📰 MATCH REPORTS | Double delight for England England Deaf Rugby Union (EDRU) as both their Women’s & Men’s sides win in Bedford 🙌

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FULL TIME | A fantastic spectacle at Goldington Road 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🫶 England Deaf Rugby Union (EDRU) win the Broadstreet Cup and maintain England’s perfect record of sending representative sides to Bedford 🤝

Huge congratulations also to Welsh Rugby Union 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - a great day 👌

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Congratulations England Deaf Rugby Union (EDRU) - loved taking photos of you again 🌹🏆

80+’ TRY WALES! The visitors get a score for their efforts this afternoon and it’s the captain, Ryan Challis to score 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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79’ TRY ENGLAND! The hosts have another and it’s clever work from close range; Henry Bennett dots it down.

Healy adds the extras to bring up 50 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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78’ TRY ENGLAND! A breakaway score and Jack Slark has a try in debut.

Joe Healy adds the extras 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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66’ TRY ENGLAND! It’s a cracking counter attack and Sam Brabazon is there to apply the finishing touch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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70’ TRY ENGLAND! A very popular score - his family must be in attendance! - and Connor Oughton dots down.

Joe Healy converts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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📸 MATCH ACTION 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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48’ PENALTY TRY ENGLAND! A massive scrum from the hosts and they extend their lead to 12 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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45’ Fourth penalty from Celyn Ashton sees Wales reduce the arrears 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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41’ TRY ENGLAND! Well that’s the way to mark to your arrival on the international deaf rugby scene 🔥

Less than 40 seconds after coming on as a half-time replacement, Connor Oughton marks his debut with a try 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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SECOND HALF | Back underway at GR 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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HALF TIME | An intriguing game here at Goldington Road - England Deaf Rugby Union (EDRU) hold a slim advantage against WRU Deaf 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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40+’ Third penalty goal from Celyn Ashton closes the gap. That’s HT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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36’ WRU Deaf retake the lead thanks to a second penalty from Celyn Ashton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Always superb to have Claire Jones 📸 with us

KICK OFF | We are underway at Goldington Road for todays special international Deaf fixture 🙌

Always a cracker between England & Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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6’ WRU Deaf open the scoring with a lovely penalty kick from Celyn Ashton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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