Archive for September 5th, 2007

Loffreda names team for opening match

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

World Cup dark horses Argentina have chosen two pairs of brothers for their opening clash of the tournament with hosts France on Friday.
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Aus at full strength for 1st match.

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Australia have announced a full-strength line-up to play Japan in the opening Pool B match against Japan in Lyon on Saturday.
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Henry names his All Blacks for Italy

September 5, 2007
Posted by DavidS

Graham Henry has named an all but full strength All Black team for their opener against Italy.
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The whistle and the coin

September 5, 2007
Posted by Deon

Rugby World Cup has seldom been filled with character. A lot of it is drawn out and traditions are not obvious. But there are two artefacts which are full of character and tradition, and they have been to every World Cup so far.
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RWC 2007 hits back at misinformation campaign

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) is extremely disappointed that a misinformation campaign is being waged against Rugby World Cup 2007.
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Big Blow for Sharks

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Hot on the heels of the news that Pat Cilliers is out for the season with a knee ligament injury, AJ Venter has been ruled out as well for the next month with a thumb injury.
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WP Injury cloud won’t go away.

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

The injury cloud that has been hovering above the Vodacom WP rugby team refuses to go away.
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Dispute threatens coverage of RWC

September 5, 2007
Posted by Deon

Media restrictions imposed by the International Rugby Board (IRB) are threatening full press coverage of the World Cup Rugby.
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Pool C

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Let’s take a look at Pool C this morning.
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FINAL REMINDER

September 5, 2007
Posted by Morné

This is a final reminder to get your teams and applications ready for RuggaWorld.com’s World Cup Fantasy League challenge!
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Ali Williams picks up unwanted tag in France

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Ali Williams’ jaw has well and truly healed but it seems the after-effects will follow him around France during the rugby World Cup.
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A win by Any Means: Pelous

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Hosts France will sacrifice flair in order to win by any means possible in Friday’s World Cup opener against Argentina, veteran lock Fabien Pelous said on Tuesday.
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Regan up for re-election

September 5, 2007
Posted by Deon

We paid a visit to England’s training camp to talk to veteran England and British Lions hooker, Mark ‘Ronnie’ Regan, who may not retire post-RWC as many seem to think…
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Aggression levels rise at Aussie training

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

There were a few tempers boiling at Australia’s training session as players ‘fight’ for places
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Surprise Namibian team for Ireland opener.

September 5, 2007
Posted by KSA Shark ©

Surprises were the order of the day and the selectors made few a eyebrows rise when the Namibian team who play their first game on Sunday, was announced yesterday.
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Latham wants to make up lost time

September 5, 2007
Posted by Deon

Australia full-back Chris Latham wants to make up for lost time at this year’s Rugby World Cup after admitting the pain of missing the Wallabies run to the tournament’s final four years ago, left him deeply scarred and desperate for revenge in France.
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