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Posted 588 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 591 days ago
WARREN GATLAND named his Wales team to play Ireland in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final in Wellington and admitted that the selection meeting had been one of the toughest of his career.
Rookie fly-half Rhys Priestland retains the No 10 jersey ahead of Wales most-capped player Stephen Jones, who doesn’t make the 22, while Leigh Halfpenny’s good form has been rewarded with…
Posted 635 days ago
England Team Manager, Martin Johnson, has announced the 30-man squad that will travel to New Zealand for next month’s Rugby World Cup.
Captain, Lewis Moody, will lead the side into the tournament where they face Argentina (September 10), Georgia (September 18), Romania (September 24) and Scotland (October 1) in the pool stages.
The squad, made up of 17 forwards and 13 backs,…
Posted 635 days ago
Ireland coach Declan Kidney today announced the 30 man squad for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The squad will be captained by Brian O’Driscoll and contains a split of sixteen forwards and fourteen backs.
Fifteen players will be travelling to the Rugby World Cup for the first time including the recently capped Fergus McFadden and Conor Murray. Nine of…
Posted 655 days ago
ROSS RENNIE will make his first start for Scotland against Ireland on Saturday at Murrayfield as he bids for a place in Andy Robinson’s 30-man World Cup squad.
The Edinburgh openside replaces John Barclay in one of five changes to the team that played Italy in the Six Nations, while Scotland coach Andy Robinson has also made one positional switch.
Robinson said:…
Posted 680 days ago
By Charity Knight
THE START of this year’s Tri-Nations will be marred by controversy, as South Africa have withdrawn 21 players from their World Cup training squad for the away leg of the tournament because of injuries.
The Springboks are set to meet Australia in Sydney on 23 July and New Zealand in Wellington on 30 July with a significantly weakened team.
The…
Posted 734 days ago
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor
ANTICS ON the football field lately, particularly the endless diving and poor attitudes on show in the Barcelona-Real Madrid Champions League semi-final, have left many fans disenchanted with the game. Then there are all the sordid tales of off-field misbehaviour in the tabloids – and that’s before you consider all the stories now protected…
Posted 754 days ago
DREW MITCHELL is aiming to return from injury in time from the World Cup.
The Australia wing dislocated his ankle and broke a bone in his leg while playing for the Waratahs in a Super Rugby match against the Reds at the weekend, and the initial prognosis ruled him out for around six months. That meant playing at New Zealand 2011…
Posted 795 days ago
CHRISTCHURCH WILL will no longer be a venue for Rugby World Cup games this autumn following the earthquake in the city.
The AMI Stadium – or Stadium Christchurch as it would have been called during the tournament – requires extensive repairs following last month’s earthquake and it’s not known how long they will take. Coupled with the damage to infrastructure in…
Posted 1294 days ago
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