Posts Tagged ‘ Team ’

The vexed question of which team should Warren Gatland pick to play Italy is a talking point in the Welsh Message Board (WMB). RR poster “Hook”, poses this question and offers Gatland the following advice:  “I think its important we don’t make the same mistake as Gats did last year but I would make...
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Ireland Coach Declan Kidney has named the team to play France in the second game of the RBS 6 Nations Championship in Paris on Saturday. Keith Earls has been selected on the left wing in place of Andrew Trimble.  Donncha O’Callaghan has not recovered from the injury that ruled him out of the opening game....
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The Wales Sevens team were last night (Tuesday) names BBC Cymru Wales team of the year, after becoming Rugby World Cup Sevens champions in March. Lee Beach, who captained the team to glory in Dubai said, “It’s great that our achievement at the Rugby World Cup Sevens put Wales on the map again and...
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Worcester Warriors are today pleased to announce that Backs & Defence Coach Billy McGinty has agreed a new deal at Sixways Stadium. Ex-Great Britain rugby league star McGinty has signed a contract that will now keep him at Warriors until at least 2012. Glasgow-born McGinty is a former Wigan rugby league star who represented...
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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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Quins fans will be delighted by the return of Danny Care and Ugo Monye from this season’s Autumn internationals, for tomorrow’s Guinness Premiership game against Gloucester. They will be joined in the starting line-up by their England team mate Nick Easter, who returns from a calf injury sustained against Worcester. With the return of...
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Newcastle fly half Jimmy Gopperth has hailed his side’s decision-making powers, as the Falcons look to record their fourth successive Guinness Premiership victory on Friday when Northampton Saints visit Kingston Park (kick-off 8pm). The Junior All Black has been at the centre of the Falcons’ league wins over Bath, Worcester and London Irish, saying:...
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Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Kingsley Jones has announced his team to play London Wasps at Edgeley Park on Friday evening. There is a slight doubt over Lee Thomas who has been suffering with a hamstring problem. If Lee fails a fitness test his place will be taken by David Bishop Kingsley said, ”...
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Scotland have made three changes and one further positional switch in their team for Saturday’s Murrayfield meeting with Argentina. Following the 9-8 victory over Australia last weekend, head coach Andy Robinson describes the changes as “subtle”. They see 24-year-old Edinburgh flanker Alan MacDonald introduced for his first cap, alongside the return of Ben Cairns...
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Further to an assessment and review by the England medical team and consultation with the London Wasps medics this morning it can be confirmed that Joe Worsley tore medial ligaments in his right knee during the Investec Challenge England v New Zealand test match yesterday. Joe will have a scan over the next 24...
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