Rugby World Cup News

Trinidad and Tobago won the Caribbean Rugby Championship on Saturday to book their place in the next round of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
Trinidad and Tobago beat Guyana 40-24 in the final in George Town, Grand Cayman and will now play the winner of South America’s Consur B tournament in home […]

Following a meeting of the Rugby World Cup Board it has been announced that changes will be made to the tournaments qualification process for RWC 2011 onwards and that the number of automatic qualifiers will increase to 12 places. These changes mean the top three teams from each pool will qualify for the following competition. […]

Portugal made history on Saturday after qualifying for their first-ever Rugby World Cup with a narrow aggregate victory over Uruguay. The Lobos were beaten 18-12 by their South American hosts in the second leg of their repechage clash in Montevideo but thanks to their 12-5 victory over Los Teros in the first leg in Lisbon […]

Well Portugal keep their hopes of qualification alive. With a narrow home win and 7 points advantage Portugal will now travel to Uruguay on the 24th hoping to win through to France in September. We are still taking Uruguay to win through.

This Saturday the 10th we see the first of the final 2 games to decide if Portugal or Uruguay will be in France for RWC 2007. The game kicks off in Lisbon’s Estadio Universitario de Lisboa and will be refereed by Ireland’s Donal Courtney. The return is the 24th March in Montevideo Uruguay. Uruguay […]

March the 24th We will know the last qualifier for France 2007. Portugal host Uruguay at Lisbon’s Estadio Universitario de Lisboa on Saturday , March 10. Kick-off 3pm in the first of the 2 leg play-off. With the decisive second leg in Uruguay at Parque Central Field in Montevideo on March 24 with the match […]

As we predicted Tonga beat Korea 85-3.  At the Waitemata Park in Auckland new Zealand, Tonga booked their place in pool ‘A’ to play against England, Samoa, South Africa and USA at RWC 2007 in France.

IRB confirms the venue and kick-off time for the decisive Rugby World Cup 2007 Repechage 2 match between Tonga and Korea in New Zealand on February 10.
The fixture, which will determine the 19th team to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2007, will be played at Waitemata Park, Auckland and will kick off at 2.35pm. The […]

Portugals hopes of qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2007 in France are still alive after recording a 16-15 victory over Morocco in Lisbon on Saturday.
The narrow victory means that Tomaz Morais side win the two-legged qualifier 26-20 on aggregate and now proceed through to the final Rugby World Cup qualifying Repechage round against Uruguay.
Morocco never […]

With a five-point away victory, Portugal welcome Morocco to Lisbon later today as favourites to proceed through to Rugby World Cup qualifying and the final repechage round against Uruguay.
We expect a tight game as Morocco dominated possession and territory for much of the first leg in Casablanca but Portugal’s organisation saw them home.