Despite the 2015 World Cup being well over two years away the IRB has conducted the draw which determines the pool placing for the top 12 teams in the world, with hosts England joining Australia and Wales in the ‘Pool of Death’. Hot on the heels of a famous victory over the All Blacks, confidence would have been riding high in the English camp ahead of the draw, but this … [Read more...]
Rugby World Cup 2015 England Video
We have just seen this video on youtube advertising the Rugby World Cup 2015 in England and we felt we should share it with you here. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdBP6FYevus] 2015 is only three years away and already nations are working towards selection and for those with a top three finish at the pool stage in New Zealand seeding. The countries working … [Read more...]
Autumn IRB Rankings will effect 2015 RWC Seedings
We read pundits talking about building towards the next Rugby World Cup in 2015. This also often has them saying that teams do not necessarily need to win but must get onto a development curve. Well in fact winning match's is more important than many think as the seeding for the next World Cup will be built around the IRB rankings of the 12 automatic qualifiers from Rugby … [Read more...]
Pool Stages Statistics + 2015 RWC Qualifiers
So the pool stages are over and there have been some very good contests by lower tier teams against the big boys. Some teams have exceeded expectations whilst others fell short of their aims. Whatever the outcome we have been treated to some high standard play by everyone right through to the first timers Russia. Follows the stats from all of the pools and who are the winners … [Read more...]
RWC 2015 England 2019 Japan
So the decision has been made and as widely predicted England have been awarded the 2015 competition with Twickenham to host the final. The Millenium stadium Wales, as well as football stadiums will be used to spread the competition around as much of England as possible, with just Cardiff in Wales. Japan has been awarded the 2019 event and again this was as widely … [Read more...]