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Wales wing Shane Williams tackles Wallabies scrum half Will Genia during the Test match between Wales and the Australian Wallabies at Millennium Stadium on December 3, 2011 in Cardiff, Wales. (December 2, 2011 – Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images Europe) (PhatzRadio / Sky.com) — Shane Williams signed off his international rugby career with a late [...]
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(Reuters) – United States are discussing a bid to stage the 2023 rugby World Cup which could involve Canada co-hosting, according to USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville. Former England captain Melville said that the U.S. had been asked to bid to host rugby’s biggest prize for the first time, but did not say by whom [...]
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(David Rogers/Getty Images – Kieran Read of the All Blacks, center, celebrated at the final whistle.) (PhatzRadio / NYT) — AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Twenty-four years of Rugby World Cup pain and misery melted away for New Zealand on Sunday. The triumph was far tougher than expected, with the All Blacks barely squeezing by France, [...]
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(PhatzRadio / The Guardian) — New Zealand, it seems, have already won the World Cup. Bookmakers are paying out to those who backed the All Blacks and the media verdict here can be summed up in a two-word front page splash: Moody Bleus. Hubris is in the air and it provides France with their best [...]
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(PhatzRadio / Wales Online UK) — JAMES HOOK has vowed to put his semi-final horror show behind him and fire Wales to third place in the world when they take on Australia in tomorrow morning’s Eden Park bronze medal showdown. The Welsh No.10 had a self-confessed shocker during the agonising 9-8 defeat to France in [...]
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(PhatzRadio / The Guardian) — The International Rugby Board is not, contrary to reports, considering bringing a case against Warren Gatland for revealing on Tuesday that he had floated the idea of resorting to uncontested scrums after what the Wales coach felt was an unjust red card in the semi-final against France. Sam Warburton, the [...]
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(The France squad enjoys jet boating in Auckland’s harbour. Photograph: Sandra Mu/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / The Guardian) — Graham Henry was asked, barely 30 minutes after the All Blacks had reached the World Cup final for the first time since 1995, whether all they had to do to grab hold of the Webb Ellis Cup [...]
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(PhatzRadio / WSJ) — AUCKLAND, New Zealand—If you’ve watched the first five weeks of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, you’ll know that this is an exceedingly violent sport played by packs of hulking giants with black eyes, broken teeth and blood-stained jerseys. But for all its brute force and ferocity, modern rugby is really a [...]
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(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Ahead of a weekend offering the most intriguing lineup of quarter-finals ever at a Rugby World Cup, England manager Martin Johnson seemed to be giving every team bar one a shot at the title. “I think you can see seven of them getting there,” Johnson said as he prepared his [...]
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Tom Croft of England supports Jonny Wilkinson as he is tackled by Mike Blair of Scotland during the IRB 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B match between England and Scotland at Eden Park on October 1, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. (September 30, 2011 – Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images AsiaPac) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) [...]
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