They may not have fielded their best line-up but Ireland’s 10-6 defeat to Scotland in their first Rugby World Cup 2011 warm-up match at Murrayfield on Saturday has proved costly…
Tournaments
Hook, Byrne and Stephen Jones back for Wales v England
Morgan Stoddart has had successful surgery on his broken leg and will return to Wales from London tomorrow (Tuesday). Stoddart broke his left leg during Wales’ clash with England at…
Chris Ashton’s World Cup Verdict
It was a very frustrating start to the England World Cup training camp for me. I was delighted to be named in the 45-man squad but knew I would start…
England 23 Wales 19 – the video highlights
Wales outscored England three tries to two but the boot of man of the match Jonny Wilkinson separated the sides as they both continued their preparations for next month’s Rugby…
Scotland 10 Ireland 6 – video of the try
A great piece of finishing by Joe Ansbro won the game for Scotland against Ireland. Here is a video link to the try…
Five reasons why the Reds won Super 15
[imagebrowser id=16] Saturday 9 July 2011 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Reds 18-13 Crusaders Cooper-Genia An attacking pair at the base of the scrum who never let their foot off the throat…
Al Kellock’s World Cup verdict
Our Scotland training camp has been great so far. It’s tough and very challenging, but enjoyable too. I didn’t play in April and May, which gave the broken hand I’d…
Sam Warburton’s World Cup verdict
This has definitely been my toughest pre-season ever as we prepare for the World Cup. We had two camps in Poland in July doing lots of weights and conditioning work.…
Jonny Wilkinson’s World Cup verdict
People are calling this month’s games with Wales and Ireland ‘warm-ups’, but I don’t see them like that. To me they’re like a World Cup or Six Nations Test. I…
Rugby World Cup 2011: USA’s story
The Eagles have won just two World Cup matches to date. Alex Goff takes a walk down memory lane… Victories have been hard to come by for the United States…