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The pools have been announced for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in England, the games will be played from August 20 to September 5th and feature three pools of four teams. The seeded sides in their individual pools are: New Zealand, defending champions. England, hosts and 2006 runners-
We particularly enjoyed this article by James Mortimer – so thought we’d share here! 2009/10 Test Season Preview: Ireland
The new National World Cup Development programme will show itself on Saturday when Ulster meet Magners League leaders Leinster, Ulster will be without three Internationals for the game! Paddy Wallace is not allowed to play, Stephen Ferris is (from the bench!), Andrew Trimble is while nobody is qu
The nation of Japan has become increasingly prominent on the international rugby scene as it has worked hard to groom world class players. While there is still a lot of work to be done in this area, one cannot but help be impressed with the country’s sense of purpose. It is therefore not surpri
Those countries that want to host the Rugby World Cup in 2015 have very little time left to get their tender documents into the International Rugby Board (IRB) in Dublin. The decision regarding which country is to host the tournament is expected in July this year and so far there are only three cont
The Australian rugby board has decided to withdraw its bid for the 2015 World Cup, stating that it could not meet the guarantees asked for by the IRB. The Board has stated that it wants £80 million guaranteed by the country for 2015 and this amount increases to £96 million for the 2019 event. T
The English rugby authority (English Rugby Football Union) has announced its intention to submit a tender document to the International Rugby Board for a bid to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Union has stated that the sites of Twickenham, Wembley, Old Trafford and the Millennium Stadium in Cardi
The Irish rugby authorities today announced that they were to withdraw from the race to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup. They were involved in a joint bid with Scotland, England and Wales to host the tournament and said as much in their official expression of interest in January this year. But the
One thing that you can say for the International Rugby Board is that they are certainly very organized. Today saw them announced the pool stages for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Never mind the fact that this is more than two years away, they are already organized. This is to be the biggest sporting
Jon Skurr has named a 12-man squad for the World Cup Sevens in Dubai. Ireland open their RWC Sevens campaign in a tough pool, starting with Samoa on March 5th and then Australia and Portugal the following day. IRELAND RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS SQUAD (Dubai, March 5-7): Gary Brown (Blackrock Co
