Saturday sees the second warm-up game between Wales and England, though with both teams making changes it will be difficult to see any pattern. The match kicks off at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 13 August at 1430 BST Live on Sky Sports 3. Adam Jones will not play in Wales' World Cup warm-up against England on, the Ospreys man was expected to feature at the Millennium … [Read more...]
Scotland shade home warm-up game – Scotland 10-6 Ireland
This low scoring affair saw Scotland looking the better team as they enjoyed long spells with the ball, but could not break down the stubborn Irish defence. It was Ireland who posted the first points thanks to the boot of Sexton and so they went in 3-0 up at half time. The second period and it was more of the same and on 49 minutes Scotland levelled thanks to a Paterson … [Read more...]
England win warm-up game at home – England 23-19 Wales
England for long periods looked like they would run away from Wales at Twickenham. leading 13-7 at half time, having had the better of the half but wasted chances The scorers were Haskell for Engalnd and North for Wales, with Wilkinson adding the extras for England and Priestland for Wales. In the second period Engalnd stretched out to 20 points to 7 before Wales closed the … [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...]
Teams 2011 RWC warm-up match: England v Wales
Teams 2011 RWC warm-up match: England v Wales at: Twickenham on Saturday, 6 August with Kick-off: 1430 BST and Live on SkySports1. Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi will make his England debut against Wales on Saturday and Prop Matt Stevens returns for the first time since being banned after testing positive for cocaine in 2009. Jonny Wilkinson will start at fly-half, with flanker … [Read more...]