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Posted 587 days ago
The QBE Internationals will deliver an exciting, international competition between the northern and southern hemispheres and see the World Cup winning All Blacks play on English soil for the first time since lifting the Webb Ellis Cup at Eden Park in October.
Reflecting on the fixture announcement, representatives from all five competing unions have expressed their excitement ahead of next year’s…
Posted 588 days ago
Auckland, Canterbury, Waikato, Wellington and Otago will host All Blacks Test matches in the 2012 international season, the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) announced today.
The Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks will play Ireland in the three-Test match Steinlager Series in Auckland, Hamilton and as announced earlier today, at a redeveloped Rugby League Park in Christchurch.
The All Blacks will also…
Posted 616 days ago
As South Africans come to terms with the weekend’s quarter-final loss to Australia, Francois Pienaar, captain of the team that famously won the tournament in 1995, offers a pragmatic view on a match that he feels the Springboks could certainly have won.
“The team, management and South African supporters will all feel that the Boks were unlucky, with the indifferent refereeing…
Posted 619 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor in Wellington
ANOTHER WORLD CUP quarter-final, another edge-of-your-seat affair. This contest was in the balance right until the end as South Africa pushed for a late drop-goal but it was Australia who eventually came out on top. It wasn’t pretty but it was enthralling.
It was James O’Connor who slotted the decisive penalty in the…
Posted 619 days ago
Australia withstood tremendous pressure from South Africa to edge the quarter-final against the Springboks 11-9 in Wellington.
James O’Connor kept his nerve to kick the winning points in the 71st minute after the Wallabies had withstood plenty of pressure throughout the match.
James Horwill scored the only try of the match and Australia took an 8-3 lead into the break, but South…
Posted 621 days ago
The clearing of a number of injuries has allowed Australia to return almost in its entirety to the combination which opened its Rugby World Cup campaign, after the Wallabies side was announced for Sunday’s quarter-final against South Africa in Wellington.
Australia kicked off the tournament with a commanding 32-6 win over Italy and all of those starters apart from centre Anthony…
Posted 626 days ago
The quarter-final fixtures for Rugby World Cup 2011 have been confirmed after the completion of the pool phase on Sunday. All match times are local to New Zealand.
Saturday, 8 October
6am – Ireland (Winner Pool C) v Wales (Runner-up Pool D) at Wellington Regional Stadium
8.30am – England (Winner Pool B) v France (Runner-up Pool A) at Eden Park, Auckland
Sunday, 9 October
6am…
Posted 650 days ago
Wales have reverted largely to the side which triumphed over England at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff three weeks ago for their Rugby World Cup opener against the reigning World Champions in Wellington on Sunday (Kick-off 9.30am, uk time.)
The Wales side to face South Africa shows just three personnel changes from that which defeated the 2007 RWC finalists by 19–9…
Posted 650 days ago
South Africa’s starting XV for the Pool D match against Wales on Sunday is the most experienced line-up ever named in the history of the sport.
The 15 players combine for 815 caps, breaking the record which the Springboks set against Australia a month ago when their starting XV totalled 810 caps between them.
Nine of the 15 starters against Wales played…
Posted 655 days ago
Having pushed South Africa hard in their last three encounters, Wales coach Warren Gatland (NZL) believes his side have the credentials to succeed in their opening Pool D game against the defending champions in Wellington on 11 September.
Although their head-to-head record of just one win and one draw from 25 matches against South Africa would suggest otherwise, Gatland told a…
