Rugby World Cup News

England have released the shirts they will wear in the 7’s World Cup in 2009.
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The England Sevens Home Shirt for next years 7’s World Cup keeps faith with the England colours of white and red, manufactured by Nike it features sponsors Emirates name on the torso. The red […]

New England manager Martin Johnson has dropped fellow World Cup winners Mike Tindall, Ben Kay and Joe Worsley from his first England elite player squad. The trio are among 12 players - others including Dave Strettle and Nick Easter - to be demoted to the Saxons squad.
Charlie Hodgson is dropped altogether, while there are recalls […]

Back Rower Chris Masoe will join the All Blacks squad in Wellington this week ahead of the first Philips Tri Nations match of 2008 against South Africa.
Masoe replaces injured All Blacks captain Richie McCaw for the two Tests against the Springboks with the back row set up to be reassessed before the matches against Australia […]

The full South Africa Springboks squad for the Vodacom Tri-Nations away legs has been named and is:
Backs:
Bolla Conradie, Jean de Villiers, Peter Grant, Butch James, Conrad Jantjes, Adrian Jacobs, Enrico Januarie, Bryan Habana, Percy Montgomery, Odwa Ndungane, JP Pietersen, Ruan Pienaar, Francois Steyn
Forwards:
Andries Bekker, Bakkies Botha, Schalk Burger, Bismarck du Plessis, Ryan Kankowski, Tendai Mtawarira, […]

New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter will join French side Perpignan on a six-month deal in December after the All Blacks’ northern hemisphere tour.  As has been touted he has been handed a sabbatical by the New Zealand authorities as they fight to prevent a continued player drain to Europe.
The Crusaders star, 26, will miss the […]

Following the problems competing in the backs at the first match England have made six changes, one forced through injury as Sheridan (eye injury) is replaced by Tim Payne, the others are Danny Care, Toby Flood, Jamie Noon, Tom Varndell and Matthew Tait.
England will probably lack a cutting edge with this selection but hope to […]

New Zealand host England in the first of two tests at: Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday, 14 June Kick-off: 0835 BST
London Irish wing Topsy Ojo will gain his first Test cap against New Zealand in an England side with 11 changes from their last six nations game against Ireland. Two more uncapped players, […]

We bring you here the U20 Japan squad named by manager Takashi Hasunuma:
Masataka Mikami, Koichi Nitta, Shinsuke Ono, Keiichi Tanaka, Ryuhei Arita, Motoki Yamazaki, Takaya Kato, Pohiva Lotoahea, Keisuke Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Murata, Eiri Nakada,
Michael Leitch, Shohei Maekawa, Hiraoki Sugimoto, Shuhei Oshima, Mizuki Yanagihara,
Ryohei Yamanaka, Shingo Yoshida, Aisea Havea, Takuya Nakajima, Katsuyuki Sakai, Yasutaka Sasakura, Kanzo […]

Claudio Appiani has named his squad for the forthcoming U20 World Cup and they are:
Andrea De Marchi, Otis Lombardi, Gabriele Morelli, Massimiliano Ravalle, Lorenzo Sebastiani, Tommaso D’Apice, Emiliano Caffini, Alberto Cazzola, Joshua Furno, Simone Favaro, Filippo Giusti, Nicola Simion, Rudolph Mernone, Luca Petillo, Edoardo Rotella, Carlo Vannini, Riccardo Bocchino, Alberto Chiesa, Alberto Marconato, Giovanni Massaro, […]

Here is the U20 Scotland squad selected by John Jeffrey to meet Samoa, South Africa and the USA in Wales for the Junior Championship:
Angus Dixon, Lewis Niven, Joe Stafford, Gary Strain, Adrian Duncan, Niall Shannon, Richie Gray, Neale Patrick, Steven Burton, Lewis Calder, Fraser McKenzie, Andrew Rose,
Jonny Baird, Craig Simmonds, Peter Jericevich, Ross Samson, Ruaridh […]