Rugby World Cup News

Regional groups representing the Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton and Wellington regions have lodged their proposals to host either Quarter Final or the Bronze Final matches for Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2011.
Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington have all applied to host Quarter Final matches and both Auckland and Hamilton are also looking to host the Bronze Final. The […]

Rugby Travel & Hospitality Ltd has been awarded the contract for the Commercial Ticketing (Travel & Hospitality) Programme for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
The web site offering all information is due to come on line in August 2008 so it you are thinking of traveling visit this site Rugby Travel & Hospitality.

England have released the shirts they will wear in the 7’s World Cup in 2009.
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The England Sevens Home Shirt for next years 7’s World Cup keeps faith with the England colours of white and red, manufactured by Nike it features sponsors Emirates name on the torso. The red […]

The draw has been made for the Oceania regional qualifier for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 with all 11 Member Unions of the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions represented across the men’s and women’s events to be held in the Samoan capital Apia from 25-26 July.
The eight men’s sides are split into two pools. Samoa, […]

Portugal won the Hannover Sevens on Sunday 13 July to capture the title of European champions and secure one of the five regional qualifiers places at next year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.
Portugal, Wales, Georgia, Ireland and Italy all booked their places at the Dubai showpiece on 5-7 March 2009, joining England, France and […]

Following the recent spate of international matchs there are some minor changes to the top ten rankings.
The biggest change is New Zealand replace South Africa at number one. Also thanks to their win in Argentina Italy move up one place to 10, knocking Fiji down one to 11.
Here are the top 10:
1(2) New Zealand
2(1) South […]

The IRB has started the process of allocating the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cups, to allow the hosts plenty of time to set up organisations.  A letter will go to all the member Unions this month asking for interested parties to apply.  We understand that Australia, England South Africa and Japan will possibly go […]

The European qualifying final for next year’s Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai takes place in Hanover, Germany next weekend, in excess of 30,000 fans are expected to watch 12 sides battle for the 5 qualification places.
The teams set to compete are: Top seeds Portugal, Wales, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, the hosts Germany, Romania, […]

Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) and Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union (AGRFU) have announced the appointment of UK-based Gullivers Sports Travel as the Official Tour Operator for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 in Dubai.
As the Official Tour Operator, Gullivers is responsible for the appointment and coordination of official travel agents worldwide and the international distribution […]

We will not know all the teams taking part, but on the 1 December London will host the draw for the World Cup Pools in New Zealand 2011.  We will bring you all the information as soon as it is released.
The venue for the draw will be : Tourism New Zealand’s “Giant Rugby Ball” that […]