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World Cup dreams begin in Caribbean sun |
| 1 May 2008, 3:03 pm |
| Barely six months after South Africa clinched the sport's biggest prize at RWC'07 in France the Webb Ellis Cup was inspiring dreams once again as the qualification for the sport's next global showpiece got underway. |
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World Cup body exhumed but no knives out |
| 17 April 2008, 8:26 am |
| "Results from the autopsy of New Zealand's rugby World Cup failure are in at last. The result? No heads will roll." NZPA's Daniel Gilhooly reports |
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Bok unity depends on keeping team together |
| 24 October 2007, 5:00 pm |
| "South Africa faces an anxious wait to see whether the Springbok team that won the World Cup will be kept together or ripped apart." Stephen Nell reports |
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There's cause for concern for rugby's decision-makers |
| 23 October 2007, 4:31 pm |
| "This is rugby’s world showcase and in the knockout stages it was power and persistence that mattered much more than attacking flair." John Taylor reports |
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Scrum.com's Rugby World Cup Awards |
| 23 October 2007, 11:29 am |
| "No tournament is complete without its closing awards ceremony. OK, no skilled craftsman inscribing the winner’s name painstakingly - but here are the scrum.com awards for France 2007." Huw Richards reports |
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Scrum.com's Rugby World Cup 2007 XV! |
| 22 October 2007, 12:23 pm |
| "So much for the IRB World Player of the Year - now the announcement the players will really have been waiting for - the scrum.com World Cup XV" Huw Richards reports |
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'Welsh Way' gets lost in France |
| 22 October 2007, 10:55 am |
| Wales arrived in France confident and determined to reach at least the last four of the World Cup and maybe even go all the way to the final in Paris. |
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Young guns hold key to England's World Cup future |
| 21 October 2007, 6:04 pm |
| As Jonny Wilkinson was explaining how the World Cup had been lost South African wing Bryan Habana swept behind him in the concrete bowels of the Stade de France carrying the Webb Ellis trophy. |
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'Group of death' no excuse for Irish shambles |
| 21 October 2007, 10:55 am |
| Seeking to rationalise Ireland's World Cup debacle, the best explanation head coach Eddie O'Sullivan could produce was the timing of the tournament hindered Six Nations teams. |
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Hadden has reason to be cheerful |
| 21 October 2007, 10:55 am |
| Frank Hadden's verdict, which he has stated on at least two occasions, was that he was "absolutely gutted" to be back in Scotland for finals week. |
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Springboks claim the spoils in tournament finale |
| 20 October 2007, 10:15 pm |
| "South Africa were fully deserving of their victory and England will not dwell on the decisions that some may say cost them." Graham Jenkins reports |
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Send us your best Rugby World Cup pictures! |
| 20 October 2007, 3:50 pm |
| This year's World Cup has provided a plethora of colour on and off the pitch - our cameras have been at every game but we want to see what you have captured! |
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Pumas bow out in style |
| 20 October 2007, 1:27 am |
| "How they deserve their celebration, for bringing a freshness and enthusiasm that like it or not has shaken up the sport's traditional powers." Graham Jenkins reports |
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Rugby World Cup Final Countdown...Two days to go |
| 18 October 2007, 4:25 pm |
| "Now she is on the verge of achieving World Cup history, and something no team, or coach has ever done - win back-to-back winner's medals." Graham Jenkins reports |
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England in good spirits ahead of finale |
| 18 October 2007, 8:35 am |
| "This is a team that has ridden its luck to achieve something nobody really expected of them. Having got here, they want to take full advantage." Huw Richards reports |
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World Cup Final Countdown - Four days to go... |
| 16 October 2007, 11:34 am |
| "Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones, now technical advisor to the Springboks, stepped out of the shadows today ahead of his shot at redemption against England." Graham Jenkins reports |
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R.I.P 'French flair' |
| 16 October 2007, 10:46 am |
| "How many times in the last five World Cups have the French displayed real flair? A miraculous half-hour in 1999 and a couple of matches in 2003 is about all it comes to." Huw Richards reports |
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Springboks book final date with England |
| 14 October 2007, 10:31 pm |
| "Just over a month since Jake White's side tour apart Brian Ashton's team at the Stade de France the two sides will meet again, at the same venue, with the sport's biggest prize up for grabs." Graham Jenkins reports |
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World Cup Final Countdown - Six days to go... |
| 14 October 2007, 12:02 pm |
| "The build up to this year's Rugby World Cup is set to intensify this week as we build towards the tournament finale." Graham Jenkins counts down to the big one |
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England on a roll heading to World Cup final |
| 13 October 2007, 10:54 pm |
| "The strength of character shown by the men in white since their seemingly crippling loss to South Africa in the pool stages is something for the whole English nation to be proud of." Graham Jenkins reports |
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Boks and Pumas set for historic clash |
| 12 October 2007, 1:30 pm |
| "Shared isolation has made the only two significant rugby nations with South Atlantic coastlines natural partners and adversaries." Huw Richards reports |
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England coming to the boil in World Cup pressure cooker |
| 12 October 2007, 1:20 pm |
| "England's threequarters must defend as if their lives depend on it against a team who on their day are rugby's most creative attacking force." PA's Frank Malley reports |
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Wallabies must go back to the drawing board |
| 11 October 2007, 9:45 am |
| "That so many believed Connolly is hard to understand when there was little happening to warrant the statements claiming improvement." Rollo Manning reports |
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Scotland still missing some key elements |
| 9 October 2007, 2:53 pm |
| "The backline is blunt and there seems little that the coach can do to remedy this unless some more intuitive players come through the system" Iain Morrison reports on Scotland's Rugby World Cup campaign |
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Flamboyant Fiji bid farewell to World Cup |
| 9 October 2007, 2:20 pm |
