Archive for September 2011
Match Preview - Gloucester v London Irish
Match Info:
Location: Kingsholm, Gloucester
Time: 1st Oct 2011 1300 BST
Form: Gloucester - W/L/W. L.Irish - W/W/L
Folllowing a brilliant win last weekend for Gloucester, and the same for London Irish, both sides will hope to put on another good show.
Gloucester.
Sudi's Starting 15
Click read more to see Sudi's choice starting 15 for England to face Scotland tomorrow..
Rugby World Cup Preview - England v Scotland
Scotland will have one last chance to proceed to the next stage of this years Rugby World Cup. However, one problem might stop them. That problem is England. England have progressed and played better as the tournament has gone on and will look to.
Sudi's Starting 15
This week Sudi has chosen his squad for Gloucester to face London Irish at Kingshom. Following a strong performance against Bath they will want to continue their good form. Click read more to view Sudi's choices for Gloucester Rugby on Saturda.
Rugby World Cup Scores Round-up
Here is a round-up of the last 8 matches from the Rugby World Cup 2011. Click read more to vie.
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Rugby World Cup Preview - Romania v Georgia
Match Information:
Location: Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Date: 28/09/11 0730 (BST)
Form: Romania - Loss/Loss Georgia - Loss/Loss
This will be one of the closeset fought battles of the tournament. Both sides will want to come away with at least.
Springboks announce strong side to face Samoa
By David van der Merwe
Peter
de Villiers yesterday announced his team to face Samoa. As always there are a
couple of surprises in the team.
De Villiers opted for a fit again Victor Matfield
to captain the team and dropped John Smit to the bench..
Cheetahs runs a mock at Newlands
Report by David van der Merwe
The Cheetahs made the journey to Newlands for a clash that promised to be full of running and hard rugby against WP. With WP 2nd and the Cheetahs 4th on the log before this round it was expected to be tough with both.
Bulls trample Lions in the Lions Den
Report by David van der Merwe
The Bulls made the great trek for the Jukskei Derby to Coca-Cola Park. On their minds were revenge for the loss at Loftus earlier this year to the Lions. The Lions only wanted to keep their home record clean. The match promised.
Dave's View: Injury rule at RWC 2011 confuses me
Feature by David van der Merwe
For many years now the IRB has been changing and amending the rules of rugby to make it safe for the players. The scrum is a good example. In my days of playing rugby there was no "crouch, touch, pause, engage"..
South Africa 87-0 Namibia
Report by David van der Merwe
The all African game of the 2011 RWC was played a few days ago. The Springboks took on their northern neighbours, Namibia. The Boks talked with respect of Namibia during the lead up to this game, but once they were on the.
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Redpath: The fans are phenomenal
Following Gloucester's win against Bath, Bryan Redpath praised the hard work of both forwards and backs. The post match press conference opened with questions about Gloucester's strong scrummaging efforts.
"John Brain has done good work, with emphasis.
Gloucester 23-6 Bath
Gloucester looked strong throughout
(SD photography)
Bath looked the dominant side in the opening half with a selection of attacks on the Gloucester try line but wasted a lot of time in the 22 and gave away penalties in plays that should have been.
England 67-3 Romania
Following an OK performance against Georgia, where they should have scored more points, England proved how good they are with a thrashing of Romania.
The feeble rugby minnows couldn't withstand England's attacks and couldn't break through.
Half Time Statistics - England v Romania
Mark Cueto has been the star man so far for England but without his confident team mates he wouldn't have scored his three tries. Ashton also scored two more tries later on in the half and Wilkinson converted both. England are certainly dominating but.
The Tier Two Nations - Part 2
Feature by Damian Corbet
A lot of Georgia’s national team play their club rugby at the very highest level, in the French Top 14. Mamuka Gorgodze, nicknamed Gorgodzilla, was voted overseas player of the year in last season’s French Top 14 for his work.
