Rugby World Cup News

Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd has announced the first management and staff appointments as the organisation continues to take shape and lead the preparations for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
The appointments are: Nigel Cass General Manager, Tournament Services, seconded from the New Zealand RFU, where he was project manager for the original bid […]

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 the Six Nations did not impact the top 3 positions with NEW ZEALAND, FRANCE and AUSTRALIA retaining their places. IRELAND thanks to their wins do move up one place to 4th, and this forces SOUTH AFRICA down one place to 5th, without playing. ARGENTINA rise back up to 6th again […]

The top five rankings remain unchanged with New Zealand, France, Australia, South Africa and Ireland. England move from 7 to 6, Argentina move from 6 to 7, Italy up to 8 from 9, Wales from 8 to 9 and Scotland remain at 10.

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 […]

Update to Rankings the top 7 remain the same but Wales move up to 8 and Italy come into the top 10 at 9 for the first time.  Scotland move down to 10, dropping 2 places thus moving Samoa out of the top 10.