Rugby World Cup News

Namibia beat Morocco in Casablanca 27-8 and qualify as Africa ‘1′. Namibia have qualified for their third Rugby World Cup and now face hosts France, Argentina, Ireland and probably Georgia in Pool ‘D’, they will do very well if they manage to achieve any wins in the pool stages and have no realistic chance of […]

The IRB has rescheduled Asia Rugby World Cup 2007 Round 3 Qualification between Hong Kong, Japan and Korea to Hong Kong. The new dates are: Japan v Hong Kong, Saturday November 18, Hong Kong v Korea, Tuesday November 21
and Korea v Japan, Saturday November 25. The winner of the tournament will qualify as Asia 1 […]

We favour Georgia to overcome Portugal and reach France 2007 as Europe 3. Georgia finish second in the other Round 5 pool behind Romania having beaten Spain 37-23. They now face Portugal on the 11th and 25th November with the winner progressing as Europe 3 and the loser into the repechage.

Portugal beat Russia 26-23 to finish second in their Pool behind Italy. They now meet Georgia on 11th and 25th November to decide Europe 3. The loser will have one more chance by going into the repechage.

Namibia beat Morocco 25-7 in the first leg of their World Cup qualifying final on home soil in Windhoek. Morocco will need to win by at least 19 points when the two teams meet in Casablanca on 11 November if they are to deny Namibia the Africa top spot and joining France, Ireland and Argentina […]

The IRB Executive Committee announced the postponement of the 2006 Asian Rugby Football Tournament that was scheduled to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 18-25. The decision was taken due to the current security situation in Sri Lanka. As this was part of the Asian qualifying process it means a delay, the IRB […]

Morocco v Namibia in Casablanca 11th November will produce the Africa entrant into WRC 2007. Following playing their first clash in Windhoek on the 28th October we will have a better idea of who is likely to win the fixture in November and proceed directly to France 2007. The loser will have one more chance […]

The sides playing of for Europe 3 will be known after the 28th October. Whoever wins in the Spain v Georgia and Portugal V Russia games will be the sides who go forward to the Europe 3 play-off game.  We favour Georgia and Russia to progress though it will be a tight call.

Italy and Romania claiming Europe 1 and 2 means that all but four of the 20 places at next year’s World Cup are taken. With Morocco and Namibia ready to fight out the 1 Africa qualifying spot we just have Europe 3 and the 2 repechage sides to be decided and we will then have […]

In Africa Namibia and Morocco both won important victories in their pools. Namibia beat off the strong challenge of Tunisia 23-15 in Windhoek, while Morocco reached 23-7 to beat Ivory Coast. Namibia host Morocco in Windhoek on 28 October in the first leg of the African qualifying final with the return leg to be played […]