| "The 'flying' Fijians may have come to the end of their World Cup road but the legacy of the tournament is all the richer for their achievements." Graham Jenkins reports |
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England cup quest set to end in tears |
| 5 October 2007, 3:02 pm |
| "That is not meant to be unduly pessimistic, just realistic after head coach Brian Ashton handed Mike Catt the midfield role at inside centre..." Frank Malley reports |
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How rugby can help the world to 'tackle hunger' |
| 3 October 2007, 8:25 pm |
| You won’t see many rugby balls in Gereida camp in Darfur this month, and I doubt there’s even one in the whole of Somalia, or the lush green hills that mark the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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Lomu backs All Blacks to pass French exam |
| 2 October 2007, 11:37 am |
| "Silently everybody knows what they have to do, they live by the fear of losing." Jonah Lomu speaks to scrum.com ahead of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. |
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Bowring should take the reins for Wales |
| 2 October 2007, 9:19 am |
| "Jenkins was and is a thoroughly competent coach but he simply did not have enough variety of experience." John Taylor issues his verdict on the Wales debacle |
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Wallabies await improving England |
| 28 September 2007, 10:43 pm |
| "All week Brian Ashton had told us confidence was rising, that it was getting better. That soon we would see the real England." PA Sport's Frank Malley reports |
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England confidence on the rise |
| 27 September 2007, 3:38 pm |
| As Brian Ashton was about to name his England team to face Tonga earlier this week a cold draught sliced through an open door. |
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IRB must review TMO decision process |
| 25 September 2007, 1:55 pm |
| "Video referee, Craig Joubert, was just about the only person in the stadium who thought it was not a try but when I spoke to him he claimed his hands were tied by referee, Tony Spreadbury." John Taylor reports |
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Tournament poser has Henry guessing too |
| 24 September 2007, 7:50 pm |
| Coach Graham Henry is wondering the same thing as everyone else at this rugby World Cup. Have the All Blacks had enough tough rugby? |
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Wilkinson inspires England turnaround |
| 22 September 2007, 5:32 pm |
| In a match of huge collisions and amid an atmosphere as frantic as sport gets Jonny Wilkinson kept England in the World Cup. |
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Howlett more your working class winger |
| 20 September 2007, 8:54 am |
| You might be surprised to learn what number is running through Doug Howlett's mind in the Murrayfield dressing room before the All Blacks face Scotland this weekend. |
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World Cup Postcard - Montpellier makes an impression |
| 18 September 2007, 9:50 pm |
| "If you had told me that an evening out in Montpellier would end with a lively, multilingual 2 a.m game of touch rugby I might have taken precautions against involvement." Huw Richards reports |
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Galthie for French coach? |
| 11 September 2007, 8:48 am |
| "Just about the only certainty in France's Rugby World Cup campaign as they await their showdown with Ireland on Saturday week is that Bernard Laporte will not be their coach after the tournament has ended." Huw Richards reports from France |
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World Cup Postcard - Pumas spoil France's party |
| 7 September 2007, 11:50 pm |
| "The buzz of anticipation around the Stade de France was tangible and while blue was the most prevalent colour on show there was a healthy representation of this year’s other World Cup hopefuls." Graham Jenkins reports from the Stade de France. |
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World Cup Postcard - The big kick off looms |
| 6 September 2007, 8:32 pm |
| Images that remain from World Cups are not just those of matches. Publicity forms part of the backdrop, particularly when you are overseas. Huw Richards reports |
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Rugby World Cup - Memorable Matches |
| 29 August 2007, 10:17 pm |
| What is your favourite Rugby World Cup game from the archives? ESPN Classic run down their top ten... |
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Rugby World Cup - Unsung Heroes |
| 29 August 2007, 9:32 pm |
| Since the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, unsung heroes have left their mark on the tournament. |
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Rugby World Cup Snap Shots |
| 29 August 2007, 9:05 pm |
| The sixth Rugby World Cup will kick off in France next month - who will be the next side to lift the Williams Webb Ellis Cup? |
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ESPN Classic's Best-Ever Rugby World Cup Tries |
| 29 August 2007, 8:43 pm |
| What try would get your vote as the best in Rugby World Cup history? ESPN Classic countdown their top ten... |
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Lack of depth could end up haunting Irish |
| 29 August 2007, 1:54 pm |
| "Despite being handed a place in the toughest pool Irish fans have had reason to hope that France 2007 would see Ireland produce their best performance on the biggest stage." Jonathan McConnell reports |
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France target home win |
| 22 August 2007, 10:16 pm |
| "France’s half-backs epitomise the debate as to whether Laporte is blessed with options or cursed by indecision." Huw Richards reports |
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Wales under pressure to perform on big stage |
| 21 August 2007, 9:11 pm |
| "Wales will start as second favourites against Australia, the evidence of the summer tests down under is that any gap is hardly unbridgeable, particularly with the game being played at the Millennium Stadium." Huw Richards reports |
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Eagles facing a tough ask |
| 17 August 2007, 5:02 pm |
| It is very often said that time flies when you are having fun, and how true it is. Brian Lowe reports |
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Wallabies primed for action |
| 17 August 2007, 4:33 pm |
| "There are eight players with more than 50 Test caps. Experience means far more than youthful exuberance at a World Cup and given that the Wallabies must have an edge." Rollo Manning reports |
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England target timely Marseille triumph |
| 14 August 2007, 7:40 pm |
| The comparison with Napoleon is inevitable. For a start, England rugby coach Brian Ashton stands five foot and not very much and will be plotting a route to world supremacy in France this weekend. Frank Malley reports |
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Rugby World Cup - Team by Team Guide |
| 10 August 2007, 4:06 pm |
| Check out PA SPort's team by team guide ahead of this year's Rugby World Cup in France. |
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