Archive for April, 2007

The 12 referees and 13 touch judges have been named for Rugby World Cup 2007 in France.

The referees are: Chris White, Tony Spreadbury and Wayne Barnes (all England), Paul Honiss and Steve Walsh (both New Zealand), Alain Rolland and Alan Lewis (both Ireland), Jonathan Kaplan and Marius Jonker (both South Africa), Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Dickinson (Australia) and Joel Jutge (France).
The touch judges are: Dave Pearson (England), Hugh Watkins (Wales), Malcolm […]

Canada Japan Odds

Canada face Japan in the Chaban Delmas Stadium, Bordeaux, in pool ‘B’ of the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007, on the 25th Sep. This will be the first meeting between the two side in RWC and should be a good match-up, when you look at the history between the two, played 17 Canada won 8 […]

Australia Fiji Odds

Australia play Fiji in pool ‘B’ on the 23rd Sep in Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 at the La Mosson Stadium, Montpellier. The two sides have never met in the RWC although they have met on a few occasions outside the competition.
Australia Fiji Preview
Australia will see this as the second hardest game they will play […]

Scotland New Zealand Odds

Scotland meet New Zealand on the 23rd Sep in Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 pool ‘C’ in their home stadium Murrayfield, Edinburgh. This will be the first meeting between the two sides in the pool stages although, they have met twice in the quarter finals, in 1987 the All Blacks won 30-3 and then in […]

England Samoa Odds

England meet Samoa at Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 in the La Beaujoire Stadium, Nantes, on the 22nd Sep.  This will be the third meeting between the sides at the RWC. England won both the last encounters 44-22 in 1995 and a hard fought 35-22 last time out in Australia.
England Samoa Preview
This will be a […]

Argentina Namibia Odds

Argentina  meet Namibia on the 22nd Sep in pool ‘D’ of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 at the Velodrome, Marseille. This will be the second occasion the sides have met in the RWC, in 2003 Australia Argentina ran out winners by 67-14.
Argentina Namibia Preview
Argentina will be looking to play their second string in this match […]

South Africa Tonga Odds

South Africa meet Tonga in Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007, pool ‘A’ on the 22nd Sep at the Felix Bollaert Stadium, Lens. This will be the first occasion the sides have met at the RWC and there is no history of meetings between them at any time.
South Africa Tonga preview
This pool meeting is one of […]

France Ireland Odds

France meet Ireland in pool ‘D’ of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007, on the 21 Sep at the Stade De France, Saint Denis. This is the first time the Countries have met in the pool stages of RWC. They have however met twice in the quarter finals, in 1995 when France were victorious 36-12 and […]

Wales Japan Odds

Wales meet Japan in Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2007 in the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on the 20 Sep in pool ‘B’. This will be the third occasion the countries have met in the RWC, with Wales having won both previous encounters 57-10 in 1995 and 64-15 in 1999.
Wales Japan Preview
Wales will expect to proceed out […]

Italy Portugal Odds

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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