Joe Schmidt has not gone for whoelsale change in his Irish squad which has just been named. The major inhibitor to players has been injury for instance to players such as Donnacha Ryan and Iain Henderson. The 34 man squad does include three uncapped players in David Kearney, James Coughlan and Jack McGrath. Whilst Ulster prop Tom Court is included having been excluded back … [Read more...]
England release 10 players but still with a chance
10 England players go back to their Premiership clubs prior to the first autumn international against Australia on 2 November. The players in question are: Danny Care (Harlequins), Kyle Eastmond (Bath), Ben Foden (Northampton), Christian Wade (Wasps), Dave Attwood (Bath), Freddie Burns (Gloucester), Luther Burrell (Northampton), Alex Goode … [Read more...]
Scotland Come Out With Their Training Squad
Scott Johnson calls his selection for the autumn internationals a training squad with the 2015 Rugby World Cup in mind. The interim Scotland head coach has named five uncapped players in his 41-man squad for the games against Japan, South Africa and Australia during November. These will be a good test for Scotland with them likely to lose agaisnt South Africa, probably … [Read more...]
Wales next to Name Autumn Squad
Warren Gatland has introduced three uncapped players to his Wales' autumn 2013 squad. Six Nations Champions 2012/13 Those named are Scarlets scrum-half Rhodri Williams, Cardiff Blues centre Cory Allen and Ospreys wing Eli Walker. He has also called Perpignan utility back James Hook and lock team-mate Luke Charteris and Scarlets fly-half Rhys Priestland as … [Read more...]
Rugby league World Cup Kicks Off Sat
The 2013 Rugby league World Cup is here. The first game being England Australia on Saturday 26 October in the Millennium Stadium Cardiff with kick-off at 14:30. Followed by Wales v Italy at 16:30 in a inter-group match. The rest of the competition follows on thick and fast and we will try and keep pace with what is going on. Though this will be in batch's of games for instance … [Read more...]