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
Barritt makes England debut
England on Thursday named three new caps in the starting team to face Scotland in Saturday’s Six Nations match at Murrayfield. [...]
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. [...]
Scottish calling for Nel
Cheetahs prop WP Nel is the source of some speculation in Scotland, as clubs Edinburgh and Glasgow are reportedly quite keen to sign the 25 year old, with the view of him qualifying to play for Scotland in the future. [...]
All the RWC Squads
Now that all 20 RWC squads have been announced here is a pool by pool breakdown of the squads. [...]
Scotland RWC 2011 Squad
Alastair Kellock will lead an experienced Scotland team at the World Cup tournament in New Zealand next month.
Article Courtesy of Rugby 365 [...]
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. [...]
Three Sharks start for Baby Boks
SA under 20 coach Dawie Theron has named his side to take on Soctland in the Baby Boks’ opening fixture of the IRB Junior World Championships in Italy. The inclusion of Sevens star Paul Jordaan at outside centre will raise a few expectant eyebrows amongst Sharks fans. [...]
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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Six Nations Round 4
Our Northern hemisphere cousins also have a tournament going this weekend, but with it being a lesser tournament we thought we’d only give it one common thread for all three matches.
ITALY 22 – 21 FRANCE
WALES 19 – 13 IRELAND
ENGLAND 22 – 16 SCOTLAND [...]
Six Nations Round 3
Only two teams are undefeated and they play each other today. [...]
6N – Round 1 Matches
Finally we have some real rugby going down.
Results:
Wales 19 – 26 England
Italy 11 – 13 Ireland
France 34 – 21 Scotland [...]
How did the Springboks really fare?
The Boks walked away from the year end test matches with 3 wins and a loss.
But how did they really fare taking a few factors into account. [...]
Boks drop as Scotland leapfrog Ireland
Scotland’s reward for causing the upset of the weekend and beating world champions South Africa 21-17 is a two-place climb to sixth in the latest IRB World Rankings. [...]








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