🏉 Match Day: Raeburn Shield on the line Today, England take on Argentina — and the Raeburn Shield is up for grabs. ➡️ England are aiming for a sixth straight defence as the current Linear World Champions. 🇦🇷 Argentina are looking to reclaim the Shield for the first time since 1986. A high-stakes test match with history in the balance. — 🔎 What’s the Raeburn Shield? It’s rugby’s unofficial men’s world title — passed on in a lineal format, match by match, just like boxing. Win the Shield match, and you take it home. A fan-led tribute to the roots of rugby and its greatest rivalries. #RaeburnShield #rugby #rugbyunion #ARGvENG #lospumas #Englishrugby
Match day. We have got England today playing against Argentina. And let me tell you, it isn’t just a regular test match because actually England are going for six matches as the linear world title holds. They have the Rayburn Shield. Now, all that really is is just a big game of winner stays on. Essentially, if you hold it, you have to defend it. Argentina haven’t held it since 1986. And in fact, they’ve only held it twice. So, it’s a huge opportunity for them. But for England, they haven’t done six matches in a row since the 2000s, I don’t think. And in fact, the best ever run for them is 10 matches, which was done with that great 2003 team. Now, excuse me if I’m a little bit puffed. Me and my team are riding 480 km to Luxembourg. And at the moment, we’re on uphill, but I need you to spread the word. So, show me what you can do in terms of letting people know that the linear world title, the Rabbon Shield’s on the line today. And help me out cuz I’m on the bike for the next probably 9 hours. All right, cher. My