Gethin Jenkins will captain a Wales side which shows three changes, plus one positional, to the starting line-up for the Rugby World Cup 3rd place play-off clash with Australia at Eden Park on Friday night (8.30pm). Ospreys prop Paul James comes into the front row in place of his regional colleague Adam Jones, who...
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The Ireland team to play Italy in the final Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Italy this Sunday shows eight changes and one positional switch to the starting side that played Russia in the last game. Tommy Bowe comes onto the right wing in place of Fergus McFadden. Captain Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon...
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The stage is set – Robinson Scotland have made seven changes in their starting team for Saturday’s vital Rugby World Cup Pool B match against England in Auckland. The match at Eden Park will be the 129th occasion the countries have met stretching back 140 years to the very first rugby international played at...
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The Ireland Team had their first run out in the famous Carisbrook Stadium, Dunedin this afternoon ahead of their final Rugby World Cup Pool C game against Italy next Sunday. Rob Kearney (bruised knee), Keith Earls (bruised leg) and Sean O’Brien (bruised arm) all sat out the session as a precaution to give another...
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New Zealand born Thomas Waldrom has officially joined the England Rugby World Cup squad as a replacement for Andrew Sheridan. The No 8 linked up with the squad in Auckland tonight and will train with them for the first time in New Zealand tomorrow. Waldrom flew out as temporary cover for Nick Easter on...
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All Blacks team named for RWC Test against France All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the All Blacks team for their third match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup against France at Eden Park, Auckland, on Saturday September 24. Starting XV: 1. Tony...
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Mark Cueto returns to the starting line-up as England make seven changes for the third Pool B clash against Romania at the Otago Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday. The Sale Sharks wing will win his 54th cap after being ruled out of the first two Rugby World Cup games with a back problem. From...
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Leicester Tigers No 8 Thomas Waldrom (pictured) will fly out from England tonight (Monday) as precautionary cover for Nick Easter who continues to have treatment on his back. Waldrom, part of the extended Rugby World Cup Preliminary Squad, will arrive in New Zealand on Wednesday (September 21). He is not an official replacement for...
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McCaw reaches 100 tests All Blacks first –five eighth Daniel Carter has been replaced for the Rugby World Cup Test against Japan on Friday 16 September after failing to overcome a sore back. Carter has been replaced by Colin Slade in the starting XV for the match at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, with halfback Jimmy...
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The Ireland team and replacements for the Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia in Eden Park on Saturday (kick-off 8:30 pm local time/9:30am Irish time) has been announced and shows four changes to the starting XV from Ireland’s opening game against the USA. Up front Cian Healy returns to the starting line...
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