The Squads revealed Ioan Cunningham has made seven changes to the side that faced Canada in the first round. In that respect he follows the pattern of other head coaches in ensuring that as many players as possible have the opportunity to see action on the field of play. In the background lurks a secondary
The Black Ferns coaching group of Allan Bunting, Steve Jackson, Mike Delany and Tony Christie have announced the team to take on Wales in their second match of the inaugural WXV1 Tournament this Saturday afternoon (4.00pm), in Dunedin at Forsyth Barr Stadium. Following their intense clash against France last weekend, seven changes have been made
With champions to be crowned and promotion and relegation to be decided, we run through the permutations facing the teams in Cape Town and Dubai. The curtain will come down on the inaugural WXV 2 and WXV 3 tournaments as the third and final rounds are played in Cape Town and Dubai on Friday and
Kevin Rouet’s second line-up shows he has chosen horses for courses. He was happy to give youngsters the chance to show their form in Round One. Now against the top seeds he restores some battle-hardened warriors to the pack, and makes his optimum selection out behind to contain the expected threats England pose there. This
World Rugby has confirmed the Emirates Match Official appointments for the final rounds of WXV 2 in South Africa and WXV 3 in Dubai. The new elite women’s 15s competition has been taking place over the past two weekends with Italy top of WXV 2 on points difference from Scotland with Ireland sitting on top
England’s side to face the Maple Leafs Louis Deacon was careful to avoid saying ‘this is the strongest side we can put out against the Canadians’. That is not to disparage them for one moment, but it indicates the intricacies of picking three teams for three successive matches. Each one is there to be won,
First the last round fixtures (all at the Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town) Friday 27 October, Scotland v Japan; KO 14.00 (local time, 13.00 UK time) Friday 27 October, Samoa v South Africa; KO 16.30 (local time, 15.30 UK time) Saturday 28 October, USA v Italy; KO 17.00 (local time, 16.00 UK time) An immense
A Look Forward First the fixtures, all in Dunedin: Friday 27 October, England v Canada; KO 19.00 (local time), 07.00 (UK time) Saturday 28 October, New Zealand v Wales KO 16.00 (local time), 04.00 (UK time) Saturday 28 October, France v Australia KO 19.00 (local time), 07.00 (UK time) They present a clear-cut division between
France v New Zealand A quite outstanding, gripping match. France survived endless onslaughts by the white-shirted Ferns to repeat a final score that will stir memories of that French win over England at Grenoble six years ago. With all due deference to the other sixteen nations competing in the global fiesta that is WXV, another
Italy v South Africa – Round 2 Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town This was a rare and fascinating meeting between two very different types of team: the Italians spreading the ball wherever possible, the Springboks happy to let the pack do a lot of work. After a few shaky moments in deep defence, the Azzurre
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