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15.03.2008
09.03.2008
08.03.2008
Wales
16, Ireland 12 in Dublin (6 Nations International Championship)
Scotland
15, England 9 (Calcutta Cup & (6 Nations International Championship)
Russia
42, Spain 16 (European Nations Cup, Div.1)
01.03.2008
Russia
41, Portugal 26 in Krasnodar (European Nations Cup, Div.1)
Coming Up
22.03.2008
NEWS ARCHIVES
The previous six months of
news archives can be found here.
ADDITIONS
AND ALTERATIONS TO THE FIXTURE LIST
European Nations Cup Alterations (19.03)
19.04.2008
19.04.2008
26.04.2008
03.05.2008
10.05.2008
17.05.2008
07.06.2008
08.06.2008
Rugby World Cup 2011 Africa Pre Qualifying Matches
(19.03)
11.05.2008
17/24.05.2008
Rugby World Cup 2011
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http://carugby.com/news/2008_competition/
The Elgin Cup is played
annually between
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=5&newsid=118609
Thanks to ‘
Pacific Nations Cup (14.03)
Final Schedule (Thanks to Ian McDonnell)
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Teams |
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Kick-off |
Round 1 |
Saturday,
7 June 2008 |
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Maori v |
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Sunday, 8
June 2008 |
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Level 5
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Round 2 |
Saturday,
14 June 2008 |
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Post |
15:05 |
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Samoa v |
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Sunday,
15 June 2008 |
Japan
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Round 3 |
Saturday,
21 June 2008 |
Maori v |
Waikato
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Sunday,
22 June 2008 |
Japan
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Round 4 |
Saturday,
28 June 2008 |
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29 June 2008 |
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Ballymore,
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Saturday,
5 July 2008 |
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TBC |
The first test against
June 7 v
June 14 v
June 28 v
Venues to
be determined.
Thanks to ‘maxsur67’ at http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2603&start=90
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3551_3268791,00.html
Mediterranean Cup (06.03)
23.02.2008
NAWIRA Qualification Tournament towards RWC 2011
(01.03)
This tournament will be
played in the
Teams: Bahamas - Barbados -
Bermuda - Cayman Islands - Guyana - Jamaica - Mexico - St. Lucia - St Vincent -
Trinidad and Tobago.
Schedule
20.04.2008
23.04.2008
Winning teams from 20th will
play semi-finals for the ‘Cup’
Losing teams from 20th
will play semi-finals of the Bowl
26.04.2008
Winning teams from Cup semis
of 23rd will play in the final
Winning teams out of the
losing teams of 23rd will play in the Bowl final.
No mention of the
losing/losing teams playing each other.
Also:
Cayman Islands will tour
http://www.caymanrugby.com/dlainternationals.html
thanks to ‘Dick Dastardly’ http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2635
2008
International Rugby Fixtures and Results
LATEST NEWS
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (16.03)
The following country lists have been updated. Included are a number of
match data sheets. Go to country alphabetical lists at the top of the page.
Africa Leopards England 2001-
MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (16.03)
The following international
rugby fixtures now have a match data sheet available in the fixtures lists and
on each country’s list.
12 May 2007
23 February 2008
1 March 2008
8 March 2008
8 March 2008
8 March 2008
THIS
WEEKEND 15 MARCH
15.03.2008
Reviews
This was a most convincing
win by
Previews
This match will decide the
winner of the Six Nations International Championship for 2008. For
Last Five Encounters
26.08.2007
24.03.2007
18.03.2006
26.02.2005 Wales 24-18 in
07.03.2004
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Wales 2nd,
Europe
Table-Wales 1st,
Teams:
15 Anthony Floch (Clermont), 14 Vincent Clerc
(Toulouse), 13 Yannick Jauzion
(Toulouse), 12 Damien Traille (Biarritz), 11 Julien Malzieu (Clermont), 10
David Skrela (Stade Français) , 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde (Toulouse), 8 Julien Bonnaire (Clermont), 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), 6 Thierry Dusautoir
(Toulouse), 5 Jérôme Thion
(Biarritz), 4 Lionel Nallet, Capt.(Castres), 3 Nicolas Mas
(Perpignan), 2 Dimitri Szarzewski
(Stade Français), 1 Fabien Barcella (Auch).
Replacements:
16 William Servat (Toulouse), 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux (Albi), 18 Arnaud Méla (Clermont),
19 Elvis Vermeulen (Clermont), 20 Dimitri
Yachvili (Biarritz), 21 François Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), 22 Cédric
Heymans (Toulouse).
