Posts Tagged ‘ Fiji ’

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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Namibia has won the battle for the Africa 1 qualification spot for Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) after defeating Tunisia over a two-match series with an aggregate score of 40-23. The sides met two weeks ago in Tunis, where Namibia claimed a narrow victory, defeating the home side 18-13. The second leg of...
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The IRB Sevens World Series gets underway next weekend in Dubai before moving onto George in South Africa, so today, Scotland 7s coach Stephen Gemmell announced a strong and well prepared squad for the opening tournament of the season. “There’s some continuity in our squad now. We’ve got Scott Forrest, Mike Adamson and Colin...
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Saracens travel to Sixways on Friday night looking to make it nine wins from nine in the Guinness Premiership and welcome back captain Steve Borthwick to the starting line-up. Borthwick returns from international duty to start against Worcester Warriors with Chris Wyles (USA) and Moses Rauluni (Fiji) also back from action with their respective...
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Gloucester Rugby today boosted their back row resources with the signing of former Welsh international Nathan Thomas on a short term loan. Thomas, 33, will bring massive experience to the Gloucester pack counting the Scarlets, Leeds Tykes, Cardiff Blues, Bath Rugby, Bridgend and Neath as his former clubs in addition to winning 9 caps...
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There are eight changes to the Ireland team that drew 20-20 with Australia to the side that will take on Fiji this weekend in the second game of the 2009 Guinness Series. The game, which will be the first ever international to take place in the Royal Dublin Society grounds, sees five changes to...
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The Ireland squad transferred to their Killiney base today ahead of their second game in the 2009 Guinness Series against Fiji in the RDS next Saturday (Kick off 5.15pm). The six day turnaround will mean a truncated preparation for the Ireland team and 14 players have been added to the squad for this week....
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Head coach Any Robinson has named one new cap in the Scotland team to play Fiji in the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test at Murrayfield on Saturday. Alex Grove, the Worcester Warriors outside centre, who celebrates his 22nd birthday on St Andrew’s Day, will make his debut, while Robinson also lists Moray Low,...
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Wing Marcel Garvey returns to the Worcester Warriors team as the club launches its LV= Cup bid against Newcastle Falcons at Sixways Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 12.30pm). Speedster Garvey is back in the starting line-up for the first time since injuring his hand against Montpellier in early October. New Zealand ace Rico Gear moves...
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Scotland’s cap and points’ record holder Chris Paterson resumed training with the national squad on the final day of their camp in St Andrews today. Paterson, who had missed Edinburgh’s Magners League game against the Dragons last weekend on account of a foot injury, took part in the session in bright and clear conditions...
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