Stephen Jones pulls out due to regional call SAM TOMKINS is the latest addition to the Barbarians’ squad for the Killik Cup match against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday 26 November. The impressive Wigan full-back will complete a unique double by playing against the pride of Australian rugby from both codes on successive weekends....
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A strong Qantas Wallabies touring party, collectively boasting 634 Test appearances, will head to Twickenham on November 26 to take on the Barbarians for the Killik & Co Cup. The 26-man playing group is composed almost entirely of players who recently competed in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, where Australia beat Wales...
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France captain Thierry Dusautoir has been named the IRB Player of the Year at the 2011 IRB Awards in association with Emirates Airline, during a star-studded ceremony at Vector Arena in Auckland on Monday. Dusautoir is the second Frenchman to win the Award, following in the footsteps of former national team captain, Fabien Galthié,...
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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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Ireland centre Gordon D’Arcy and second row Paul O’Connell both underwent scans this morning to investigate hamstring injuries that they picked up during the Rugby World Cup Pool C encounter with Australia on Saturday evening. The scans confirmed that D’Arcy and O’Connell have picked up hamstring strains and both players will be monitored over...
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Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery suffered a tear of his left calf during Ireland Squad training yesterday morning in Auckland. An MRI scan has confirmed the severity of the tear which will require four to six weeks rehabilitation before he is able to return to playing. Sean Cronin has been named in the replacements for...
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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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Tri Nations Champions Australia will hope to top a pool containing Six Nations sides Ireland and Italy, as well as Cold War rivals Russia and the USA. Although the Italians would like to think of this pool as a three horse race, the likelihood is that this is a two horse race between Australia...
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In one weeks time the All Blacks will take on their Pacific Island neighbours of Tonga as they raise the curtains on the 2011 Rugby World Cup. New Zealand will not only be hoping for Richie McCaw to be lifting the Webb Ellis Trophy come the end of the tournament, but will be hoping...
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England’s talented youngsters wrapped up their tour Down Under in style, running in seven tries in a comprehensive 46-19 victory over Australia Schools. Five first-half touchdowns and another just after the break looked to have secured a third successive victory for the tourists but a second half fightback saw the home side notch up...
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