September 28, 2007 at 9:06 am
· Filed under Canada, Australia
Canada head coach Ric Suggitt has announced his team to play Australia in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stade Chaban Delmas in Bordeaux on Saturday 29 September with KO at: 1400 BST. As the Canucks cannot progress any further in the competition this will be Mike James final game as he […]
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September 28, 2007 at 8:53 am
· Filed under Romania, New Zealand
Romania lock Sorin Socol will captain his side after being recalled to the starting line-up, for the match against New Zealand at the: Stade Municipal, Toulouse, Saturday, 29 September,
Kick-off: 1200 BST . Socol missed Romania’s narrow 14-10 victory over Portugal but returns to the side as one of nine changes made by head coach Daniel […]
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September 28, 2007 at 8:35 am
· Filed under Scotland, Italy
Frank Hadden has brought back the 13 who did not play against the Kiwi’s for the must win game against Italy in the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St Etienne, on Saturday, 29 September Kick-off: 2000 BST. This brings back the same team who won against Romania on the 18 September. The game features Chris Paterson winning his […]
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September 27, 2007 at 1:45 pm
· Filed under Georgia, France
Coach Bernard Laporte has made nine changes to his French side for the final Pool D encounter with Georgia in the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille on Sunday 30 September with a 1400 BST KO.
Flanker Serge Betsen will captain the team as Raphael Ibanez is rested and Fabien Pelous will be on the bench. Scrum-half […]
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September 27, 2007 at 11:42 am
· Filed under Scotland, Italy
Italy head coach Pierre Berbizier has named his team to play Scotland in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool C match at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne on Saturday 29 September KO 2000 BST. Alessandro Troncon takes the Italy captaincy as Marco Bortolami has failed to recover from injury in time to face Scotland, a big […]
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September 27, 2007 at 11:40 am
· Filed under 2011
How have you found the 2007 tournament, is twenty teams and six weeks of rugby too much? The IRB will vote and announce a decision in October but before then you can have your say on the number of competitors at the next Rugby World Cup.
If the number of teams competing is reduced it is […]
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September 27, 2007 at 11:31 am
· Filed under Wales, Fiji
Fiji coach Ilie Tabua has announced his team to play Wales . Captain Mosese Rauluni and centre Seru Rabeni have been named in the starting line-up for Fiji’s must-win Pool B match against Wales in Nantes on Saturday 29 September at the Stade de la Beaujoire, with a KO at 1600 BST.
Fiji Team V Wales
Backs: […]
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September 27, 2007 at 11:16 am
· Filed under Canada, Australia
George Smith 75th captain for the Wallabies against Canada in their final Pool B match at Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Saturday 29 September with a KO 1400 BST.
With a quarter-final spot already , and a quarter-final match against either England or Tonga to be played a week later, Wallaby coach John Connolly has chosen […]
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September 27, 2007 at 10:51 am
· Filed under Romania, New Zealand
New Zealand head coach Graham Henry has announced his team to play Romania in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool C match at Le Stade in Toulouse on Saturday 29 September with KO 1200 BST. Jerry Collins takes over as Captain with Richie McCaw on the bench.
New Zealand Team V Romania
Backs: Nick Evans, Joe Rokocoko, […]
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September 27, 2007 at 10:06 am
· Filed under Wales, Fiji
Gareth Thomas will become the first Welshman to win 100 caps when he leads the team out against Fiji, at the Stade La Beaujoire, Nantes, on Saturday, 29 September with a 1600 BST KO. The winners of the match will advance to a quarter-final meeting with South Africa in Marseille’s Velodrome on Sunday, 7 October.
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