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The World Cup has come and gone, France consider themselves “vice-world champions” 
a lot of people consider Wales to be in with a good shout, some even consider the South Africans in the England side to be their saviours. [...]
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6 Nations 2012 Round 1
It begins with the Six Nations
We are right around the corner from the start of the Six Nations 2012. On Saturday they get the tournament off to a fast start with 2 games back to back. [...]
Steven Sykes returns to Sharks
Sharksworld can exclusively reveal that lock Steven Sykes will return to Durban to join the Sharks Super Rugby squad. [...]
Irish clubs to close ranks
The Irish Rugby Football Union has passed new regulations that could seriously limit the number of foreign players eligible to represent their top three club sides. Under the new restrictions, set to come into force in time for the 2013 season, Ulster, Leinster and Munster would need to field sides comprising mostly Irish-qualified players. [...]
Terblanche poised for Ulster debut
After waiting for what seems like an age for all his paperwork to be finalised, Stefan Terblanche has finally arrived in Northern Ireland and started training with his new Ulster team mates yesterday. [...]
Warm-up tests summary
There is a host of pre-World Cup warm-up tests taking place this weekend, from the Northern Hemisphere where Wales take on England, to the Southern Hemisphere where Fiji take on Tonga in what can only be a bruising encounter! Here are the team sheets and maybe a few predictions on how the games might pan out. [...]
Northern Hemisphere teams get going
The Northern Hemisphere teams start their preparation for the World Cup with a series of warm up test matches, the first of which takes place this weekend when England face Wales and Ireland play Scotland. [...]
Mostert linked with Stade Francais switch
Sharks lock Gerhard Mostert – one of the real heroes of their campaign over the last few weeks – has appeared on the French Top 14′s inbound transfer list for next season. People reading this list may well assume that the big second-rower has indeed committed to joining Stade Francais ahead of the new European season. [...]
Baby Boks cruise past Ireland
The Baby-Boks played Ireland in one of two fifth-place semi-finals at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championships in Italy and came away with a 57 – 15 win, and will now face Fiji in the final 5th place playoff on Sunday. [...]
IRB Junior Champs: Boks (42) vs Ireland (26) F/T
The Baby Boks take on Ireland in their second match of the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship which takes place in Treviso tonight, with kick off at 20h10 South African time, which will be televised on SuperSport. [...]
Ireland: “No negotiations or discussions” with Os
The Irish Rugby Football Union has moved to deny reports that former South Africa scrum coach Os du Randt is in talks to join the Ireland set-up. [...]
Os still going to the World Cup
Double World Cup winner Os du Randt will be going to another World Cup this year, but not with the Springboks as he originally planned. Instead, he will be assisting the other green team at the event, the Irish. [...]
Six Nations Round 5
The final round for the northern hemisphere cousins sees England with a chance of taking the Grand Slam and with it the Six Nations title. Wales are still in with a shout provided England lose to the Irish.
Results
Scotland 21 – 8 Italy
Ireland 24 – 8 England
France 28 – 9 Wales
England are 6 Nations Champions 2011
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CWC: Friday Thread
What is this? Two competitive matches in one day? It sure is! We start off with a battle of the minnows that has most impressed during the tournament so far, Ireland and Netherlands. Later we see New Zealand taking on Sri Lanka, a game which is a sign of things to come as we get closer to the play offs. [...]
Kaplan Yellow Carded?
If the reports in “The Guardian” is to be believed, then one of the most respected and most capped referees in rugby will be “carded” for the try incident this past weekend. [...]
