This weekend we will see the English take on the French at Twickenham in a Rugby World Cup warm up game.The English rugby team will have 11 changes to the team that thrashed the Welsh last weekend. Shaun Perry, Andrew Sheridan, Mark Regan and Simon Shaw are the only players are in the starting line [...]

The French Manager Jo Maso has stated that he will be using the system of rotating players. France will be taking part in 3 Rugby World Cup warm up matches. The first is against England this weekend at Twickenham, after which they will play England again in Marseille. Then it is off to Cardiff where [...]

The young South African loose forward Pierre Spies has had to put his World Cup dream behind him after he was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. For us with out a clue what that really is, it means blood clots on the lungs. Team doctors are saying that Spies will be out of the sport for [...]

England’s coach Brian Ashton will be taking a 47 man squad with him to France. Needless to say this is a rather large number. This could be taken as bad preparation by the managers and thus the need for such a large squad.
England’s favorite forward Lawrence Dallaglio is included in this squad. The last time [...]