Rugby World Cup News

Spain are in Pool B and face Romania on the 14th October and Georgia on the 28th. Pool A contains Russia, Italy and Portugal. The winner of the round progresses to France 2007 as Europe 2. The 2nd placed team has another chance through the repechage route.

Canada beat the USA 56-7 at Swilers Rugby Complex, in Newfoundland on Saturday in front of a 5000 crowd. The victory was the biggest winning margin ever by the Canadians against their local rivals. It also saw James Pritchard surpass his scoring record with a haul of 36 points from 3 tries, 6 conversions and […]

Newfoundland will host the clash this Saturday between Canada and USA. In front of the Webb Ellis Cup the Americas 2 contender at RWC 2007 in France will be decided as Canada face USA in St John’s, Newfoundland. The winner will go into pool ‘B’ along with Australia, Wales, Fiji and Asia 1. The loser […]

Uruguay convincingly beat Chile in Montevideo and close in on the America 3 spot at RWC 2007. The 43-15 win now means Uruguay known as Los Teros play the loser of the Canada v USA test to be played in Newfoundland on 12 August.

Tonga have beaten the Cook Islands 90-0 and 167-10 on aggregate to progress as Oceania 3. They will now play Asia 2 for the Repechage 2 spot in pool ‘A’. success will put them in against England, South Africa, Samoa and America 3.

Argentina beat Uruguay 26-0 in Buenos Aires on Saturday. This victory secures the Pumas sixth appearance in the RWC finals in France 2007. They will join hosts France, Ireland, a third European team and the top qualifier from Africa in group D.

African Group ‘B’ is very tight at the moment with all three teams with a single win. Tunisia having beaten Kenya in Tunis 24-7 it now means Namibia, Kenya and Tunisia have all won and lost one game, leaving the qualifier hard to call.

African Group ‘A’ is nicely poised and hard to predict at this time as Morocco lead the way with a win and a draw ahead of Uganda with a win and a loss and Ivory Coast who have a draw and loss now probably out of contention.

After only 3 weeks with the team Chester William’s Uganda swept Ivory Coast aside winning their African qualification match by 32-7. Uganda Cranes playing in front of 2,500 cheering local fans at the Kyadondo Rugby Club in Kampala showed the Ivory Coast that doing the basics will win you games.

The USA eclipsed Canada’s recent win in Barbados by winning 91-0. Mike Hercus the Eagles fly-half had a special day with the boot as he converted all 13 tries as USA posted their highest score ever against Barbados. This now leaves the upcoming visit to Canada to decide who will go forward as […]