Martin Johnson has left out centre Riki Flutey as widley predicted, but has called in his uncapped Wasps team-mate, scrum-half Joe Simpson, in the 30-man World Cup squad. The loss of Danny Care last week convinced Martin Johnson he needed to take three scrum-halves, with Simpson joining Ben Youngs and Richard Wigglesworth. Flutey lost out to Shontayne Hape, Mike Tindall, Manu … [Read more...]
Australia announce RWC Squad
Matt Giteau is a high profile non member of the squad, the 28-year-old signalled his exclusion for the tournament, which starts on 9 September, via social networking site Twitter. Whilst the other news is Rocky Elsom has been relieved of the Australia captaincy for the World Cup in New Zealand. Back-rower Matt Hodgson has also been overlooked by Deans for the 30-man squad. The … [Read more...]
Argentina 1st To Name 30 Man RWC 2011 Squad
Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has named his 30-man squad for the Rugby World Cup 2011 tournament in New Zealand.Juan Martín Hernández has failed in his race to be fit Hernández, who last played for the Pumas in June 2009 against England, underwent surgery after injuring his right knee playing for Racing Metro in the French Top 14 back in March but misses out on the tournament … [Read more...]
Team News Scotland v Ireland
Here are the teams for the World Cup warm-up match between Scotland and Ireland at: Murrayfield on Saturday 6 August with Kick-off: 1415 BST and Live on BBC2. Scrum-half Rory Lawson will captain Scotland on Saturday. Ross Rennie makes his first international start at openside flanker, with Alasdair Strokosch and Johnnie Beattie completing the back row. There is also a new-look … [Read more...]
The All Blacks Tri Nations squad
Here is the Investec Tri Nations squad and it contains just one new name, Jarrad Hoeata of Taranaki. This gives the coaching team a very steady established squad to select from: Squad Forwards: John Afoa Auckland, Corey Flynn Canterbury, Ben Franks Tasman, Owen Franks Canterbury, Jarrad Hoeata Taranaki, Andrew Hore Taranaki, Jerome Kaino Auckland, Richie McCaw (c) Canterbury, … [Read more...]