Friday Round-Up
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbyBotha signs for Falcons: Former Saracens lock Mouritz Botha has left the Sharks in South Africa to sign for Premiership side Newcastle Falcons. The former England international will bring a vast amount...
Rugby World Cup warm-up games are like school exams - and England players should fear failure
1 decade ago by The TelegraphWill Greenwood: The meeting with France on Saturday will be brutal and intense as the battle for a squad place hots up
France may be sanctioned for team delay
1 decade ago by The TimesFrance could be fined for keeping England in the dark until this afternoon over their line-up for tomorrow’s World Cup...
Henry Slade hopes meteoric rise continues into England World Cup squad
1 decade ago by The GuardianExeter youngster’s recent progress has been remarkable and he believes a classy performance against France could put him firmly in Stuart Lancaster’s plansIt is barely a year since Henry Slade found...
Rugby World Cup 2015: For all the talk, there is still work to be done for England where discipline is concerned
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsGeoff Parling spoke before the France match of the need to be disciplined, but England still picked up two yellow cards
Rugby World Cup 2015: Danny Cipriani's chances of making Lancaster's World Cup squad decrease
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsDanny Cipriani must hope that he impresses in England's second warm up against France, most likely as a full back
Wallabies and the nature of work
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auFrançois-Marie Arouet was born in 1694 in Paris, France, and died 83 years later in the same city. In those 83 eventful years François-Marie argued with his father, fell in love – once with a French-Protestant...
France brace themselves for Le Crunch
1 decade ago by Rugby WorldPhilippe Saint-Andre will bring his French squad to Twickenham with a likely experimental side, where time is running out for a glut of playersBehind enemy lines: France will meet a familiar adversary...
Rugby World Cup planners must tackle traffic headaches before big kick-off
1 decade ago by The GuardianThis weekend’s France friendly at Twickenham will test England’s readiness for the tournament off the pitch as well as on itImagine you wished to create the nation’s biggest traffic jam. You would...
Hawk-Eye technology could be used in the Rugby World Cup
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleHawk-Eye will be used in the Rugby World Cup, according to the Daily Telegraph.The multi-camera technology used in tennis, cricket and football will first be tested on Saturday, when England play France...
