[imagebrowser id=16] Saturday 9 July 2011 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Reds 18-13 Crusaders Cooper-Genia An attacking pair at the base of the scrum who never let their foot off the throat…

Al Kellock’s World Cup verdict

Our Scotland training camp has been great so far. It’s tough and very challenging, but enjoyable too. I didn’t play in April and May, which gave the broken hand I’d…

Sam Warburton’s World Cup verdict

This has definitely been my toughest pre-season ever as we prepare for the World Cup. We had two camps in Poland in July doing lots of weights and conditioning work.…

Jonny Wilkinson’s World Cup verdict

People are calling this month’s games with Wales and Ireland ‘warm-ups’, but I don’t see them like that. To me they’re like a World Cup or Six Nations Test. I…

The Eagles have won just two World Cup matches to date. Alex Goff takes a walk down memory lane… Victories have been hard to come by for the United States…

Russia are making their World Cup debut this autumn – but they are planning to stick around for a long time Russia will make their first-ever appearance at the Rugby…

Nikolai Vladimirovich Nerush Age 50 (24 July 1960) Birthplace Moscow Coaching history VVA Monino Record as Russia coach (November 2008-present) P21 W12 L8 D1 He’s achieved all he can domestically.…