• Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    RWC teams at a glance - Part 1

    With the World Cup team news coming thick and fast, we will also be grouping our team announcements - along with our regular team announcement stories - to ensure that nothing slips through the net during RWC 2011.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Canada's Taylor Paris can make history

    Canada wing Taylor Paris is the youngest player at Rugby World Cup 2011, but he has not asked senior teammates what he should expect.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Brothers who play together, win together

    Canadians Jamie and Phil Mackenzie are one of the 13 pairs of brothers competing in Rugby World Cup 2011, and the duo hope to continue a winning streak that began last year.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Rugby, hakas and the New Zealand way

    Twelve members of the squad travelled down the road from Waitangi to Bay of Islands College in Kawakawa to interact with local students on Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011
    McDowall ranks Argentina over Scots

    McDowall ranks Argentina over Scots

    Romania assistant coach Steve McDowall believes Argentina pose a greater challenge to The Oaks than Scotland in Pool B.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011
    Corry warns of Pumas threat

    Corry warns of Pumas threat

    Martin Corry says there is no better time for England to be facing Argentina at the World Cup, but has warned not to underestimate the Pumas.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Size no obstacle for Glenwood

    Glenwood High School may not have had the physical stature of some of the schools they squared up to this season, but this did not stop them from picking up KwaZulu-Natal's Traditional Rugby School's award for the fourth consecutive time.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011
    Kellock champing at the bit

    Kellock champing at the bit

    Scotland are eager to open their World Cup campaign after arriving in Invercargill on Wednesday ahead of Saturday's Pool B opener with Romania.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Do You Have What It Takes?

    Do you have what it takes to make a difference on the rugby field? Like no other sport, rugby requires a perfect balance between individual performance and team work and that only comes with practice.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    How Boks will avoid the breakdown blues

    South African vice-captain Victor Matfield said the Springboks will be on the alert for any attempt by Wales to illegally slow the ball at the breakdown in their opening Pool D World Cup match in Wellington on Sunday.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Pumas pack primed for Poms

    While every team at the World Cup will feel the weight of expectation, England will face another kind of pressure when they lock horns with the Argentine scrum.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011
    O'Brien ready to shine

    O'Brien ready to shine

    Sean O'Brien has vowed to continue flattening opponents at the World Cup, declaring: "If there's no hole, I'll make one."

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011
    Jones targets an end product

    Jones targets an end product

    Adam Jones believes heroic failures are no longer acceptable for Wales when they tackle giants of the game like world champions South Africa.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Catrakilis blow for WP

    Western Province suffered a huge blow ahead of their Currie Cup encounter with the Leopards on Saturday, with the news that star flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis has been ruled out for a month.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Apostol answers Romanian SOS

    World Cup organizers have confirmed Romanian wing Catalin Fercu has withdrawn from the tournament, saying he has been diagnosed with pneumonia.