight years in the 1980s, where his pupils included Kyran Bracken and Will Greenwood who both played for England.
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Last Updated:
03 February 2010 12:15 PM
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