New Zealand centre Ma’a Nonu to win 100th cap against Tonga
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Captain Richie McCaw not considered because of hip injury• Kieran Read to captain All Blacks in final Pool C gameMa’a Nonu will make his 100th international appearance in New Zealand’s final...
Sport picture of the day: Rugby World Cup rainbow
1 decade ago by The GuardianNot only were the supporters at Leicester City Stadium treated to a stupendous fightback by Romania from 15-0 down to triumph 17-15 over Canada, there was also a rainbow shining over the arena during the...
England tickets up for sale but World Cup organisers stay upbeat
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Saturday’s Pool A clash with Uruguay is now a dead rubber• Fans decide to sell their tickets after Australia defeatRugby World Cup organisers have said that the vast majority of fans who have bought...
Michael Hooper suspended for Australia’s Rugby World Cup clash with Wales
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Hooper was cited for an act of foul play against England• World Rugby said in a statement that Hooper admitted the offenceAustralia will be without Michael Hooper for Saturday’s Pool A decider...
Rugby World Cup 2015: talking points from the weekend’s action
1 decade ago by The GuardianStuart Lancaster’s England days are numbered, Victor Matfield’s place in his own team is under threat, and should Japan have gone for a bonus point?Stuart Lancaster always knew what the score would...
England’s Stuart Lancaster: Cup exit ‘will sit with us all forever’
1 decade ago by The GuardianCoach says England’s Rugby World Cup elimination left raw emotions and ‘I don’t think I’ll ever come to terms with it’A devastated Stuart Lancaster has admitted, amid increasing speculation over...
Wales’s Warren Gatland lambasts timing of ‘ridiculous’ World Cup pool draw
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Coach expresses sympathy for England’s beleaguered Stuart Lancaster• Gatland criticises decision to draw pools three years before tournamentWales’s coach, Warren Gatland, has condemned the “ridiculous”...
What we learned about the Wallabies during their annihilation of England | John Davidson
1 decade ago by The GuardianWith Bernard Foley and Matt Giteau in scintillating form, and the Australian scrum no longer a joke, the Wallabies are genuine World Cup title contendersAustralia came into this World Cup unsure of who...
Ireland secure World Cup progess with laboured win over Italy
1 decade ago by The GuardianThis was not as grim and attritional as some of us had feared. It was worse. It was a match from the old school: attritional, largely risk-free and, particularly in Ireland’s case, too disjointed for...
The five key reasons that England left their own World Cup early
1 decade ago by The GuardianAustralia’s control of the scrum and breakdown and English indiscipline are among the reasons England exited earlySouthern hemisphere teams have, over the years, had the knack of confronting opponents...
