Archive for September, 2007
First it was Jonny Wilkinson that got injured then it was the back up Olly Barkley. Now Brian Ashton has announced that Mike Catt will start in the number 10 jersey this Friday against the Springboks in Saint Denis.
This match between South Africa and England is no doubt the show piece of Pool A. Byran [...]
England are following their downward spiral with their Captain Phil Vickery receiving a 2 match suspension.
Vickey tripped the America Paul Emerick.
He will not be the only big name that will not be avaliable for Friday night big Pool A clash. Schalk Burger has also been handed a 4 match suspension for his tackle in the [...]
Argentina who gave us the awesome opening match were back on the field this Tuesday night and played against Georgia. From the beginning it was clear that Georgia was by no means going to go down easily.
At half time the score board showed 6-3 to Argentina. However as the second half progressed the Pumas experience [...]
Wales took on the Canadian on yesterday. The Canadians came out guns blazing and managed to get themselves into a 17-9 lead.
This all changed going into the second half where the Welsh stepped it up after a few key changes were made. Jones came on for James hook and this seemed to make a big [...]
England managed a win against the rather inexperienced USA Eagles. Not a pretty affair for the English however the game was won.
England had the upper hand by far with regards to the forwards. The worrying thing is the the English didn’t manage to turn this dominance into many points. Most experts are saying that this [...]
South Africa proved why the are the favorites of group A on Sunday.
The First half saw a passionate Samoan team come onto the field and throw everything that they had at the Springboks. If you look at the final score you would not really imagine the great performance that the Samoan team put on. No [...]
Today saw the RWC favorites take on the Italians. Conrad Smith and Reuben Thorne where deemed unfit to play in todays pool C match and were replaced by Leon MacDonald and Isaia Toeava.The result was a complete walk over for the All Blacks who looked to be in true form.
I personally was expecting a bit [...]
Well we are underway after last nights game. The opening game was the home nation France took on Argentina at St Denis.
From the opening whistle the Pumas seemed to have their game plan in action and a burning passion to win. The mighty forwards were slowing down the French and disrupting their game. France also [...]
Johnny Wilkinson has twisted his ankle in a training practice today! He has been ruled out of the opening match against the USA which will be played in Lens this Saturday. This is a critical blow for the defending world champs. Johnny Wilkinson was no doubt the star of the team and his presence will [...]
The Samoans have lost another of their forwards. Filipo Levi will not be playing in this years Rugby World Cup. Filipo Levi sustained the injury in Samoa’s warm up match against Sale. He has received eye surgery over the weekend.
Filipo Levi is not the only Samoan forward who has been injured in their warm up [...]