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Fiji team for Australia match

Fiji head coach Ilivasi Tabua has announced his team to play Australia in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier on Sunday. Seremaia Bai will captain the side in this important game for Fiji, The outcome will probably decide who will take the top two positions in […]

Australia versus Fiji team news

Adam Ashley-Cooper returns from injury, just in time to replace the injured Stirling Mortlock. Australia head coach John Connolly has announced his team to play Fiji in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier on Sunday.
Australia Team V Fiji
Backs: Chris Latham, Drew Mitchell, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Matt […]

Larkham out for the Wallabies

Stephen Larkham, who aggravated a pre-existing knee injury at training on Friday, is replaced by Berrick Barnes at fly half. The other selections remain as previously advised.

Australia team versus Wales

John Connolly has arguably his strongets combination ready to face Wales in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday. With a 1400 BST kick-off we will be looking forward to an exciting game and probable decider for furst and secon in pool B.
Australia Team V Wales
Backs: Chris Latham, Drew Mitchell, Stirling Mortlock (c), Matt Giteau, […]

Wales select the big guns against Australia

Saturday at 2.00pm the crunch game in pool B kicks-off in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Colin Charvis, Stephen Jones and Gareth Thomas will start for Wales against Australia on Saturday. Jones and Thomas come in at fly-half and full-back for James Hook and Kevin Morgan, after successfully replacing the two in the opening win […]

Shepherd to join Wallabies squad

Cameron Shepherd from Western Force in Perth Australia has been called in to replace Mark Gerrard for the rest of the World Cup. He is due to arrive on Thursday going to Cardiff in time for the game against Wales on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who can play on the wing or at full-back, has played […]

Australia maul Japan

The Wallabies were just too big and physical for the Japanese who played with great heart but were outgunned 91-3.  The result was never in doubt, even though Australia took until the second half to run riot.  There is no doubt that the Aussies will face stiffer tests but probably apart from Wales, not in […]

Japan team named versus Australia

Japans coach John Kirwan announced his team on Thursday for the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Australia in Lyon on Saturday. Flanker Takamichi Sasaki will wear the captains armband.
Japan V Australia Team
Backs: Tatsuya Kusumi, Tomoki Kitagawa, Koji Taira, Nataniela Oto, Hirotoki Onozawa, Kosei Ono, Yuki Yatomi.
Forwards: Masahito Yamamoto, Taku Inokuchi, Ryo Yamamura, […]

No Phil Waugh in Wallabies 22 V Japan

Australia captain Stirling Mortlock will face Japan on Saturday. Mortlock had been a doubt because of a back injury which had forced him to miss training, but the 30-year-old will line up with Matt Giteau in midfield. John Connolly has insisted that he always planned to put out the strongest teams in the first 2 […]

Australia RWC Odds

Australia open their Rugby World Cup Campaign against Japan on the 8th September and we thought you might like to be aware of the odds on offer. So a few of the options are: Outright winner of the competition: 11/1.
the Stage of elimination options are: Group 200/1, Quarter-Final 13/8, Semi-Final Evens, Runner-Up 11/2 and Winner […]

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