Los Teros Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has made five changes to his starting line-up for Uruguay’s second Rugby World Cup match. The South Americans will take-on the number two ranked team in the world, Australia in Birmingham on Sunday. Two changes have been made to the starting front-row with the …

Day seven of the Rugby World Cup was the fifth day in terms of games being played. It followed games on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday and like all these previous days London again was involved. The British capital has already hosted five games and will play host to many …

Italy will be without captain Sergio Parisse against Canada, with the world class no8 instead remaining in Paris as he recovers from a hematoma suffered against Wales two weeks before the tournament. Jacques Brunel has also had to replace influential centre Andrea Masi, out with a torn Achilles tendon, and …

The race for the quarterfinalists out of Pool B at the Rugby World Cup is going to be interesting. It could become even more so depending on the outcome of the Samoa/South Africa match on Saturday. With a loss already on their books, South Africa cannot afford another stumble. Samoa, …

The UAR’s Executive Committee has expressed their total support to second-rower Mariano Galarza who was banned yesterday for 9 weeks by World Rugby, thereby ending his Rugby World Cup campaign. Argentina believes firmly that the decision by Judicial Officer Christopher Quinlan QC (England) to have been unjust. Upon banning Galarza …

Tyler Ardron has recovered from a knee injury in time to lead Canada against Italy in their critical Pool D match this Saturday at Elland Road. The Ospreys no8 is one of six changes to the run-on side that fell to Ireland on Saturday, with two more new faces on …

Never say never. Canada’s all-time leading points scorer James Pritchard will play in his fourth World Cup after all. The fullback has been called out of short-lived retirement into the World Cup squad as a replacement for injury-stricken Liam Underwood, who damaged a knee in the 75th minute of the …

Stuart Lancaster and Warren Gatland have named their lineups for Saturday’s must-win Pool A match in London. The winner will all but secure a place in the quarter-finals while the loser will require a win over Australia to have any chance of advancing. Lancaster has opted for a new midfield with …

The scoreline ended heavily in favour of France, but their performance left much to be desired, with scenes of a demonstratively furious Philippe Saint-André in the change room at half time underlining the frustration of the head coach. Romania exerted their dominance early at the scrum and piled into the …

The final Pool A team to open its campaign, Australia completed an unconvincing 28-13 win over Fiji in Cardiff. The result came close to mirroring that of England vs Fiji on the opening night with the difference being Australia were unable to seal a bonus point win as the Wallabies …