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RWC Pool A Preview – Scotland vs Russia

- October 8, 2019October 8, 2019

TOKYO - Head coach Gregor Townsend has named his Scotland team to face Russia in the side’s penultimate Rugby World Cup Pool A match at the Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on Wednesday. Edinburgh wing Darcy Graham is the only player retained from the starting XV that defeated Samoa 34-0 in Kobe, with

RWC Pool A Result – Ireland 35 vs 00 Russia

- October 4, 2019October 4, 2019

KOBE- 03 Oct : Ireland garnered their second victory of the 2019 Rugby World Cup after sealing a 35-0 bonus-point triumph over Russia in Kobe on Thursday. It still wasn’t a convincing performance by the Irish, despite opening up a 21-0 lead at the interval via Rob Kearney, Peter O’Mahony and

RWC Pool D Result – Georgia 10 vs 45 Fiji

- October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Fijians take a big step towards automatic qualification for RWC 2023 with an entertaining victory over weary Georgia. HANAZONO, 3 Oct - Fijian style overcame Georgian power to keep their hopes of automatic qualification for Rugby World Cup 2023 alive with a seven-try win over the Lelos in Hanazono. Heavy rain and

RWC Pool A Preview – Ireland vs Russia

- October 1, 2019October 2, 2019

TOKYO, 1 Oct - World Player of the Year Johnny Sexton will captain Ireland against Russia in Kobe on Thursday, with coach Joe Schmidt retaining only four players who started the 19-12 defeat by Japan. The versatile back-row forward Jordi Murphy, who joined the squad only this week after a training-ground

RWC Pool D Preview – Georgia vs Fiji

- October 1, 2019October 2, 2019

TOKYO, 1 Oct - Georgia have made 11 changes for the game against Fiji in Hanazono on Thursday, with Merab Sharikadze, above right, returning as captain to the starting XV for the crucial Pool D encounter. His steady hand will underpin a more familiar-looking line-up, after coach Milton Haig rotated the

RWC Pool D Result – Georgia 33 vs 07 Uruguay

- September 29, 2019September 29, 2019

KUMAGAYA, 29 Sep - Georgia's front five brought Uruguay back to earth by laying the foundations for a powerhouse 33-7 victory in their Pool D game at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium The South Americans' celebrations after upsetting Fiji must have seemed a world away as they had no answer to Georgia's big

RWC Pool D Preview – Georgia vs Uruguay

- September 28, 2019

KUMAGAYA, 28 Sep – A preview of the Group D match between Georgia and Uruguay, which kicks off at 14:15 on Sunday at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium. The Big Picture Uruguay have opted for a similar line-up to the one that surprised Fiji and will be looking to consolidate their place among Pool

RWC Pool A Result – Russia 09 vs 34 Samoa

- September 25, 2019September 26, 2019

Samoa opened their Rugby World Cup account with a 34-9 victory over Russia, but it was not without controversy. Two dangerous tackles in the first half will be debated, but in the end the Manu were just too powerful for a committed but exhausted Russian side. Twice the Manu got into

RWC Pool D Result – Wales 43v 14 Georgia

- September 24, 2019September 24, 2019

The follow match highlights are courtesy of World Rugby. Wales produced an excellent first-half display as they got their campaign off to a solid start following a comfortable 43-14 triumph over Georgia in Toyota City. Warren Gatland’s charges came out firing and touched down three times in the opening 20 minutes via

RWC Pool D Preview – Wales vs Georgia

- September 21, 2019

On day four of RWC 2019 there is to be one match. It is to be a Pool D fixture with Georgia and Wales beginning their respective campaigns. The match is to be history-making as never before has this fixture taking place at a Rugby World Cup. Georgia go into the