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Match Day Programme: Georgia v Portugal

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

 Fixture: Georgia v Portugal  Venue: Stadium de Toulouse  Kickoff Time: 14:00 local time (GMT+2)  Referee: Paul Williams     Head-to-head Played:  Played:...

Dupont injury looming large as France wait for "specialist surgical opinion"

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Host nation France maintained their unbeaten start at Rugby World Cup 2023 with a 96-0 win against Namibia at Stade de Marseille yesterday but it came a cost as captain and scrum-half Antoine Dupont was...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: Georgia v Portugal

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

“We have a lot of things to analyse,” Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili said after their 35-15 defeat to Australia on the first weekend of Rugby World Cup 2023. He wasn’t wrong. Georgia...

Lagisquet makes four changes - Portugal name team to play Georgia

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Portugal head coach Patrice Lagisquet has named his 23-man squad for the Pool C match against Georgia at Stadium de Toulouse on Saturday, with two changes to his forwards and two in the backs from the...

Kveseladze in line for 50th cap - Georgia name team to play Portugal

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

  Georgia head coach Levan Maisashvili has made eight changes to his starting XV from the team that lost 35-15 to Australia as he names his 23 players for the Pool C match against Portugal...

Yamanaka back and ready to rock with Brave Blossoms at World Cup

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ryohei Yamanaka trained with the Japan Rugby World Cup squad for the first time Wednesday in Monaco following his call-up to replace Semisi Masirewa.   Masirewa hobbled off the field in the seventh...

Marcus Smith set for first England start at full-back against Chile in World Cup

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

England are set to to accelerate their experiment of deploying Marcus Smith’s running skills at full-back in Saturday’s World Cup clash with Chile.   Smith has filled the position as...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: France v Namibia

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Everything you need to know about France v Namibia at Stade de Marseille, on Thursday, 21 September.     France coach Fabien Galthié is not taking any risks with this match, making...

FRA team announcement (v NAM): Dupont, Galthié, Jelonch, Ramos comments

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

 Comments from France captain Antoine Dupont, head coach Fabien Galthié, back-row Anthony Jelonch and full-back Thomas Ramos following the announcement of the team to play Namibia in Pool A...

Malan injury 'better than initially thought' as Lienert-Brown visits Namibia centre in hospital

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

New Zealand centre Anton Lienert-Brown has visited Le Roux Malan in hospital after the Namibia centre suffered a serious injury in the teams' Pool A match on Friday night. Malan suffered a fractured and...