Coach: Marc
Lièvremont
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3559_3288247,00.html
15 Lee
Byrne (Ospreys), 14 Mark Jones (Llanelli Scarlets),13 Tom Shanklin
(Cardiff Blues), 12 Gavin Henson (Ospreys), 11 Shane Williams (Ospreys), 10
James Hook (Ospreys), 9 Mike Phillips (Ospreys) 8 Ryan Jones Capt. (Ospreys), 7
Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues), 6 Jonathan Thomas
(Ospreys), 5 Alun Wyn Jones
(Ospreys), 4 Ian Gough (Ospreys), 3 Adam Jones (Ospreys), 2 Huw
Bennett (Ospreys), 1 Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues).
Replacements:
16 Matthew Rees (Llanelli Scarlets), 17
Coach:
Warren Gatland
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3557_3283183,00.html
Milestones
Welsh winger is poised to
become
Ian Gough will play his 50th
test for
If he takes the field,
Duncan Jones will play his 50th test for
Reviews
Previews
Both teams are out to
restore some pride after reputations were left in tatters on more than one
occasion.
Last Five Encounters
24.02.2007
18.03.2006
27.02.2005
06.03.2004
30.03.2003
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-England 4th,
Europe
Table-England 3rd,
Prediction:
Teams:
15 Geordan Murphy (Leicester, England) 14 Tommy Bowe (Ulster),
13 Andrew Trimble (Ulster), 12 S Horgan (Leinster), 11
Rob Kearney (Leinster) 10 Ronan O'Gara Capt. (Munster), 9 Eoin
Reddan (London Wasps, England), 8 Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), 7 David Wallace (Munster), 6 Denis Leamy (Munster), 5 Paul O'Connell (Munster), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster), 3 John Hayes (Munster), 2
Rory Best (Ulster), 1 Marcus Horan (Munster).
Replacements:
16 Bernard Jackman (Leinster), 17 Tony Buckley (
Coach:
Eddie O’Sullivan
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3558_3283333,00.html
15 Iain Balshaw (Gloucester), 14 Paul Sackey
(London Wasps), 13 Jamie Noon (Newcastle), 12 Toby Flood (Newcastle), 11 Lesley
Vainikolo (Gloucester), 10 Danny Cipriani
(London Wasps), 9 Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks), 8 Nick Easter
(Harlequins), 7 Michael Lipman (Bath), 6 T Croft
(Leicester), 5 Steve Borthwick (Bath), 4 Simon Shaw
(London Wasps), 3 Phil Vickery Capt. (London Wasps), 2 Lee Mears (Bath), 1
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks).
Replacements:
16 George Chuter (Leicester),17
Matt Stevens (
Coach:
Brian Ashton
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3556_3283484,00.html
Milestones
Ronan O’Gara will captain
Johnny Wilkinson dropped to
the bench for the first time since the beginning of his career.
Reviews
Previews
The match is for the wooden
spoon in this tournament.
Last Five Encounters
29.09.2007
24.02.2007
18.03.2006
26.02.2005
06.03.2004
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Scotland 3rd,
Europe Table-Scotland 2nd,
Teams:
15 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh), 14 Simon Danielli
(Ulster, Ireland), 13 Simon Webster (Edinburgh), 12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow
Warriors), 11 Nikki Walker (Ospreys, Wales), 10 Chris Paterson (Gloucester,
England), 9 Mike Blair Capt. (Edinburgh), 8 Simon Taylor (Stade
Francais, France), 7 Allister
Hogg (Edinburgh), 6 Alasdair Strokosch (Gloucester,
England), 5 Scott MacLeod (Llanelli Scarlets, Wales), 4 Nathan Hines
(Perpignan, France), 3 Euan Murray (Northampton
Saints, England), 2 Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors), 1 Allan Jacobsen
(Edinburgh)
Replacements:
16 Scott Lawson (
Coach:
Frank Hadden
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3560_3282888,00.html
15 Andrea
Marcato, 14 Kaine Robertson, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Mirco Bergamasco, 11 Ezio Galon, 10 Andrea Masi, 9 Simon Picone, 8 Sergio Parisse, Capt.,
7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Josh Sole, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava,
3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Replacements:
16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Salvatore Perugini,
18 Carlos Nieto, 19 Jacobus Erasmus, 20 Pietro Travagli, 21 Enrico Patrizio, 22 Alberto Sgarbi
Coach: Nik Mallett
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3889_3289083,00.html
Milestones
Simon Danelli
will take the field for
Reviews
This was always going to be
a close hard fought encounter.
