Argentina has been confirmed alongside South Africa, New Zealand and Australia to play from 2012 in “The Rugby Championship” – the exciting and ground-breaking replacement for the Tri-Nations series. After several months of negotiations with the Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), the SANZAR Joint Venture partners have invited...
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Wales’ summer internationals continue this weekend with Argentina visiting the Millennium Stadium on August 20. A crowd of 45,000 is expected to see Wales take on the Pumas, with kick-off at 2.30pm The best way to travel to the event is by public transport and coach wherever possible. Those bringing their cars into the...
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Wales have made nine changes to the side who beat England at the Millennium Stadium last weekend for the final Rugby World Cup warm-up match against Argentina in Cardiff on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm). Martyn Williams (Blues) and Ryan Jones (Ospreys) add a combined total of 151 caps to the back row, with Jones captaining...
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Fans are being offered the chance to watch Wales take on the mighty Pumas at the Millennium Stadium on August 20 (kick-off 2.30pm) with two tickets for the price of one. Anyone who buys a ticket will get a seat of the same value entirely free of charge for the summer international at the...
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Wales U20 34 v 8 Argentina U20 (Friday 10 June, 18.10, Stadio Plebiscito, Padua) Matthew Morgan inspired Wales Under 20’s to an opening bonus-point 34-8 victory over Argentina in Pool A of the Junior World Championship. The Ospreys fly-half scored 19 points, including a first-half try, to guide the Welsh side to a convincing...
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ENGLAND today learned the identity of their pool stage opponents at next month’s Emirates Airline London Sevens. The second seeds have been grouped with Argentina, the USA and France in Pool B of the tournament staged at Twickenham Stadium on May 21-22. Ben Ryan’s side trail leaders New Zealand by 13 points going into...
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Birthday boy Jevon Groves produced a real captain’s knock to provide Wales with a nail-biting 14-7 Plate victory over Argentina with 26 seconds remaining on the clock in the Adelaide leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series. Wales were down to nine men with Gareth Davies, Kristian Phillips and Adam Thomas all forced out...
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Alastair Kellock, the 29-year-old Glasgow Warriors lock, was named today as the man to lead Scotland into the 2011 RBS 6 Nations Championship. Head coach Andy Robinson is restoring Kellock to the captain’s role which he performed with distinction on last summer’s tour to Argentina, where Scotland posted a historic 2-0 series success. Robinson...
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England beat South Africa 21-7 to win the plate at the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens. It was only the second time England had beaten the Boks in sevens on South African soil in what was a hyper-competitive plate competition. England had to bounce back from their cup loss against winners New Zealand to...
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Kevin Barrett has been named captain for the Emirates Airline Dubai and South Africa Sevens (Dec 4-5 & 11-12). After helping his club Saracens beat World Champions South Africa, 24-23 last month, the England scrum half will take the lead from last season’s IRB Sevens Player of the Year Ollie Phillips (Stade Francais). Last...
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