by David Marsh In-form Welshman Justin Tipuric will have to settle for a spot on the replacements bench on Saturday when Wales travel to Twickenham for their pool A crunch…
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Where to watch England v Wales and the rest of the weekend’s games
Six more games of World Cup rugby grace our television screens this weekend, including the big game between England and Wales at Twickenham on Saturday. As ever, ITV has full…
“Who’s that?” Sam Burgess asks when questioned about Wales’ Scott Williams
Sam Burgess ruffled a few feathers in England’s press conference on Thursday by claiming not to know who Wales centre Scott Williams was. Williams reportedly said earlier that he would…
Georgia game has become a knockout match, says Argentina’s Lobbe
When Argentina face Georgia at Kingsholm today (Friday) they know that a defeat will leave their hopes of progressing from Pool C in tatters. Defeat against reigning champions New Zealand…
Pyrgos to captain Scotland as Cotter makes ten changes for USA game
Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Henry Pyrgos will captain Scotland against the USA having replaced Greig Laidlaw in the No 9 shirt from the win over Japan on Wednesday. Laidlaw scored 20…
11 of the best tweets of the Rugby World Cup so far
Tweets from David Flatman, Matt Giteau and Rhys Webb make our list of ten great tweets of the World Cup so far.
Poll: are you in favour of rugby adopting the six-point try?
At the moment the Welsh Premiership are trialling a new points system where a try is worth six points and all kicks – from drop-goals to penalties and conversions – are worth just…
Record scorer Pritchard comes out of retirement to answer Canada call-up
James Pritchard has been called into the Canada squad to replace the injured Liam Underwood despite having retired from international rugby last month. Pritchard, who is Canada’s record points scorer…
Picking Farrell and Burgess is not a risk, insists Lancaster
Stuart Lancaster insists he is not taking any risks by selecting either Owen Farrell or Sam Burgess in his side to face Wales on Saturday. The England coach made the…
Conor Murray prepared to play in every game in Ireland’s World Cup campaign
Ireland’s Conor Murray is prepared to be a busy man over the next few weeks as Ireland have only named two specialist scrum-halves in their 31-man squad. The Limerick-born back…