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BORDEAUX – Head coach Andy Farrell, captain Johnny Sexton, centre Garry Ringrose and hooker Rob Herring react after Ireland named their team to face Romania on Saturday. Andy Farrell, head coach On Joe McCarthy starting in the second row: “He deserves it with the form that he’s shown not just in the games that he’s …
Comments from Romania head coach Eugen Apjok and captain Cristian Chirica ahead of the match against Ireland in Pool B in Bordeaux on Saturday. Eugen Apjok, head coach on his team selection: “We chose the best players that we could for this game, and also we want to give them the opportunity to play against …
England head coach Steve Borthwick has named his match-day 23 to face Argentina in Marseille on Saturday. Alex Mitchell, who wasn’t in the original World Cup squad, starts at scrum-half. 1 Ellis Genge 2 Jamie George 3 Dan Cole 4 Maro Itoje 5 Ollie Chessum 6 Courtney Lawes (c) 7 Tom Curry 8 Ben Earl …
Argentina head coach Michael Cheika has named an experienced starting XV for their opening Rugby World Cup 2023 game, against England in Marseille on Saturday, with nine players having World Cup experience. 1 Thomas Gallo 2 Julian Montoya (c) 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela 4 Matias Alemanno 5 Tomas Lavanini 6 Pablo Matera 7 Marcos Kremer …
Georgia head coach Levan Maisashvili has named nine players in his match-day squad who played Australia at Rugby World Cup 2019 for their game at Stade de France on Saturday. 1 Nika Abuladze 2 Shalva Mamukashvili 3 Guram Papidze 4 Nodar Cheishvili 5 Konstantine Mikautadze 6 Tornike Jalagonia 7 Luka Ivanishvili 8 Beka Gorgadze 9 …
Italy head coach Kieran Crowley has named his match-day 23 to face Namibia in Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne on Saturday, with Tommaso Allan, who played fly-half in the previous two Rugby World Cups, named at full-back. 1 Danilo Fischetti 2 Giacomo Nicotera 3 Simone Ferrari 4 Dino Lamb 5 Federico Ruzza 6 Sebastian Negri 7 …
Namibia head coach Allister Coetzee has announced his match-day 23 to face Italy at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Etienne on Saturday, with Richard Hardwick, who won two caps for Australia, starting at number eight. 1 Desiderius Sethie 2 Torsten Van Jaarsveld 3 Johan Coetzee 4 Adriaan Ludick 5 Tjiuee Uanivi 6 Wian Conradie 7 Johan …
Head coach Warren Gatland has named his Wales senior men’s XV to play Fiji at Stade de Bordeaux in their opening pool C match of Rugby World Cup 2023 (Sunday 10 September 8pm BST / 9pm local time live on ITV and S4C). Wales arrived in Bordeaux from their team base in Versailles this afternoon …
The clubs that constitute the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) General Council met at DHL Stadium on Wednesday evening to vote on the proposed equity deal put forward by Red Disa consortium to secure a controlling shareholding in WP Professional Rugby Pty Ltd (the professional rugby arm of Western Province Rugby). The motion was …
Springbok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk wins his 50th Test cap in a settled Springbok team for the momentous Rugby World Cup opener against Scotland in Marseille on Sunday. De Klerk is one of 11 players to retain their starting places from the team which recorded a record victory against New Zealand two weeks ago, as …
World Rugby is partnering with the Signify Group to protect officials, players and coaches from online abuse. World Rugby has today announced that it will implement transformative measures to protect all match day officials and team squad players from online abuse during Rugby World Cup France 2023. The move underpins World Rugby’s wider commitment to …
Laurian Johannes-Haupt, who had been acting as interim assistant coach for the Springbok Women’s team this year, has been formally recruited by SA Rugby to join the team as assistant coach, leading up to the WXV tournament in October. Johannes-Haupt, a former national player, was named interim forwards coach in March and travelled with the …
Springbok Women interim head coach Louis Koen invited 34 players to a training camp in Potchefstroom as the squad start the next phase of preparations for the new WXV tournament, to be held in Stellenbosch and Cape Town next month. A two-week alignment camp in Stellenbosch finished last weekend and yielded good progress with a …
At the beginning of September National Treasury revealed that South Africa’s budget had moved to a deficit of R143.8 billion for July, the largest since 2004 and wider than the R115.5 billion forecast by economists. This follows a 15 August 2023 Cabinet meeting, when it was noted that the economic growth outlook has worsened significantly …
Cape Town, 4 September 2023 – Dance enthusiasts, art and theatre lovers and anyone looking for a moving experience that can suspend reality and transport them to a world of exceptional creativity transcending time and space, take note of an upcoming performance by South Africa’s leading contemporary dance theatre company. Jazzart Dance Theatre turns 50 …
Hosts France have made an injury-enforced change to their squad of 33 set to compete at Rugby World Cup 2023, with Montpellier’s Bastien Chalureau called up to replace Paul Willemse (thigh). The France squad features a blend of 19 forwards and 14 backs with scrum-half Antoine Dupont two appearances away from earning a 50th cap. …
Sir Bill Beaumont, World Rugby Chairman and at the Rugby World Cup 2023 opening conference said: “It was 200 years ago that our sport was born and there can be no better place to celebrate our birthday than here in France. “We know that this nation will be a magnificent host, not just here in …
The Springboks arrived at their Rugby World Cup base in Toulon on Sunday morning in high spirits after a ten-and-a-half-hour ferry overnight trip from Corsica. Head coach Jacques Nienaber said the squad was looking forward to kicking off their 2023 campaign against Scotland in their opening match of the tournament on Sunday 10 September in …
Rugby’s global growth accelerates as the sport bounces back from the pandemic, while drawing inspiration from record-breaking men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups. Participation increases by 11 per cent to 8.4 million in 2023 as the sport continues to experience accelerated growth after the global pandemic 57 per cent of players in the post-COVID-19 era …
The African Rainbow Gold Cup – featuring 32 teams from around South Africa – kicks off in September following a four-year hiatus and will introduce a new and exciting knockout format, which has never been seen before in the nationwide club competition. The competition for top non-university clubs is back after a four-year break due …
Tickets are now on sale for the opening round of HSBC SVNS 2024, World Rugby’s revamped and rebranded global celebration of rugby sevens, kicking off 2-3 December with the Emirates Dubai 7s as the countdown to Paris 2024 continues. The highly anticipated return of the Emirates Dubai 7s is here with tickets now on sale …
The road to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 continues as Botswana host Cameroon, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Sierra Leone in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier from 02 to 08 September, where two teams will earn a spot in the Africa regional final later this year. Teams …
European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) and Investec are proud to announce today (Thursday 31 August) that the leading international bank and wealth manager is the new title partner of the Investec Champions Cup, the world’s biggest club rugby competition, for the next five years. Through this partnership, Investec and EPCR will work together to keep …
In an exciting development for rugby enthusiasts around the world, World Rugby is thrilled to unveil the official Rugby World Cup 2023 Fantasy game. As fans gear up to witness the pinnacle of men’s 15s rugby this year, the RWC 2023 Fantasy game promises an unparalleled level of engagement and excitement throughout the tournament. The …