Previews
Last Five Encounters
04.11.2007
10.06.2006
26.02.2005
20.03.2004
22.03.2003
GWC Rugby Rankings: Europe Table-Romania 7th,
Teams:
15.
Reserves:
16. Marcel Mihalache (Steaua Bucuresti), 17. Nicolae Nere (Steaua Bucuresti),
18. Valentin Ursache (Steaua Bucuresti), 19. Vasile Rus (Steaua
Bucuresti), 20. Danut Dumbrava (Steaua Bucuresti), 21. Ciprian Caplescu (Dinamo Bucuresti), 22. Georgica Bigiu (Dinamo Bucuresti).
Coach:
Marin Mot
15. Igor Kluchnikov (VVA-PodmoskovjeVVA),
14. Andrey Kuzin Capt.( VVA-Podmoskovje), 13. Igor Galinovskiy (Krasniy Yar-Krasnoyarsk), 12. Sergey Trishin (VVA-Podmoskovje), 11.
Alexandr Gvozdovskiy (Krasniy Yar-Krasnoyarsk), 10. Yuriy Kushnarev (VVA-Podmoskovje), 9. Alexandr Shakirov (VVA-Podmoskovje), 8. Andrey Garbuzov (Krasniy Yar-Krasnoyarsk), 7. Andrey Ostrikov (
Replacements
16.
Vladimir Marchenko (VVA-Podmoskovje),
17. Vladimir Botvinikov (Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk),
18. Ivan Povesma (Slava
Moscow), 19. Evgeny Matveev
(VVA-Podmoskovje), 20. Alexandr
Yanushkin (Slava Moscow),
21. Victor Motorin (VVA-Podmoskovje), 22. Mikhail Babaev
(VVA-Podmoskovje).
Coach:
Claude Saurel
Below is the Initial squad
of 47 players for
The forty-seven players
selected are:
Albert
Larose, Alexander Atwell, Algernon Felix, Aluko
Venture, Alwyn Etwah, Avery
Corbin, Calton Yearwood,
Christopher Singh, Claude Jackson, Claudius Butts, Clive Montouth,
Cloyd Prowell, Cordell
Carrington, Cordwell Reynolds, Dane Parks, Dellon Downer, Delroy Gordon, Dwanye Schroeder,Dwayne Thornhill, Elwin Chase, Filon
Thompson, Jason Allen, Jason Tyrell Jose, Felicien,
Julio Gonzales, Kevin Mc Kenzie, Leon Greaves, Matteo Friends, Peobo, Hamilton, Rondell Williams, Richard Staglon,
Robin Curtis, Roland D'Aguiar, Ronald Mayers, Ryan George, Satesh Samaroo, Shawzim Samad, Staurt May, Theordore Henry, Travis Eastman, Triston
Fraites, Troy Arjoon, Troy Bascom, Walter George and Wilfred Batson.
National coach Sherlock Solomon
will be in charge of the above listed players for next three months and will be
assisted by Barrington Brown and coach of the Guyana Defence Force Rugby Team,
Clinton Clarke.
THIS
WEEKEND 8 MARCH
Coverage
this weekend will be limited due to other commitments
09.03.2008
Reviews
http://www.planet-rugby.com/sixnations/Story/0,19022,3820_3270418,00.html
08.03.2008
Reviews
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (03.03)
The following country lists have been updated. Included are a number of
match data sheets. Go to alphabetical order at the top of the page.
MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (03.03)
The following international
rugby fixtures now have a match data sheet available in the fixtures lists and
on each country’s list.
3 November 2007
9 February 2008
10 February 2008
16 February 2008
23 February 2008
23 February 2008
23 February 2008
23 February 2008
23 February 2008
THIS
WEEKEND 1 MARCH
01.03.2008
Reviews
Previews
Last
reported in FIRA-AER forum that
http://infordesporto.sapo.pt/Informacao/Modalidades/Raguebi/noticiaraguebi_ragselrussiarisco_280208_470068.asp
(In Portuguese)
Last Five Encounters
12.05.2007
28.10.2006
13.06.2006
25.02.2006 Drawn 19-19 in
04.06.2005
GWC Rugby Rankings: Europe Table-Russia 10th,
Foreign based players
missing: Cristian Spachuk,
David Penalva, Cardoso Pinto (Blagnac),
José Pinto (Benetton Treviso), Gonçalo Uva (Montpellier), António
Aguilar (Tarbes),
(Thanks to
‘Quentin’).
Also missing from v
Also missing from v
Sarmento gained 2 caps for