As we wait for the curtain to rise, we can make sure our nibbles are in place, and look back at rugbypass’ attempt to order the top fifty players to look out for. What a ridiculous enterprise! For one thing, the list is out of date from the moment it is published. Erin King, who
It’s best not to think of certainties when predicting the 2025 RWC. But there are a few nobody can deny. This tenth version will be the best attended and the most widely followed ever. Coverage by all known media will be exhaustive. Let’s take a look at one or two features. Three of the leading
First some excellent news: the Fiji Sports Commission has allocated $1.5m to support the national team. We just have to hope these moneys came through early enough to make their presence felt. The squad Forwards: JADE COATES NUNIA DAUNIMOALA MANUOALA KOMAITAI ALFREDA FISHER (captain) KELENI NARAWA VIKA MATARUGU MEREONI NAKESA SELAI NALIVA RUSILA NAGASAU KARLAINI
The world knows – the Irish have come on in leaps and bounds in the past two years. The central question is whether they can overcome a series of injury doubts and setbacks to do themselves justice. (full list below) Their recent record at the RWC is none too promising. Their performance in their own
Here are the 32 Azzurre to represent Italy at the World Cup this month: Forwards: ILLARIA ARRIGHETTI GIORDANA BUSO VALERIA FEDRIGHI ALESSANDRA FRANGIPANI ELISA GIORDANO (captain) LAURA GURIOLI GAIA MARIS ISABELLA LOCATELLI GAIA MARIS ALESSIA PILANI ALISSA RANUCCINI SARA SEYE FRANCESCA SGORBINI DESIREE SPINELLI EMANUELA STECCA SARA TOUNESI SILVIA TURANI VITTORIA VECCHINI BEATRICE VERONESE (18)
You can well imagine the way loyal French fans reacted to the game in Mont-de-Marsan (6-40). Their comments range far and wide. Few are positive. Starting at the top: “Is the staff capable of running a successful Division 2 side?” No! This was evidenced by instructions an assistant offered during a water-break; “Get hold of
The Red Roses achieved their sixteenth consecutive win over France in a strangely shaped match in Mont-de-Marsan. For once les Bleues failed to score a single try. They depended on Morgane Bourgeois’ boot for their points. More striking was England’s reversion to type: the style that caused so much dissension up to the last RWC
The result looks like a runaway win for the visitors, but the coaches won’t see it that way. Both will have concerns. Kevin Rouet will be asking what happened to his side for long stretches of the second half. Ireland registered three tries to add to an early success. For Scott Bemand the concerns run
There is lovely and ugly news in the selection of the 32 to represent Scotland at the RWC. First the squad: Forwards LEAH BARTLETT, BECKY BOYD, SARAH BONAR, ELLIANN CLARKE, LISA COCKBURN, EVA DONALDSON, ADELLE FERRIE, EVIE GALLAGHER, JADE KONKEL, RACHEL MALCOLM (captain), ELIS MARTIN, RACHEL McLACHLAN, MOLLY POOLMAN, LANA SKELDON, ALEX STEWART, EMMA WASSELL,
The management have selected the following players to represent France in their solitary warm-up match before the World Cup: 1 DESHAYE 2 BIGOT 3 BERNADOU 4 M. FELEU 5 MADOUSSOU FALL 6 ESCUDERO 7 CHAMPON 8 T. FELEU 9 CHAMBON 10 ARBEZ 11 ARBEY 12 NEISEN 13 M. MENAGER 14 GRISEZ 15 BOURGEOIS 16 RIFFONNEAU
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