to commemorate st george's day, the worlds of football and rugby have collided in a crossbar challenge between england stars of both sporting persuasions arsenal winger alex oxlade chamberlain and chelsea defender gary cahill pitted themselves against  jack nowell of exeter chiefs and bath's george ford at england rugby's training centre in pennyhill park, bagshot oxlade chamberlain, who used to play scrum half himself, impressed the rugby stars by taking a quick word of advice before 'nailing' his opening attempt at kicking a conversion   while cahill seemed more concerned by wearing an oversized shirt england football stars pitted themselves against their rugby counterparts in a st george's day challenge  (l r) george ford, jack nowell, alex oxlade chamberlain and gary cahill take to the field at pennyhill park  the sports superstars pose for a picture before taking part in the crossbar challenge with a twist  bath rugby's ford shows his football playing opponents how to take a kick  nowell did hit the crossbar with a nonchalant kick during practice and uploaded the evidence with an instagram video and the caption 'happy #stgeorgesday! to celebrate, @garyjcahill & @alexoxchamberlain took on @jacknowell & @george fordy in a special cross code challenge #englandconnected' however, when the competition started proper it was his team mate ford who came closest with an effort that skimmed the bar oxlade chamberlain and ford practice their keepy up skills with the oval balls  oxlade chamberlain admittedly let himself down while cahill wasn't pleased with his oversize shirt  howell slumps to the floor after missing the crossbar with an embarrassing attempt  cahill's request to dedicate his kick to st george's day was agreed to by oxlade chamberlain, who said: 'you can do what you want, you're winning the league' the blues centre half duly fluffed his lines but enjoyed the experience enough to share his own instagram picture of group, accompanied by the caption: “happy sgeorge’s day everyone! you can see me, @alexoxchamberlain @jacknowell & @george fordy in a special rugby v football crossbar challenge , the video is on my facebook page #england #stgeorgesday #togetherforengland #proud #rfu #threelions #football #rugby #crossbarchallenge” gunners forward oxlade chamberlain also admittedly 'let himself down' with a series of failed attempts much to the amusement of all those involved
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