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Fiji and Uruguay met each other on one occasion in which they were both awarded caps, a 1999 Test match in Italy which Fiji won 39-24. But, can Uruguay throw another twist into Pool A by beating the Pacific Islanders leaving them bottom of the group? Lemoine wants his team to...

Romania produced an inspired second-half performance to rally from 15-point deficit and beat Canada 17-15 in their Rugby World Cup Pool D match this morning, clinching a dramatic victory with a nerveless late penalty from center Florin Vlaicu.

Uruguay is the only Rugby World Cup 2015 team still to score a try this year. I hope we score tomorrow.

SCOTLAND were last night sweating over the availability of three likely starters for the pivotal Rugby World Cup meeting with Samoa in Newcastle on Saturday, with hooker Ross Ford and centre Matt Scott joining back row John Hardie in the queue of players still required to...

Marcos Ayerza and Argentina celebrated their Rugby World Cup win against Tonga at Welford Road after putting themselves within touching distance of the quarter-finals on Sunday.

Lancaster has a contract until 2020, but when he was asked whether he would now be considering his position he replied: “Yeah, obviously I think I’ve got to”.

“On the other hand, if you’re making several hundred grand a year, you should be able to buy yourself prime tickets to all the biggest matches, and experience the excitement and glory from your VIP box”. “We will then push on over the next four years as we...

Cheika, meanwhile, said he was preparing for a meeting with “Master” Gatland.

Having bludgeoned way back into Ireland’s starting line-up Ulster’s Iain Henderson has hailed his second row partner Paul O’Connell in the lead up to Sunday’s Rugby World Cup tie with Italy.

Bernard Foley’s two tries and 18 points with the boot shattered errant England’s hopes, with Owen Farrell’s late sin-binning confirming head coach Lancaster’s nightmare scenario.

The breakdown threat will originate from a different source on Saturday, however, with fetchers supreme David Pocock and Michael Hooper present in the Wallabies back row.

Qera who will win his 50th cap for Fiji was emotional during the jersey presentation and encouraged his players to believe in themselves and not to rely on others.

Still rueing missed chances against Italy, Canada has little time to regroup ahead of what could be a long night Thursday against seventh-ranked France at the Rugby World Cup. “The guys are looking forward and they will be ready”.

“Across the country, regardless of age, background or beliefs, this nation, which gave rugby to the world in 1823, will join together and celebrate the game like never before”.

It has been announced today (via Sky Sports) that Jonathon Joseph is set to start for England’s clash with Australia in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. “I do concede it is extremely hard to referee”. Invariably that is at 45 degrees, but sometimes that ends up being...