Rugby World Cup News

Following the recent spate of international matchs there are some minor changes to the top ten rankings.
The biggest change is New Zealand replace South Africa at number one. Also thanks to their win in Argentina Italy move up one place to 10, knocking Fiji down one to 11.
Here are the top 10:
1(2) New Zealand
2(1) South […]

Rugby union’s controversial new law changes will be trialled globally from grassroots to Test level for 12 months from 1 August. Thirteen of the 23 Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) in use in the southern hemisphere will be introduced. Some other ELVs will be trialled in an unnamed northern hemisphere event. A further seven ELVs have […]

We thought you would all like to see this opportunity issued by the RFU. We have therefore taken the transcript and published here.
The Rugby Football Union is giving everyone involved in English rugby the chance to have their say on the International Rugby Board’s proposal to introduce eight new Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) throughout […]

Following the Six Nations and Wales success. The latest IRB World rankings see them improve by one place to 6, their highest position for 2 years. This was at the expense of France who slip to 7, putting them in their lowest position since the World Rankings were introduced in 2003.
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Well we all knew it was a great success but it is now official, the 2007 Rugby World Cup was a global record-breaker for the sport.
The six-week tournament in France in September and October smashed all previous attendance and broadcast figures set during the Rugby World Cup’s 20-year history.
More than two million people attended a […]

France and Italy will meet in Paris on Sunday 9th March 2008.

France and Italy are both looking to recover from the disappointments from the Rugby World Cup and with both building for the future, this will be another popular fixture so buy your tickets now to avoid being disappointed.
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France […]

Brian Ashton, John Wells and Mike Ford have been confirmed as the coaching team for England.  Shaun Edwards has not been found a place in the coaching set-up at this time and although it was said they did not necessarily have the same objectives Ford stays on working with Ashton.  Unlike some of the coaches […]

Head coach Frank Hadden will continue to preside over Scotland after agreeing a new rolling contract. The 53-year-old’s previous deal expired after the World Cup in October and the new contract keeps him in place until a review in November 2008.
Scotland reached the last eight of the World Cup in France before bowing out to […]

New Zealander Robbie Deans has been appointed as the first non-Australian coach of the Wallabies. The 48-year-old was interviewed for the job after failing to land the same role with the All Blacks last week. Deans was favourite to take the All Blacks job but the NZ Rugby Union opted to stick with Graham Henry […]

Graham Henry has been reappointed as head coach of New Zealand after being forced to reapply for the job following a poor World Cup. New Zealand have won 42 out of 48 matches under Henry, however although they were favourites to lift this year’s World Cup they lost to France in the quarter-finals. The New […]