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Wales book World Cup quarter-final spot by thrashing Eddie Jones’ Australia

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Dominant Wales booked a place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after crushing Australia 40-6 and leaving Eddie Jones’ team close to pool-stage elimination. A third successive Pool C victory...

Ireland secure brilliant victory over defending World Cup champions South Africa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ireland propelled themselves to the cusp of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with a gripping 13-8 win over reigning champions South Africa on a raucous evening in Paris. Mack Hansen’s try and...

Wales wary of Portugal's coast-to-coast style

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales will be chasing a second bonus-point victory in Nice as they aim to stay ahead of the pack in Pool C at the World Cup.     Portugal are Wales’ second opponents, and it will...

Talking points as Wales face Portugal looking to secure another bonus-point win

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales play their second game of the Rugby World Cup when they tackle Portugal in Nice on Saturday.   After a nerve-shredding victory over Fiji, another bonus-point win would strengthen Wales’...

Gregor Townsend sympathetic after concussion ruins Dave Cherry’s World Cup dream

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Gregor Townsend expressed sympathy for Dave Cherry after the veteran hooker’s first World Cup was brought to a premature end following a fall down the stairs at Scotland’s team hotel.   It...

Donaldson stars as Australia beat Georgia 35-15 in Pool C opener

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Full-back Ben Donaldson scored 25 points as Australia put a run of five successive defeats behind them to open their Pool C campaign with a bonus-point victory over Georgia at Stade de France. Early tries...

Australia beat Georgia 35-15 in Pool C opener

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Full-back Ben Donaldson scored 25 points as Australia put a run of five successive defeats behind them to open their Pool C campaign with a bonus-point victory over Georgia at Stade de France. Early tries...

Wales face familiar foes Fiji – 5 talking points before Rugby World Cup clash

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Wales kick off their Rugby World Cup campaign on Sunday when they tackle Pool C opponents Fiji in Bordeaux.   It will be a fifth successive World Cup at which the teams meet, with Wales having reeled...

Darcy Graham passed fit for Scotland in World Cup opener against South Africa

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Darcy Graham has been passed fit to start Scotland’s Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday after his pre-tournament injury scare. The 26-year-old Edinburgh wing – seventh on...

‘Grieving period’: Hooper opens up on disappointment of missing World Cup

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Axed Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper says he went through a “grieving period” after being left out of the Rugby World Cup squad, but is continuing to train in case he is called up by Eddie...