Wallabies set to field two different teams to cope with tight turnaround
1 decade ago by The GuardianJust four days separate Australia’s opening Ruby World Cup fixturesSquad split into two groups, says assistant coach Stephen LarkhamAustralia are preparing entirely different starting teams for their...
Hotel prices soar in cities hosting the 2015 Rugby World Cup
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleRugby fans are being charged more than £1,000 for hotel rooms at the World Cup - more than ten times the normal rates.The biggest increase can be found in Cardiff where a room in the Welsh capital...
Italy’s Sergio Parisse faces Rugby World Cup fitness battle
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Captain has fluid drained from left leg following injury against Wales• No8 crucial to coach Jacques Brunel’s plans for Pool D opener against FranceSergio Parisse faces a World Cup fitness fight...
Millennium Stadium to be renamed Principality Stadium from January 2016
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Wales’ ground in 10-year sponsorship deal• Union says it ‘will help the grass roots’The Millennium Stadium is to be renamed the Principality Stadium from January 2016 after a 10-year sponsorship...
Italy number eight Parisse faces World Cup fitness race
1 decade ago by Breaking News.ie : RugbyThe Stade Francais number eight had an operation in Paris on Monday after suffering his injury blow in Saturday’s 23-19 defeat to Wales in Cardiff.
Cardiff's Millennium Stadium renamed
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsCardiff's Millennium Stadium is to be renamed as the Principality Stadium in a multi-million pound deal with a Welsh building society.
Mike Phillips called up by Wales after Rhys Webb is ruled out of World Cup
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Eli Walker also in squad after Leigh Halfpenny injury• ‘Mike’s experience is a bonus’ says Warren GatlandMike Phillips has been called up to the Wales squad after the scrum-half Rhys Webb was...
Wales’ Leigh Halfpenny out of Rugby World Cup
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auWales have been dealt a hammer blow with fullback Leigh Halfpenny ruled out of the Rugby World Cup after suffering torn right knee ligaments in a warm-up match against Italy. The Toulon star, one of the...
Turnbull signs new Blues contract
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsCardiff Blues' Wales international back-rower Josh Turnbull extends his contract until the of the 2017-18 season.
