Source: WXV

The Eagles take wing

Sione Fukofuka has selected this team to represent the States in the big première: 15 LOTTE SHARP 14 EMILY HENRICH 13 ILONA MAHER 12 ALEV KELTER 11 BULOU MATAITOGA 10 MCKENZIE HAWKINS 9 OLIVIA ORTIZ 1 HOPE ROGERS 2 KATHRYN TREDER 3 KEIA-MAE SAGAPOLU 4 TAHLIA BRODY 5 ERICA JARRELL-SEARCY 6 KATE ZACKARY (captain) 7

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Source: Rugby Canada

RWC – Who’s your money on? Part Two – Canada

I’ve waxed lyrical often enough about the Canucks, but they deserve it. They sit a proud second in world rankings, a stonking 24 places above their menfolk. Until money started pouring in, in answer to their funding campaign, most of the bare necessities for success were missing: a massive country which meant resources thinly spread;

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Source: France Rugby

The RWC – Who’s your money on? Part One

France Les Bleues have everything to play for. Theirs is an unlikely story at the World Cup: they have been ever-present, ever a threat, yet in nine attempts they have finished third seven times. Only once, in 1988, have they failed to reach the semis. Their first opponents are old rivals Italy at Sandy Park;

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Source: Japan Rugby

The World Cup – what’s different this time?

From the start the organizing committee conceived this tenth RWC on a different scale from its predecessors. Size First, the increase from 12 to 16 participating nations. This isn’t the only time – the 1998 and 2002 versions were that size. But people soon realised the problems this larger number brought. The bigger the tournament,

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Source: World Rugby

World Cup Quiz – the Answers

Here are the answers to our quiz – please let us know how you got on. Answers in bold. Here a five taglines. Which nations use them? 1. Strength in bloom – Wales 2. Get into rugby –  USA 3. All in for Gold – Australia 4. Rugby for all – Japan 5. We’re doing

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Source: Phil Mingo/Pinnacle/RFU

The World Cup – who’d be a referee?

The officials tend to be the people overlooked, until they stand accused of making an ‘obvious’ error. The fact is, they have been training assiduously, mostly at Faro in Portugal. The skills they need vary widely. Take for example what the onfield assessment involves: application of the laws; match control; fitness, agility, positioning and work-rate;

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