It is possible to play well, and lose Rugby is a notoriously complicated game. Yet with laws that sometimes require the use of IBM’s ‘Deep Blue’ computer to decode them,…
Tournaments
World Cup 2015: USA 18 – 28 Japan
Japan finished their Pool B campaign with three wins out of four thanks to this deserved victory over the USA, but the 12 points the Brave Blossoms gathered in the…
World Cup 2015: France 9-24 Ireland
The verdict on the decisive Pool D game between France and Ireland in Cardiff
World Cup 2015: Italy 32-22 Romania
Italy romped to a four-try bonus point victory at a boisterous Sandy Park on the final day of the Pool stages. Tries in the first-half by Sarto, Gori and Allan…
World Cup 2015: Argentina 64-19 Namibia
Argentina tuned up for their quarter-final with a comfortable 64-19 win over Namibia in Leicester. They ran in nine tries in total as some of their fringe players showed Daniel…
World Cup 2015: England 60-3 Uruguay
A full review of England's final 2015 World Cup pool game, against Uruguay
World Cup 2015: Scotland 36-33 Samoa
What's hot and what's not from Scotland's narrow win over Samoa
World Cup 2015: New Zealand 47-9 Tonga
They say the hallmark of a good team is when they win without playing well, and New Zealand triumphed in this one by some margin despite this uncharacteristically sloppy showing. Playing…
Australia have a gem in McMahon
Like Georgian props, Springbok locks and Fijian wingers, Australia seem to have a conveyor belt of talent at openside with no end in sight. England felt the full force of…
Parisse out of Italy World Cup finale
One of the biggest disappointments of the World Cup will be that Italy star Sergio Parisse managed just 64 minutes during the Azzurri’s Pool D campaign. It’s no coincidence that…