Archive for October, 2007
I found this tribute at Rugbydump.com
Think it says it all. Well Done South Africa you have made your country proud.
South Africa will face the under dogs England in the final battle of the 2007 Rugby World Cup this Saturday. Here are the team line ups for both South Africa and England. Both teams have incredible strenght up front and both teams have in form place kickers. One more game to glory, who will be [...]
And then there were 2! The final has been set up to give us a North vs South Showpiece.
Representing the Southern hemisphere is the Springboks. South Africa have not lost a match yet in this tournament, however one close call came against Tonga. Earlier in the Pool stages South Africa gave England a thrashing with [...]
England France
Final score: England 14 France 9
Johnny Wilkinson’s kicking boots ensured a place in the Final for England along with a great opportunistic try from Josh Lewsey in the opening moments. France were favorites going into this match however the bookies have been wrong many times in this years Rugby World Cup. The French managed [...]
Here are the starting line ups for both England and France for Saturdays all Northern Hemisphere Semi Final.
The game will be played at Stade de France in Paris. South African Jonathan Kaplan will be the ref for this game.
England:
1 Andrew Sheridan
2 Mark Regan
3 Phil Vickery (c)
4 Simon Shaw
5 Ben Kay
6 Martin Corry
7 Lewis Moody
8 Nick [...]
This years Rugby World Cup Semi Finals will set up a North vs South final.
England – France
England was in tatters in the group stages and managed to get through to the Quarters while many thought that they would not. As we all know England stepped up and knew what they had to do to beat [...]
Without a doubt this was the most surprising weekend in international rugby i have ever experienced.
Australia- England:
Final score Aus- 10 ENG- 12
Most people thought that the Australians would send England packing. However it was not to be. England’s forward pack found a gear that didn’t seem to have the whole tournament so far and gave [...]
Our first quarter final for the RWC 2007 will be a replay of the 2003 final.
Australia:
This years RWC highest try scorer Drew Mitchell has been left out of the starting line up. Adam Ashley-Cooper will be taking Mitchell’s place on the wing in the quarter final clash against England. Stirling Mortlock will be returning from [...]
Here are the Quarter Finalists fixtures
After a long month of Rugby we are now down to 8 teams.
Australia Vs England (6th of October)
New Zealand Vs France (6th October)
South Africa Vs Fiji (7th October)
Argentina Vs Scotland (7th October)
Mosese Rauluni has let the Boks know there will be no walk over
Argentina have come out tops of Pool A after their great performances in the Pool Stages. Los Pumas beat the Irish to ensure this on Saturday. Argentina 30 Ireland 15.
Ireland started the game under a great deal of pressure as they had to score 4 tries and also win by more than 7 points. Against [...]