World Cup

Gabby Logan's 2003 World Cup Memories

Asked for her 15-second memory of the 2003 World Cup, Gabby Logan remembers the 'sublime moment' when Jonny Wilkinson dropped the goal that won England the title.
16 October 2013

Legends Match To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Of England's World Cup Win

10 years on from England's 2003 World Cup win in Australia, an England Legends v Australia Legends game will be held at Twickenham Stoop on 31st October.
8 October 2013

How Are Rugby League's Converts Doing?

With Kyle Eastmond in England's ETS squad, Benji Marshall signing for the Auckland Blues, and Sam Tomkins voicing his desire to participate, a host of rugby league players could find themselves at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
3 October 2013

Lawrence Dallaglio Marks Two-Year RWC 2015 Countdown

Exactly two years ahead of the 2015 World Cup, 2003 World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio celebrates the countdown in West London.
18 September 2013

RWC 2015 Draw

The draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has been made
3 December 2012

Welford Road omission baffles fans and experts alike

Allow me to paint you a picture.
7 November 2012

2015 RWC snub Welford Road

England Rugby 2015 (ER 2015), the organiser of the next Rugby World Cup, has announced the long list of 17 potential match venues - and there is no room for the biggest club rugby stadium in the country.
8 October 2012

Five Of The Best For RWC 2015

With international coaches already putting into action plans which aim to have their squads in optimum shape come the 2015 World Cup in England, now is the time to look at some of those players who could be household names in three years time...
23 April 2012

Wade Ready to Step Up

9 February 2012

World Cup Tales - Fiji with Campese Ma'afu

Fiji left the last World Cup with a glowing reputation having knocked out Wales in the pool stages before pushing the eventual champions South Africa to the brink
2 February 2012

World Cup Tales - Canada with DTH Van Der Merwe

Canada are one of the stalwarts of World Cup rugby, being one of only three countries outside the Six Nations and The Rugby Championship powerhouses to feature in every tournament (alongside Japan and Romania) and have consistently proven themselves as one of the second tier's most combative of opponents.
26 January 2012

Is Wales a rugby mad nation?

The Welsh national side won over fans and critics alike at the World Cup. The whole nation got behind the team.
24 January 2012

World Cup Tales - Japan with Luke Thompson

In a little under eight years time, the Rugby World Cup circus will pitch it's tents on unchartered territory.
23 January 2012

All over for Cueto?

Cueto is a one of a number of the members of England's dismal World Cup campaign to have either voluntarily cut loose from England or simply been omitted by Lancaster.
23 January 2012

World Cup Tales - USA with Todd Clever

The USA Eagles had only recorded two victories at Rugby World Cups prior to this year's tournament but with playing numbers on the rise in the country, an increasing number of players carving out a career in some of the biggest leagues in the world and with former Irish head coach Eddie O'Sullivan at the helm, hopes were high for an impressive showing.
18 January 2012

What a glorious year to come for Rugby

Most of us wake on New Year's day with two things. The first is a hangover of such epic magnitude that the day's biggest achievement is not being sick at the family dinner table.
11 January 2012

2011 - A Rugby Review

As dawn breaks on 2012 and 2011 fades into the past, it is a time to reflect on what has been a fantastic year for the world of rugby.
1 January 2012

World Cup Tales - Scotland with Chris Cusiter

For the first time in their history, they failed to reach the Quarter-Finals but by only the narrowest of margins as they let two games they could/should have won slip from their grasp.
27 December 2011

The Rugby World Cup 2011: A fan's perspective

There was no way I was missing this world cup! Even if it meant bankruptcy, which luckily it didn't, I would be there. I've always wanted to go to New Zealand and having a huge love for rugby I saw it as a perfect opportunity to do both.
19 December 2011

Leaked reports add to RFU embarrasment

Reports from the review of England's disappointing Rugby World Cup campaign in New Zealand have been leaked.
23 November 2011