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With the final round and also the final day of Pool games upon us the final Pool D match between Ireland and France at the Millennium Stadium was set up to be the most intense yet as both sides competed for the top spot. Neither Joe Schmidt nor Philippe Saint-Andre could contemplate the possibility of […]
Wales have once again been struck by bad luck after winger Liam Williams was ruled out for the remainder of the Rugby World Cup with a foot injury sustained against Australia on Saturday. The Scarlets winger, who can also be deployed at full-back, left the field alongside Harlequins centre Jamie Roberts in the closing stages […]
Tonight was the night that this year’s Rugby World Cup hosts England finally bid farewell to their hopes and aspirations for the tournament as they ran in a convincing 60-3 victory over bottom of Pool A Uruguay at the City of Manchester Stadium. After some back-to-back disappointing defeats to Australia and Wales, a new group […]
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has warned his players that they will need to improve if they are to finish top of Pool D ahead of rivals France, whom they face in their final Pool game on Sunday in Cardiff. As reported by the BBC, Ireland managed to secure a quarter-finals place after beating Italy […]
Warren Gatland has admitted that he will find it hard lending his support to Pool A rivals Australia, who face hosts England on Saturday at Twickenham. Should Australia beat England the result will see Gatland’s side through to the quarter-finals after beating Fiji 23-13 yesterday while Stuart Lancaster’s side will be eliminated from their own […]
All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has warned his side against becoming complacent despite believing his side are fully focused on retaining the Webb Ellis trophy. New Zealand successfully managed to win the World Cup four years ago in their home nation – only their second time of winning since the first Rugby World Cup tournament […]
Jonathan Joseph is expected to return from a chest injury in time to face Australia on Saturday in what could be the make-or-break game for England’s Rugby World Cup campaign. As reported by Sky Sports, the Bath centre missed the 25-28 loss to Wales last Saturday with a pectoral muscle injury but is on course […]
Wales have climbed to their highest world ranking position of second after recording a historic 28-25 victory over England at Twickenham on Saturday. The latest rankings list released today also showed that the Rugby World Cup hosts have dropped three places to sixth following their Pool A defeat. As reported by Sky Sports, Wales are […]
All Blacks veteran star Keven Mealamu has voiced his support for England captain Chris Robshaw following his decision to go for touch rather than kick a penalty that would have drawn his nation equal with Wales with only minutes to go at Twickenham on Saturday. With both nations competing in what has been dubbed the […]
Warren Gatland and Stuart Lancaster have both admitted that England’s decision to go for the try instead of taking the three points from a penalty kick late in the game yesterday proved pivotal as Wales saw out a famous 28-25 win at Twickenham last night. With the clock nearing the 80-minute mark England captain Chris […]
Stuart Hogg has been passed fit to start for Scotland, who are preparing for their opening Rugby World Cup game on Wednesday in Gloucester against shock winners against South Africa, Japan. The full-back, 23, was deemed fit enough to play after recovering in time from an ankle problem that was sustained in last month’s home […]
Wales and Warren Gatland have been hit by another setback as hat-trick hero Cory Allen is set to miss the rest of the Rugby World Cup after injuring his hamstring in their opening 54-9 win over Uruguay. It comes as a bitter blow to the squad, who had already lost Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb […]