Archive for August, 2006

Jonny Wilkinson looks to be injury free

Jonny Wilkinson has changed his kicking style to try and reduce his time off injured.  The hours out on the practice field have been taking there toll on Jonny so in an attempt to improve his chances of an injury free season he has changed the way he place kicks.  We will be very interested […]

Rob Andrew is England’s New Elite Director Of Rugby

Will Rob Andrew’s appointment as Elite Director of Rugby be in time for England to retain the World Cup. With just over 12 months until the first game kicks off in France for RWC 2007 will the management and particularly Rob Andrew be able to get the England team in the right frame of mind […]

Blacks claim Tri-Nations and stay No 1

The All Blacks maintained their favourites tag for RWC 2007. New Zealand beat Australia at Eden Park in Auckland by 34 points to 27 to claim the Tri-nations with 2 match’s to play and also secured the Bledisloe Cup with 3 out of 3 against the Wallabies. The Wallabies made this a tight match […]

Canada claim Americas 2 spot for RWC 2007

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 to host its first International between Canada & USA

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 […]