Six Nations – Round Two – Scotland v Wales DAM Health Stadium, Edinburgh As predicted this turned into a battle royal. So much hung on the result. For the Scots it would mean a return at last to winning ways; for the Welsh a continuation of the long-delayed happy days. For once they started as
Ireland v France Musgrave Park, Cork Result: Ireland 3 France 53 Player of the Match: Pauline Bourdon In the 20th minute a red card was shown – to France. Those two conflicting facts (result and card) show us the yawning gaps that lie between the six competing nations, with Ireland suffering most direly of all
This was much more than an hors-d’oeuvre before the 6 Nations tests took over on Saturday afternoon. A thoroughly entertaining match in sunny Madrid saw the Springboks come back from a pummeling by Canada last week to defeat the hosts 35-20. They had beaten Las Leonas twice at home last year, but playing in Europe
The Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will come to a climax on Sunday after another thrilling day of action at the historic Hong Kong Stadium on Saturday which saw the women’s semi-final and men’s quarter-final line-ups confirmed. Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens women’s semi-finals, men’s quarter-finals confirmed after superb day of rugby sevens in front of packed
The world-renowned Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens never fails to deliver in terms of drama, excitement and entertainment as the world’s best men’s and women’s teams kicked off the first of three days of competition at the iconic Hong Kong Stadium on Friday. Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Ireland and France end day one with perfect win
Giovanni Raineri has published his team to face England on Sunday at Northampton. It is: 1 Gaia Maris 2 Vittoria Vecchini 3 Lucia Gai 4 Sara Tounesi 5 Giordana Duca 6 Francesca Sgorbini 7 Giada Franco 8 Elisa Giordano (captain) 9 Sara Barattin 10 Veronica Madia 11 Sofia Stefan 12 Beatrice Rigoni 13 Michela Sillari
News from around the World 1 March NZR to launch Women & Girls in Rugby Strategy 1 March 35,000 tickets already sold for England v France 2 March Simon Middleton announces 42-strong training squad for 6 Nations; Zoe Harrison is out for the foreseeable with a torn ACL 2 March France 7s squad for Vancouver
Here are the line-ups for five of the six nations. Italy will announce their team for the Sunday game at Northampton on Friday. Ireland They have the most to prove after upsetting their supporters last week in Cardiff. Sam Monaghan has survived her HIA and Linda Djougang returns to loose-head. The number of caps tells
The All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens teams return to the HSBC Hong Kong Sevens this weekend. After successfully qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics and securing their fourth successive tournament title at the HSBC Vancouver Sevens, the Black Ferns Sevens return to Hong Kong for the first time since 2001, and it will
It’s still early days in the 2023 Six Nations, but already we can see straws in the wind. The three losing teams from Round One, Ireland, Italy and Scotland, know they have to step up at once to have any chance of completing a worthwhile campaign. But even the winners have displayed shortcomings that need
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