England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has rung the changes ahead of Sunday’s Six Nations clash against Italy, kick off 2pm GMT, at the Centro Sportivo in Parabiago, Milan. On the back of England’s opening nine try, 47-0, victory against Scotland, England head to Italy in confident spirits. Lichfield Number 8 Sarah Hunter will...
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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 RaboDirect PRO12, rugby’s premier professional club competition in Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, was today formally launched at a Media Conference in Dublin’s Conrad Hotel. Players and coaches from all 12 participating teams were joined by rugby legend Andy Irvine, Chairman of RaboDirect PRO12, Roel van Veggel, General Manager of RaboDirect in Ireland,...
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Supporters will have the chance to kick-start their weekend of all-action EMC Test rugby by getting up close and personal with members of the Scotland squad in one of Edinburgh’s most iconic locations tomorrow evening. As a thank you to fans for their fantastic backing in the victory over Ireland in the first EMC...
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Graeme Morrison (pictured), the Glasgow Warriors centre, is the lone survivor from the starting line-up of Scotland’s EMC Test victory against Ireland earlier this month for the second and final segment in this year’s series – against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday (kick-off 5pm). Head coach Andy Robinson has told his players that the...
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Top butchers from throughout Scotland have congregated at Murrayfield to ensure Scotland’s rugby players are fuelled by first class Scotch meat, courtesy of QMS, official sponsor of Scottish Rugby. As excitement builds ahead of Saturday’s EMC Test against Italy at Murrayfield (kick-off 5pm), the last chance for players to book their place on the...
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The International Rugby Board has announced that France has been awarded the right to host the IRB Junior World Championship in 2013. The announcement is a further boost to Rugby’s premier age grade event and comes just five days after New Zealand defeated England in a pulsating final of a record-breaking 2011 Championship in...
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Wales Under 20 will play Fiji in Padova on Wednesday (6.00pm local time) in the first of the Junior World Championship fifth place semi-finals. The Welsh youngsters beat tournament hosts Italy 56-6 in their final Pool match on Saturday, scoring eight tries on the way. The other semi-final is between South Africa and Ireland,...
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Wales Under 20 produced a much improved performance to beat Italy 56-6 in Treviso. They scored eight tries, gathering a bonus point before half-time to go some way to redeeming themselves from the 92-0 record defeat to New Zealand on Tuesday. Added to the 34-8 opening victory over Argentina, the victory over the Junior...
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MARCO BORTOLAMI saluted his Italy A players after they lifted the Churchill Cup Plate at Sixways this afternoon. The skipper, whose side had spluttered throughout the tournament, came good when it counted with a victory that secured them third place. “We improved a lot today and we put in a good performance,” said Bortolami....
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