Players face sin-bin if they dive at Rugby World Cup

Sean Maitland has dismissed the controversy around foreign players in the Scotland squad by insisting that he will be playing in his first World Cup as a tribute to his Glaswegian grandparents and dad.

“Sport is one of the major attractions that we use to get visitors to come to Britain”, said Patricia Yeates, strategy and communications director for the Visit Britain tourism agency. Both my grandparents passed away so for me this is about representing them and my family.

Sky Sports News headquarters contacted getsporting.com and received an automated response stating Rugby World Cup bookings will be refunded. But now it’s about the rugby.

This year’s Rugby World Cup (RWC) in the United Kingdom will be the biggest ever, and the English are hoping their home advantage will help them secure a win.

During the ceremony, which featured a performance of “World in Union” from the Maynard School in Exeter, the Australian team were presented with their Tournament Caps and Rugby World Cup 2015 Participation Medals.

Few could dispute Smith deserves to be recognised as the planet’s top No.9, but he is also aware he cannot allow that to blur his focus ahead of the World Cup in England.

‘But here I am.

Good news for Conor Murray who was voted as the sexiest Irish player at the Rugby World Cup, with Paul O’Connell coming second and Sean O’Brien third by the Irish respondents of the survey.

“We have to make sure we are on our game to get the performance we want”.

‘Japan are a strong team, quite structured. The following names just roll off the tongue because we marvelled at their control and precision: Kirk and Fox, Farr-Jones and Lynagh, Van der Westhuizen and Stransky, Gregan and Larkham, Dawson and Wilkinson, Du Preez and James, er, Weepu and Donald.

A similar row broke out in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics when parents were told they could not take their babies to the Games without a ticket.

“You’re just generally stiff so you try to move around as much as you can to get the body going but some days it’s harder than others”.

“I don’t think it’s a problem – certainly not at this level”.

Parents, many of whom have pointed out that their children were not even born when the tickets went on sale, have also hit back in angry online complaints. “The teams that you see that are actively enjoying a World Cup – Australia are great at that – are often the ones who perform very well”.

‘This is a childhood dream, ‘ he said. We stayed at a hotel that wasn’t finished in time in Bordeaux.