Rugby World Cup News

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 […]

France have awarded the  Legion d’Honneur to Dr Millar to recognise his contribution to the Game of rugby and for overseeing the most successful Rugby World Cup to date as Chairman of Rugby World Cup Ltd. The decoration, which was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to reward both soldiers and civilians for exceptional merit […]

South Africa winger Bryan Habana has been named the International Rugby Board’s player of the year.  Habana, 24, beat Argentina’s Felipe Contepomi and Juan Hernandez, All Blacks flanker Richie McCaw and French centre Yannick Jauzion to the award, probably helped by his equalling Jonah Lomu’s record of eight World Cup tries.  At the same time […]

Following the World Cup, we have a new order in the IRB World rankings, with South Africa now  1.  The to ten are now as follows with their previous position on brackets. 1(2) South Africa, 2(1) New Zealand, 3(6) Argentina,  4(3) England, 5(5) Australia, 6(4) France, 7(7) Ireland, 8(8) Scotland, 9(9) Fiji and 10(10) Wales.
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As expected Bernard Lapasset has been elected the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) chairman, the French Rugby Federation president succeeds Dr Syd Millar, who did not seek re-election at the interim meeting of council held in Paris on Friday. The council re-elected former England captain Bill Beaumont for a second term as IRB vice chairman, while […]

Buy your own piece of history with the IRB World Cup Final Programme 2007 for England v South Africa in St Denis on October 20th 2007.This is a great opportunity to own a copy of this much sought after match programme. If you don’t have a ticket for the final to be played at the […]

There is still time to add your voice and vote for the decision on 20 or 16 teams in 2011. The IRB have decided to extend the decision time and it will now be November at the earliest before they make their decision.
Visit the rugby15 forum and cast your vote today

These spreads come courtesy of Sporting Index who are world leaders in Sports Spread Betting. These are live prices as of Friday 5th Oct at 13.20, as they are live they are subject to change.
Australia England Rugby World Cup Spreads
Total Points: 39 to 42
1st Match Try: 24 to 27
1st Australia Try: 27-30
1st England Try: 48-51

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The latest IRB rankings reflecting what has happened in the pool games at the Rugby World Cup are now released. We thought we would highlight the changes and any changes. The most significant thing is the top five have not altered position since the last rankings so it is still New Zealand, Australia, […]

England meet Australia in the Quarter finals of Rugby World Cup 2007 in Velodrome, Marseille on Saturday 6 October. England go into the game as underdogs, no one gives them a chance against the pace of the Wallabies. However if you want to chance your arm they are now at good odds as the […]