The Welsh Rugby Union paid tribute to former Wales Sevens coach, the late Colin Hillman and showed the importance it places on international Sevens by awarding caps to the Rugby World Cup Sevens winning players. From now on, caps will now be awarded to all Wales Sevens internationals, but in recognition of all the...
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Mike Catt will make his first start of the season for London Irish at the Recreation Ground tomorrow evening when the Exiles play Bath Rugby in round nine of the Guinness Premiership. The match kicks-off at 5.35pm. Catt will play at inside centre on a pitch that he knows intimately from his 12 years...
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England’s Women will head into next year’s World Cup with a historic win over the Black Ferns and a ringing endorsement for rugby from Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe. Catherine Spencer led her team to a 10-3 win in front of 12,500 at Twickenham Stadium and was back at Twickenham Stadium 48 hours later to...
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England 10 New Zealand 3 England Women recorded their first victory over world champions New Zealand in eight years in the Investec Challenge Double Header at Twickenham on Saturday with an impressive 10-3 win. England, who last defeated the triple world champions in 2001, bounced back from a 16-3 defeat seven day ago to...
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Scotland Women will face France, Canada and Sweden in Pool C of the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. The premier 15-aside tournament in the women’s game, which will be played from next August 20 to September 5, will feature three pools of four teams with defending champions New Zealand, hosts and 2006...
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SANZAR has announced Melbourne as the 15th Super Rugby Team to join the competition when expansion occurs in 2011. An Expert Determination Panel was asked by the SANZAR Executive Committee to decide on the location of the 15th Super Rugby team. The Experts were former Rugby World Cup-winning captain David Kirk and retired New...
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England 3 New Zealand 16 England Women will have to wait until Saturday November 21st to have a second chance of conquering the reigning world champions New Zealand after today (Saturday) succumbing to a 16-3 defeat at Esher RFC. In their first meeting against the Black Ferns since the 2006 Rugby World Cup final...
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The England Women’s A team to take on the world champions New Zealand on November 17th, kick off 7pm at Esher RFC, has today (Tuesday) been announced. England A take on the Black Ferns as part of a three test series for the New Zealanders. New Zealand will also play England on November 14th...
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The England Women’s team to face world champions New Zealand for the first of three tests in November has today (Tuesday) been announced. The reigning RBS 6 Nations and Nations Cup champions take on the Black Ferns for the first time since the 2006 IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup final on November 14th at...
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Scottish Rugby today announced the appointment of Gary Parker as the new Scotland Women’s head coach. A former player with Melrose and Scotland A, and coach with Gala, Melrose and Biggar, Parker was also head coach of the Scotland Club International side in 2006. Parker said: “I’ve been keen to get into a challenging...
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