A look back on the eight previous Rugby World Cup finals.
Thu, 31 Oct, 2019
Like so many of those who knew Anthony Foley, James Downey could not believe the news last October that his former boss had passed away so suddenly.
Thu, 16 Mar, 2017
Hawk-eye will make its competitive debut at the Rugby World Cup. Here is how it will make its presence felt during the tournament.
Sun, 23 Aug, 2015
European Champions Cup Pool 1
Sat, 24 Jan, 2015
Almost half a century has come and gone since Europe last belonged to Glasgow, when Jock Stein’s famously home-spun Celtic Bhoys beat Inter Milan in the 1967 final.
Mon, 27 Oct, 2014
Toulon 62 Sale 0
Sun, 16 Dec, 2012
IN THE END, perhaps the only way to rid the English rugby team of the arrogance and self-righteousness that has pervaded their squad since 2003 was with a stick of dynamite planted firmly in the centre of the Twickenham pitch.
Thu, 24 Nov, 2011
France head coach Marc Lievremont revelled in his side's 19-12 Rugby World Cup quarter-final victory over England today and immediately began looking towards next week's last-four clash with Wales.
Sat, 08 Oct, 2011
France 19 England 12
MARTIN JOHNSON believes any one of seven teams can win the Rugby World Cup — and he places England right at the heart of the pack.
Fri, 07 Oct, 2011
Toby Flood will start at inside centre alongside fly-half Jonny Wilkinson in England’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France.
Thu, 06 Oct, 2011
It is being reported that Jonny Wilkinson will start at number 10 for England's quarter-final with France on Saturday.
Wed, 05 Oct, 2011
TOBY FLOOD has urged his England teammates to start taking responsibility for their actions off the field and pull together on it to strengthen their bid for World Cup glory.
Mark Cueto today launched a vehement defence of England’s off-field conduct and insisted there are no more skeletons in the closet.
Mon, 03 Oct, 2011
Delon Armitage has been banned from England’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France.
Delon Armitage will start on the left wing for England in place of Mark Cueto in Saturday’s decisive Rugby World Cup Pool B showdown with Scotland.
Thu, 29 Sep, 2011
England 67 Romania 3
Sat, 24 Sep, 2011
HT England 34 Romania 3
MARTIN JOHNSON insists England’s preparations for tomorrow’s clash with Romania will not be thrown off course by the arrival in Dunedin of Zara Phillips.
Fri, 23 Sep, 2011
Mike Tindall is poised to return to the England team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup Pool B clash with Romania.
Wed, 21 Sep, 2011
England have completed their final training run ahead of tomorrow’s opening Rugby World Cup showdown with Argentina.
Fri, 09 Sep, 2011
Mark Cueto is a doubt for England’s opening Rugby World Cup match against Argentina in Dunedin on Saturday.
Wed, 07 Sep, 2011
BY the time you read this I will have landed in Auckland after a stifling 36-hour trek with stopovers in London, Bangkok and Sydney.
Will Greenwood has backed England’s under-pressure centres to answer their critics at the Rugby World Cup.
Thu, 01 Sep, 2011
Ireland 9 England 20
Sat, 27 Aug, 2011
Ireland 9 England 13
ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson will take no risks with injury doubt Chris Ashton in today’s World Cup warm-up international against Wales.
Sat, 13 Aug, 2011
Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi will make his England debut in Saturday’s Investec international against Wales at Twickenham.
Thu, 04 Aug, 2011
Matt Stevens’ return from the ignominy of a drugs ban continued today when he was confirmed in England’s 45-man Rugby World Cup training squad.
Mon, 20 Jun, 2011
NEWCASTLE have been handed a one-year ban from European competition, suspended for five years, and fined €25,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of misconduct at a European Rugby Cup disciplinary hearing in Dublin yesterday.
Thu, 14 Apr, 2011
Northampton forward Christian Day claimed he was not “gouged” by England wing Mark Cueto in written statements to Rugby Football Union disciplinary chiefs, it has emerged.
Wed, 13 Apr, 2011
Mark Cueto will be available for England’s Rugby World Cup campaign – and the summer warm-up internationals – after he received a nine-week ban for gouging.
Tue, 12 Apr, 2011
England wing Mark Cueto has been banned by his club Sale Sharks for six weeks.
Sat, 09 Apr, 2011
England winger Mark Cueto faces the prospect of a lengthy ban after he was today cited by the Rugby Football Union for “making contact with the eye or eye area” of Northampton’s Christian Day during Sale’s Aviva Premiership match on April 2.
Wed, 06 Apr, 2011
Stand-in captain Nick Easter warned England will have to produce their best ever performance if they are to win the Grand Slam against Ireland tomorrow.
Fri, 18 Mar, 2011
Mark Cueto will be proud to collect his 50th England cap at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday – but what he really wants is a Grand Slam winners’ medal.
Wed, 16 Mar, 2011
JONNY WILKINSON andRonan O’Gara have a lot incommon, having been the mainstays of their respective national sides for the last decade before finding themselves under threat of being consigned to history by younger, more extrovert fly-halves.
IF ENGLAND wanted to dampen expectations that they will claim their first Grand Slam in eight years in Dublin next weekend then they did rather a good job of it at Twickenham yesterday.
Mon, 14 Mar, 2011
Mark Cueto has warned Chris Ashton he must be prepared for life as a marked man - starting in England’s crunch showdown with RBS 6 Nations title rivals France.
Mon, 14 Feb, 2011
Chris Ashton admitted he could not resist risking the wrath of coach Martin Johnson by celebrating two of his four tries with a swallow dive as England crushed Italy 59-13 at Twickenham.
Sat, 12 Feb, 2011
England 59 Italy 13
Sat, 05 Feb, 2011
Wales 19 England 26
Fri, 04 Feb, 2011
Wales were today braced for a fresh injury blow ahead of their RBS 6 Nations opener against England in Cardiff.
Tue, 01 Feb, 2011
Louis Deacon has been recalled to the England squad for the RBS 6 Nations as a replacement for banned Gloucester lock Dave Attwood.
Wed, 12 Jan, 2011
LONDON IRISH boss Toby Booth struggled to mask his frustration after Bath’s late show at the Madejski Stadium consigned the Exiles to a ninth successive defeat.
Mon, 03 Jan, 2011
England 35 Australia 18
Sat, 13 Nov, 2010
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