First-half tries from Vincent Clerc and Maxime Médard helped France to a 19-12 victory at Eden Park that sent England tumbling out of the World Cup. Dimitri Yachvili slotted two…
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Ireland 10 Wales 22 – The Verdict
By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor in Wellington ALL WEEK people in Wellington have been talking about how tight this quarter-final would be, how it was a 50-50 match,…
Wales 22 Ireland 10 – match report
Wales beat Ireland 22-10 in the first quarter-final of Rugby World Cup 2011 at the Wellington Regional Stadium in a match of high intensity and plenty of skill. The Welsh…
Aussies pick strong team to take on South Africa
The clearing of a number of injuries has allowed Australia to return almost in its entirety to the combination which opened its Rugby World Cup campaign, after the Wallabies side…
Mils Muliaina to reach special 100th Test milestone v Argentina
All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the All Blacks team for their Quarterfinal match of the 2011 Rugby World…
England pick Wilkinson and Flood!
TOBY FLOOD will start at inside centre alongside Jonny Wilkinson at fly half in one of four changes to Martin Johnson’s side for the Rugby World Cup quarter final against…
Wales team to play Ireland – Halfpenny & Priestland start
WARREN GATLAND named his Wales team to play Ireland in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final in Wellington and admitted that the selection meeting had been one of the toughest of his…
World Cup Quotes of the Day – Tuesday 4 October
“Plans remain the same. Expectations are exactly the same. Belief of the squad is exactly the same. We don’t see anything’s changed.” – Assistant coach Wayne Smith says the tournament-ending…
Italian gets 15 weeks ban for gouging at World Cup
Leonardo Ghiraldini of Italy has been suspended for 15 weeks after acknowledging that he had been guilty of an act of foul play contrary to Law 10(4)(m). Following a review…
France change two for England – Parra at 10!
France coach Marc Lievremont has made just two changes to his side to take on England, from the one that was humiliated against Tonga last weekend. Prop Nicolas Mas returns…