Wales coach Warren Gatland has stuck with scrum-half Gareth Davies for the crunch game against England on Saturday evening, with the experienced Mike Phillips failing to make the bench. Lloyd…
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Wales confused over World Rugby’s official warning for training ‘rules’ breach
Governing body World Rugby has handed Wales an official warning after it was discovered that players from outside their 31-man squad were taking part in training sessions, but Warren Gatland…
RWC 2015: Which team has the world’s strongest scrum?
We’ll find out who the best team in the world are on October 31st, but the best scrum in the game might be known before then. New Zealand‘s Dane Coles…
Watch: referee Nigel Owens lays down the law to Mamuka Gorgodze
Few people want to get on the wrong side of Georgia captain Mamuka Gorgodze on the rugby pitch, but referee Nigel Owens showed he isn’t afraid of the big man.…
George Ford dropped as Lancaster makes four changes for Wales game
Stuart Lancaster has made the decision to drop George Ford to the bench for England’s game against Wales on Saturday evening, with Owen Farrell stepping in at fly-half. Farrell, who…
RWC 2015: Lies, damn lies and statistics…
By Adam Hathaway Stuart Lancaster says he is not obsessed by statistics but you could hardly blame a former schoolteacher if he was a bit of a number-cruncher on the…
Tier two teams already feeling pressures of uneven World Cup schedule
Everything was supposed to be different this year, no more ‘one rule for me and another for you’. Yet one week into the World Cup we’re already seeing tier two…
Jacques Burger: I feel personally responsible to help Namibia rugby grow
By Will Macpherson Namibia go into their first game at the World Cup ranked lower than any other team in the tournament, twentieth. The team is packed full of amateurs…
Watch: Japan deny Scotland try with last ditch Goromaru tackle
Ayumu Goromaru denies Tommy Seymour a try in the final seconds of the first half between Scotland and Japan at Kingsholm
Steve Hansen talks down All Blacks’ century chances
We haven’t seen a 100-point team at a World Cup since New Zealand put 108 on Portugal in 2007, but Steve Hansen doesn’t expect the All Blacks to reach three…