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Rugby World Cup: Danny Care questions level of 'loyalty' after being left out by England
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Tuesday, 10 September 2019 06:26
Scrum-half Danny Care says selecting players for international teams on the basis of their residency or relations will inevitably breed resentment.Willi Heinz, who has an English grandmother but was born and raised in New Zealand, was picked ahead of Care in England's World Cup squad."Players are just pawns. You look at it and is there much loyalty in it? Maybe…
'It was tough to take' - Wales' Anscombe on World Cup heartbreak
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Monday, 09 September 2019 08:11
There are fewer crueller things in sport than missing a World Cup through injury.Especially when you are in the prime of your career. That is what Wales fly-half Gareth Anscombe is coming to terms with as Wales fly out to Japan this week.Anscombe suffered a serious knee injury against England in the opening warm-up match last month, which he confirmed…
Gatland confident despite Wales' World Cup warm-up defeats
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Sunday, 08 September 2019 03:19
Three defeats in four warm-up matches, down from first to fifth in the world rankings and a lack of momentum going into the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this month.However, if Warren Gatland is worried about Wales' World Cup preparations, he wasn't showing it in Dublin after the second loss to Ireland in less than a week."The competition starts…
RugbyX: One-on-one to decide drawn games in sport's version of Twenty20
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Monday, 09 September 2019 10:10
RugbyX will see the introduction of rugby's version of the 'Super Over', with drawn matches decided by a revolutionary one-on-one contest. In the event of a draw, a single attacker from one team will try and score past a single defender from the other. The 'one-on-one' has been included as part of the full laws of RugbyX, which have now…
Biltong, saunas and golf simulators - how Scotland are preparing for Japan
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Monday, 09 September 2019 04:12
"We are honoured to welcome the global rugby family to our country and for the first time ever to Asia."Japan Rugby Football Union president Yoshiro Mori extended his invitation more than 10 years ago, after winning the right to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup.Now, it is time for the world's top Test sides to answer it. Even with more…
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