Archive for January, 2009

6 Nations Rugby Fixture List 09

Here are the fixtures to this years 6 Nations Rugby Tournament. The 6 nations has a long history dating back to 1883. The first tournament saw England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland battel it out with England merging the winner. The French Officially joined this tournament in 1910 and it became know as the “5 nations” [...]

Six Nations Preview: A look at team England

The six nations is getting closer and closer. In under three week’s time, England take on Italy at Twickenham to kick-off the tournament of which Wales are firm favourites to emerge victorious.
Ahead of the first match, England coach Martin Johnson has admitted that he is keeping his options open in terms of team selection. Johnson [...]

Spoilt for Choice!

The biggest discussion in South Africa has to be the debate over Ruan Pienaar and will he play at number 10 for the Springboks against the British & Irish Lions when they tour South Africa later this year. Ruan had a great performance on his Euro Trip and Coach PDV has suggested that he wants [...]

Lions Tour South Africa Fixtures List 09

For anyone who doesn’t know yet the lions will be touring against the World Champions South Africa. This is set to be the years highlight for many Rugby Fans. I thought that i would publish the lions tour fixtures list here. So keep these dates open as each match will be a good one to [...]

Coach aims to rebuild Cipriani confidence

England kicking coach Jon Callard says that he is determined to help Danny Cipriani cancel out the charge-downs that have depleted the fly-half’s confidence in recent weeks.
The 21-year-old has made a number of kicking errors for England and Wasps in the last couple of months and it appears that opponents are starting to work out [...]