Rugby World Cup News

Following confirmation of the seeding and draw process for Rugby World Cup 2011, Rugby New Zealand (RNZ) 2011 Ltd has confirmed the timeline for the allocation of matches and team bases for the Tournament.
The redeveloped Eden Park has been selected to host the Final, as agreed in New Zealand’s Bid for RWC 2011, and is […]

The International Rugby Board has revealed that their world rankings will be used to seed the 12 automatic qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup.
Previously, the seeding process for the pool stages was determined by performances at past World Cups. The 12 teams will be divided into three bands of four according to their world rankings, […]

Nick Mallett makes changes for the visit to the Millennium stadium including putting Italy’s former captain Marco Bortolami on the bench for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Wales despite suffering with a neck injury. The experienced lock missed the Azzurri’s first two Six Nations games because of a fractured eye socket.
Other changes are: Andrea Marcato […]

Mike Blair will captain Scotland at Croke Park, and his half-back partner will be Chris Paterson, with Dan parks moving to the bench. Edinburgh captain Allister Hogg is now in the open-side position and Alasdair Strokosch will start his first Test at blind-side flanker with Scott MacLeod replacing Jim Hamilton at lock. Kelly Brown of […]

Ulster wing Tommy Bowe and Munster lock Mick O’Driscoll have been recalled to the Ireland team for Saturday’s Six Nations game with Scotland in Dublin. Bowe replaces Geordan Murphy, who drops out of the 22 with Shane Horgan returning on the bench after injury. Ireland’s most-capped player Malcolm O’Kelly is also out of favour with […]

6 June 2008
1. 17.00 A New Zealand v Tonga Cardiff RFC
2. 19.00 A Argentina v Ireland Cardiff RFC
3. 17.00 B South Africa v USA Wrexham AFC
4. 19.00 B Samoa v Scotland Wrexham AFC
5. 17.00 C Australia v Canada Rodney Parade, Newport
6. 19.00 C England v Fiji Rodney Parade, Newport
7. 17.00 D France v Japan Liberty […]

Well we all knew it was a great success but it is now official, the 2007 Rugby World Cup was a global record-breaker for the sport.
The six-week tournament in France in September and October smashed all previous attendance and broadcast figures set during the Rugby World Cup’s 20-year history.
More than two million people attended a […]

France coach Marc Lievremont has named an inexperienced half-back pairing of Francois Trinh-Duc and Morgan Parra for the showdown with England on Saturday. Scrum-half Parra makes his first Test start, replacing the injured Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, while fly-half Trinh-Duc is preferred to David Skrela. The other changes are number eight Louis Picamoles starts his first Test […]

Brian Ashton names two new players in the squad of 22. London Irish scrum-half Paul Hodgson and Leicester flanker Tom Croft have been selected among the replacements. The other change is Sale scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth replaces Andy Gomarsall in the starting 15 for the clash against France in Paris on Saturday. Gomarsall misses out on […]

Warren Gatland has changed his starting half-back pairing for Wales’ Six Nations clash with Italy, with Stephen Jones and Dwayne Peel getting the nod. James Hook and Mike Phillips, who started the win over Scotland, drop to the bench as part of six changes.
Gatland has also named a whole new front row, with Gethin Jenkins, […]