Aviva Premiership Preview - Gloucester v Bath
Match Information:
Location: Kingsholm, Gloucester
Teams: Gloucester Rugby and Bath Rugby
Form: Gloucester - Loss, Win, Loss / Bath - Win, Loss, Win
Date: 24/09/11 / 1500 BST
Gloucester will host local rivals, Bath, on Saturday..
The Tier Two Nations - Part 1
The Tier Two nations need a helping hand – and a level playing field!
Feature by Damian Corbet
The
Tier two nations have been showing a lot of promise at this year’s Rugby World
Cup, but there’s still a very long way to go before they reach.
Hazell out for six weeks
Gloucester's reliable flanker, Andy Hazell, has been struck with a six week injury lay off. The injury occured during Gloucester's encounter with Northampton on the opening weekend, Hazell played through the pain unaware of the damage that had been caused.
This.
Rugby World Cup Preview - England v Romania
England will bring back Mike Tindall ahead of this weekends clash with Romania. Tindall was rested for the Georgia clash and Bath's Shontayne Hape took his place. This will be the first time Mike Tindall has appeared since his controversial night out.
Rugby World Cup Preview - South Africa v Namibia
Peter De Villiers has re-called Bryan Habana and made a total of five changes as South Africa prepare to take on Namibia. The current world champions will be expected to walk this match but can the Namibians give them a run for their mone.
Thomas Waldrom called up as cover
Leicesters Thomas Waldrom has been called up to the England squad as cover for Nick Easte.
England 41-10 Georgia
After a surprisingly poor first half from England, they redeemed themselves well in the second half. It may not have been the overwhelming victory everybody expected, Georgia put up a fight, but were no match for England at the end of the day.
The.
Half time update: England v Georgia
England really underestimated the power of Georgia’s side in the first half. They kept a clean 14-0 lead for the majority of the first forty minutes with Georgia’s fly-half missing three out of four penalties. The half has given us a real insight into.
Rugby World Cup Preview - Wales v Samoa
It's time for another match preview - in this post we will analyse the squads, give you our score prediction and let you know the ones to watch.
Toby Faletau starts at Number 8.
Wales will take on Samoa in what could be the first upset of the.
Rugby World Cup Preview - England v Georgia
England will take on Georgia on Sunday back in Dunedin at Otago Stadium. After sustaining an injury in one of England's warmup matches against Wales last month, Lewis Moody will return to the field of play.
Moody will return amid several other.
Ireland 15-6 Australia
Certainly the best match so far. Ireland will be very pleased after an intense win in front of proud Irish supporters. Australia will not be so pleased. They led once or twice early on and made no more points after that. It was disappointing from the.
Half time update: Australia v Ireland
A close, tightly fought first half. Mistakes and misses have lost both sides points but nobody is the favourite and this will be a battle to the end.
Australia have taken two penalties, both from James O'Connor who was re-called after a one match ban.
James O'Connor re-called by Australia
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Ahead of Australia's group deciding match with Ireland on Saturday, Robbie Deans has re-called James O'Connor.
The young Wallabies star missed the squad announcement last month and was punished by the Australian management with a one.
RWC Scores Round-up
Over the last few days we have seen a selection of minor matches between the lesser sides of this years world cup. Click read more to view the results.
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Rugby World Cup Preview - USA v Russia
This game won't be major but will certainly give the Eagles and opportunity to prove they are world class side. It will be an even bigger opportunity for Russia.
They will make their World Cup debut but aren't statistically the "worst" side in.
Shaky start for Home Nations
For Wales, England and Scotland they made their opening matches a tough task. It has to be said, Wales did have to take on reigning champions South Africa and England played Argentina but for Scotland they only just beat rugby minnows, Romania..
Sheridan out of the World Cup
England prop, Andrew Sheridan has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup following a shoulder injury he sustained during England's RWC opener against Argentina last weekend.
Sheridan had two operations on left his shoulder and was returning after recovery.
Lawes given 2 match ban
Following yesterdays post regarding Courtney Lawes' citing he has been banned for 2 matches after facing a disciplinary hearing in the early ours of the morning our time.
