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Posted 611 days ago
Craig Joubert will take charge of his first Rugby World Cup Final after the International Rugby Board (IRB) announced that the South African has been appointed to the New Zealand versus France Rugby World Cup 2011 Final at Eden Park on Sunday, October 23.
Joubert, who took charge of the New Zealand versus Australia semi-final on Sunday, becomes only the second…
Posted 612 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor at Eden Park
SO THE omens of 1987 continue and New Zealand have made it through to the World Cup final after comfortably seeing off the world’s No 2 side Australia. They now have a great chance of lifting the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time in 24 years as they will face…
Posted 764 days ago
BRIAN O’DRISCOLL is one of rugby’s more articulate players, but after Ireland’s 21-11 defeat by New Zealand in Wellington in 2008 he wasn’t quite as comfortable speaking to the media. Asked to do a television interview straight after the final whistle, the Ireland captain found himself struggling for words and visibly shivering as his body reacted to a game played…
Posted 881 days ago
Nick ‘Snapper’ Evans – the Harlequins fly half, took some time out during the festive period to chat to Rugby World about Big Game 3 – the post Christmas clash against London Irish at Twickenham last year. Plus being grumpy when he doesnt eat and getting Kate Hudson to do the dishes.
Rugby World: Are you looking forward to Big Game…
Posted 881 days ago
Jerry Collins at home at Ospreys
To celebrate his 30th birthday, Jerry Collins grabbed a bite to eat at Nando’s and received a cupcake. Given that the back-rower spent more time on the pitch last season than any other Ospreys player – 2,229 minutes to be exact – you would have thought that the region could have splashed out on a proper…
Posted 882 days ago
In response to the famous All Blacks skills video the Brumbies put on a parody, something all together funnier. They promise no trick photography and they are good to their promise, raising a few smiles along the way. Lovely to see them not taking themselves too seriously! Which one do you prefer?
And here is the original All Blacks video the…
Posted 896 days ago
England and Scotland now know their final pool opponents for next year’s World Cup with Romania the last team to qualify for the New Zealand tournament.
Romania held Uruguay to a 21-21 draw in Montevideo in the first play-off leg before triumphing 39-12 in Bucharest to maintain their 100% participation record at the World Cup. They now complete Pool B…
Posted 910 days ago
Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has announced that ITV has been awarded the UK Broadcast rights for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand and Host Broadcast rights for Rugby World Cup 2015 in England. The announcement follows a rigorous process managed by RWCL’s exclusive commercial agents IMG throughout June and July during which five parties submitted bids in response…
Posted 924 days ago
Ever imagined what these guys would be like if faced on the playground? The childhood favourite game of Last Man Standing [or Bulldogs] was played by the 2005 Great British Lions and New Zealand teams. Deep down these scary giants are just kids wishing they were back at the park. Watch both videos as the second has commentary from…
Posted 924 days ago
Got just over 2 and a half minutes to spare…? This compilation of clips celebrates great tries, plays and skill and rugby at its best. Heres a look at why the Wallabies are such a force on the international scene.
