Rugby World Cup News

Romania meet Cup newcomers Portugal on the 25th Sep in pool ‘C’ of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 at the Toulousian Stadium Toulouse. This will be the first meeting between the two sides in RWC. Though they know each other well from the 1st Division of the European Nations Cup.
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Neither side will expect […]

Italy meet Portugal on the 19 Sep in Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 at the Parc De Princes, Paris, in pool ‘C’. Although this is their first meeting in the RWC finals, the sides did meet on the way to qualification for France 2007 in the European qualifying round.  On that occasion Italy won 83-0.
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New Zealand will play Portugal for the first time in pool ‘C’ of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 in the Stadium Gerland, Lyon, on the 15th Sep. New Zealand have never played Portugal at any level except perhaps in the sevens series and it will be a real tester for the Southern European side.
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Scotland kick off their Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 campaign against first timers Portugal on the 9th Sep in pool ‘C’ at the Geoffroy Guichard Stadium, Saint Etienne. This will be the first meeting between the sides at international level on any occasion.
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Scotland will need to open with a convincing display against RWC […]

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 […]