France are very good at dictating territory and frequently regain possession from kicks with 14 out of 22 kicks in the quarter final against Italy, regathered. In all four matches at the World Cup, France have regained 55 kicks. Director of Rugby Wanye Smith commented. “The halfback is ...
World Rugby has announced the match officials for the Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-finals at Stade de France this weekend. Angus Gardner (Australia) will referee Argentina v New Zealand in Saint-Denis on Friday, 20 October (21:00 CET). He will be joined by assistant referees Nic Berry (Austr...
Ball-tracking is just one technology that could help referees and TMOs get key calls right Fri Sept 13 2024 - 13:13 Rugby World Cup to expand to 24 teams for 2027 Ireland has already qualified for the tournament, which will be staged in Australia ...
New Zealand Rugby Rugby union is so popular in New Zealand that it’s the country’s unofficial national sport. In fact, New Zealand is home to over 500 clubs, 140,000 registered players and 2,300 referees. Rugby union has been played in New Zealand since the 1870s, but various early ...
The northern hemisphere’s comp for best losing World Cup semi-final side continues this weekend. Check out all the details at sixnationsrugby.com/en St Joe Pontificates. New coach and universally good guy St Joe Schmidt opens up to planetrugby.com about next year’s inbound FUKIRs tour....
Six coaches, six players, and six referees participated in individual semi-structured interviews. The interviews focused on the effectiveness and value of a lowered maximum legal tackle height in improving player welfare and investigating the factors influencing the successful implementation of the law ...
REFEREE Alain Rolland was applying the letter of the law --and following the instructions of the game's international rulers --when he sent off Wales captain Sam Warburton for a dangerous tip tackle on France's Vincent Clerc in yesterday's World Cup semi-final.But the Welsh contingent were ...
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“Loads to concern ourselves with around the performance to improve on, but loads to love about the character, the belief in the squad to score some cracking tries." Sat, 21 Dec, 2024 Opportunity knocks for Byrne brothers as Leinster ring the changes ...
Tony then endured a bittersweet World Cup in South Africa as England went out in the semi-finals. In the quarter-final he scored a fantastic try against the Australians running from his own half in an epic World Cup match. A week later in the semi-final against the All Blacks he was...