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…
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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…
The big questions for Australia after Fiji victory
Will they regret missing out on a bonus point? A 28-13 win over Fiji isn’t a bad start to a World Cup campaign, but Australia’s failure to score a fourth…
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…
Shane Williams backing Wales to ‘sneak’ win against England
Wales could do with a player like Shane Williams against England on Saturday, so depleted is their pool of available backs, but the former international winger is backing his compatriots…
Farrell, Burgess and Barritt set to start for England as Joseph injury forces reshuffle
A chest injury to Jonathan Joseph will reportedly lead to a midfield reshuffle for England against Wales
How does Jonathan Joseph’s injury affect England’s midfield selection?
With all the uncertainty over England’s 12 jersey, the one constant has been that Jonathan Joseph will start at outside centre in all the big games in the World Cup.…
Launchbury wary of Wales threat despite injury problems
England‘s Joe Launchbury expects Wales to put in a strong performance when the two sides meet at Twickenham on Saturday, despite their well documented injury problems. Wales lost influential players…
Japan up to 11th, South Africa fall three places in latest World Rugby rankings
The fallout from the weekend’s first round of games has been felt in the latest rugby world rankings table, with the Springboks falling three places to sixth after their shock…