Rugby World Cup
# rugby-world-cup - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Jonah Lomu, a rugby career that was all too brief
The former All-Black star turns 37 today and we look back at his thrilling, if far too short, career.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 10 May, 2013
Ireland has some more competition to host the Rugby World Cup
The South Africans have thrown their name into the ring as a possible host for the 2023 tournament.
# rugby-world-cup - Monday 22 April, 2013
Rugby bosses promise fairer World Cup schedule for the little guys
Small nations complained bitterly during the 2011 World Cup that the timetable was skewed towards the game’s traditional superpowers who had longer rest periods.
# rugby-world-cup - Thursday 18 April, 2013
New Zealand bouncer convicted of stealing THAT Mike Tindall video
The England skipper — who is married to Zara Philips — made headlines at the Rugby World Cup in 2011.
# rugby-world-cup - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
VIDEO: Obviously we don’t condone punch-ups, but…
… this one is class (from a safe distance).
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 22 March, 2013
Poll: Which motion do you want to see passed at GAA Congress 2013?
Hawkeye, the mark and the black card are all on the agenda in Derry this weekend.
# rugby-world-cup - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Explainer: The key motions to keep an eye on at the 2013 GAA Congress
Stadia for the Rugby World Cup, introducing the mark and removing hurling helmets for the national anthem are some of the motions tabled for next month’s Congress in Derry.
# rugby-world-cup - Monday 7 January, 2013
Scotland stalwart Blair retires from internationals
The scrum-half was capped 85 times for his country and was captain of the side on 14 occasions.
# rugby-world-cup - Saturday 22 December, 2012
VIDEO: Watch New Zealand World Cup documentary ‘The Weight of a Nation’ in full
The programme aired on television last week.
# rugby-world-cup - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
RFU reject Wales’ cheeky proposal to stage World Cup clash in Cardiff
They’re not falling for that one.
Drico doubts about 2015 World Cup
“I think my World Cup ship has sailed,” says Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll as he reflected on an “okay draw” for the 2015 tournament in England.
# rugby-world-cup - Monday 3 December, 2012
Ireland to face France, Italy at 2015 Rugby World Cup
It’s nearly three years away but all eyes were on London this afternoon’s 2015 Rugby World Cup draw. Here’s how it all turned out.
# rugby-world-cup - Sunday 25 November, 2012
Andy Robinson steps down as Scotland coach
The Englishman has resigned in the wake of yesterday’s embarrassing loss to Tonga.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 9 November, 2012
Fiji’s Josh Matavesi: Racing Metro paid me to skip World Cup
Munster coach Simon Mannix also revealed that “a cheque” was handed over to Fijians who turned down international call-ups.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 28 September, 2012
Lewis Moody: I kept my World Cup winners’ medal in a Sainsburys bag
The former England flanker is hoping to display his medal and MBE properly now that he has retired.
# rugby-world-cup - Monday 17 September, 2012
VIDEO: It’s been a year since Ireland beat Australia
Those 366 days have flown by.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 14 September, 2012
Interview: Murphy still taking the outside line
The former Ireland fullback is intent on making rugby his legacy, not an off-field squabble.
# rugby-world-cup - Saturday 18 August, 2012
GAA ready to back 2023 Rugby World Cup bid
The association have agreed to discuss the issue at congress, a move which allows the IRFU continue its feasibility study.
# rugby-world-cup - Thursday 14 June, 2012
The Snapper: When Danny Boy was the Irish national anthem at the Rugby World Cup
Photographer Billy Stickland has followed the brightest and best in the world of sport for the past four decades and has some great stories to tell.
# rugby-world-cup - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
‘I’m lucky to be alive,’ says Lynagh
The ex-Australian rugby player has spoken of his relief after being released from hospital following a stroke.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 30 March, 2012
Follow Friday: It’s Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
With an ostensible penchant for controversy and an obvious intelligence to boot, the Samoan centre is rugby’s answer to Eamon Dunphy.
# rugby-world-cup - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Lancaster named England coach – Reports
The interim boss will be handed the role on a permanent basis later today, according to reports.
# rugby-world-cup - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Reasons to be fearful: Dan the Man returns for Canterbury Crusaders
New Zealand see our Brian O’Driscoll and raise us a Dan Carter.
Ireland ‘more than capable’ of hosting Rugby World Cup
Michael Ring told the Dáil the country can play host to the world’s biggest rugby tournament in 2023
# rugby-world-cup - Saturday 18 February, 2012
Column: The Ireland women’s rugby team is being ignored. They deserve better.
The squad is treated as an afterthought with a media blackout and chronic underfunding. This would never happen to the men’s team, writes Joan O’Connell.
# rugby-world-cup - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
2015 organisers spark talk of £10 tickets
The next Rugby World Cup could be more affordable than we thought.
# rugby-world-cup - Sunday 1 January, 2012
All we want for 2012 (and what we won’t miss from 2011)
TheJournal.ie’s writers have each picked one thing that they are glad to see the back of – and one thing they are looking forward to this year.
# rugby-world-cup - Thursday 29 December, 2011
The sporting year in review: July
First-time Major winner Darren Clarke created some of the biggest headlines in July but he certainly wasn’t the only talking point.
# rugby-world-cup - Sunday 25 December, 2011
The Score.ie’s sporting Advent calendar: day 25
It’s finally here! To celebrate, here’s two men in pyjamas preparing their breakfast to music – just like you.
# rugby-world-cup - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Whodunnit? English rugby close to identifying World Cup mole
A team of former detectives are nearing a breakthrough as they bid to identify who leaked the World Cup reports. Dun dun dun.
# rugby-world-cup - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
Richie McCaw speaks out on French eye-gouging incident… finally
Seven weeks on, the All Blacks captain has admitted he was surprised no action was taken after the Rugby World Cup final
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 25 November, 2011
England trio refused RFU advice to pay off Dunedin hotel maid
James Haskell, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley were allegedly advised to pay Annabel Newton NZ$30,000 in “hush money”.
# rugby-world-cup - Tuesday 8 November, 2011
You again? Ireland confirm New Zealand tour dates
Ireland will face the newly-crowned world champions at the stadium the All Blacks won the title, Eden Park in the first Test.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 4 November, 2011
A Welshman thinks that Alain Rolland was right to send Sam Warburton off
And that Welshman’s name is Sam Warburton.
# rugby-world-cup - Friday 28 October, 2011
The war at home… here’s what you might have missed in domestic rugby recently
It’s time to move on. The World Cup is but a memory – but away from the international stage, there’s more than enough to keep you entertained.
# rugby-world-cup - Tuesday 25 October, 2011
Here’s one more Sean O’Brien fact: he carried Jimmy Bullard around Ibiza
An unlikelier pair we’ve never met: the Tullow Tank and English football’s jester on a Mediterranean boat cruise.
# rugby-world-cup - Monday 24 October, 2011
Poll: Did Stephen Donald actually score his match-winning penalty?
The All Black’s fourth-choice fly-half scored the points that put the Webb Ellis beyond doubt, but did his 45th-minute penalty actually split the posts?
The wait is over for New Zealand…but only just
The lads at Whiff of Cordite come in from the side on the subject of yesterday’s referee, the All Blacks performance and Les Bleus’ heroes.
In pictures: Thousands turn out to celebrate the All Blacks’ World Cup win
It’s been a long time coming, but now it’s here.
# rugby-world-cup - Saturday 22 October, 2011
Cooper facing lengthy spell on the sidelines
Quade Cooper won’t be back on a rugby pitch until next year after suffered a suspected ACL injury on Friday.
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