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Rugby World Cup 2015: Scotland angered by Jonny Gray and Ross Ford's 'joke' suspensions

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

SRU poised to appeal three-week bans but flanker Josh Strauss says punishment has motivated the squad

Rugby World Cup 2015: Ireland remain hopeful Jonathan Sexton will be fit for quarter-final against Argentina

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

Fly-half has groin injury but Ireland are hopeful he will return for quarter-final against Argentina

South Africa continue with project youth for last-eight showdown against Wales

1 decade ago by The Times

With the Rugby World Cup already forcing Jean de Villiers into retirement with a broken jaw, South Africa will have...

Rugby stars meet the Queen

1 decade ago by The Telegraph

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw described the experience as "pretty cool"

Wales injury crisis exposed by recall of unfit Eli Walker

1 decade ago by The Times

If anything sums up Wales’s problems before their biggest match for four years it is the recall of an unfit...

Revealed - how England hoped to be motivated by Terminator

1 decade ago by The Times

England’s World Cup squad sought inspiration from Arnold Schwarzenegger as details of the team’s secretive £3 million training centre can...

Ireland aim to fill void left by Paul O’Connell, the ‘true warrior’

1 decade ago by The Times

A hole the size of Paul O’Connell takes some filling. In their World Cup quarter-final against Argentina, in Cardiff on Sunday,...

All Blacks trying to ignore ghost of 2007

1 decade ago by The Times

Ask any New Zealand player about the 2007 World Cup quarter-final defeat by France in Cardiff and they will tell...

Vern Cotter beware: Australia turn scrum from weakness to main weapon

1 decade ago by The Times

Every rugby nation has its trademark image. Think of France and you see dazzling three-quarters sweeping towards the tryline. Think...

Double blow for Vern Cotter as pair banned

1 decade ago by The Times

Scotland will be without Ross Ford and Jonny Gray for the rest of the World Cup, including their crucial quarterfinal...