England to play with names on shirts
England will have names on their shirts for the first time in their upcoming Autumn Nations Series fixtures.
The 23-player men’s squad will all wear their names on the backs of their shirts from their opening game against Argentina at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday 6 November (2.15pm KO).
Ellis Genge, Jack Nowell and Marcus Smith posed with their new shirts at their training camp in Jersey, where England are preparing for the four games.
"We are delighted to be featuring player names on the back of England shirts for our men’s international Test matches this autumn," said RFU CEO Bill Sweeney.
"We hope this will lead the way for us to consider names on shirts to further promote our world class England international players participating in other international tournaments across the men’s and women’s game.
"While fans and players will always take ultimate pride in flying the flag and wearing the Rose to support England rugby teams, we think player names on shirts may have the potential to bring fans closer to the international stars of our game and we look forward to seeing the reaction to this initiative."