England have not decided whether to appeal the ban but it does seem.
Courtney Lawes Cited
England's explosive tackler, Courtney Lawes, has been cited following allegations he kneed Mario Ledesma after tackling him into touch.
The incident occurred in England's clash against Argentina and it is believed that Lawes has breached rule.
Rugby World Cup Scores Round-Up
Today's games were certainly more impressive than yesterday's and a little more gripping I might add. Click read more to view the latest score.
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Rugby World Cup Preview: South Africa v Wales
The second "big match" of the Rugby World Cup will take place tomorrow morning (BST) and it will see reigning champions South Africa take on Wales whose World Cup record has been disappointing in past tournaments.
Who knows what this game will bring,.
Featured Match - Gloucester v Worcester
Gloucester hoped to redeem themselves after a disappointing defeat at Franklins Gardens on the opening weekend. But after a good performance last weekend, Worcester hoped to maintain their form and prove they were a Premiership class side.One of Gloucester’s.
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Rugby World Cup: England vs Argentina
A boring match. Full of kicking errors and very disappointing mistakes. England were favourites but Argentina proved they were certainly not the underdogs as they led the way in the first half with no tries, just 3 penalties. However, Rodriguez certainly.
Armitage in for injured Cueto
Following yesterdays news that Cueto was still suffering with a minor injury, it has been confirmed that Delon Armitage will come in to replace him for England's opener against Argentina.
Wilkinson also starts ahead of Flood and Wigglesworth is a surprise.
Cueto a doubt for England opener
England's world cup campaign will open against Argentina at 9:30am BST on Saturday. However, England winger, Mark Cueto is suffering with a minor injury which could rule him of the encounter.
If Cueto is out, London Irish's Delon Armitage will come.
Victor Ubogu to Feature on Come Dine With Me
Press Release
The players pose to promote the show.
Four rugby greats - Kyran Bracken, Martin Offiah, Victor Ubogu and Gareth Chilcott - go shoulder-to-shoulder in a charity rugby special of the TV favourite, Come Dine With Me.
Broadcast to coincide.
Featured Match - Gloucester v Northampton
Errors cost Gloucester on opening weekendSilly errors could have lost either side the game at the end of the day. In hindsight Gloucester could have won and if they had done we would have looked back and said Saints could of won as well.It could be down.
Half time Update: Gloucester v Northampton
After an entertaining half at Franklins Gardens, Northampton lead by just 4 points. Although it has to be said, it could have been a one point lead if Taylor hadn't missed an early penalty attempt.
Both sides new signings have performed fantastically.
Cockerill: We just fell short
"We could have snuck it at the end. The battle was good and we just fell short at the end although you have to give credit to Exeter and what they came with."I'm not downhearted at all. We have a lot of blokes missing - and I'm not using that as an.
Featured Match - Exeter Chiefs vs Leicester Tigers
Exeter stun Tigers at Welford Road
Six tries were scored in this intense Premiership opener at Welford Road. Exeter copied their opening game last season when they beat Gloucester at Sandy Park but beating Leicester in front of their home crowd is certainly.
Aviva Premiership scores round-up
Here are scores from todays Aviva Premiership matches. Our featured matches this weekend are Leicester v Exeter and Gloucester v Northampton.
Leicester 28 Exeter 30
London Irish 24 Harlequins 29
Newcastle 9 Bath 22
Saracens 15 Wasps 20
Worcester 17.
Aviva Premiership Preview
The new Aviva Premiership is upon us and starts this weekend. As ever it looks to be a fantastic competition and Scrum Five's editor previews it.
Gloucester, Leicester, Northampton and Saracens were the top 4 last season but clubs like Wasps, Bath,.
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World Cup Opening "A night to remember"
An artists impression of the newly built Eden Park.
The opening ceremony for this years Rugby World Cup is said to be "A night to remember" by RWC organisers.
It will take place for half an hour prior to the opening game of the
tournament between.
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