Rugby World Cup News
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Australia picked code-switcher Israel Folau among three rookies and left out fly-half Quade Cooper in an initial 25-man rugby squad to face the British and Irish Lions in a three-Test series.
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Cie. Financiere Richemont SA Chairman and controlling shareholder Johann Rupert will take a year off, leaving management of the world’s second-biggest luxury-goods company to a team of executives including Cartier’s former CEO.
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Steve Hansen was given a contract extension as head coach of the All Blacks through the team’s defense of its Rugby World Cup title in 2015.
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Australia rugby union selectors included code-switcher Israel Folau among seven rookie players for a 30-man planning camp ahead of the Test series against the British and Irish Lions in June and July.
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Rugby World Cup host England will have to get past two-time winner Australia and Six Nations champions Wales in the 2015 event after the teams were grouped in today’s draw in London.
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Rugby World Cup games will be moved from Christchurch after the stadium in New Zealand’s second- biggest city was damaged by an earthquake on Feb. 22.
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Declan Kidney was fired as Ireland rugby coach today after his team flopped in the Six Nations tournament.
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New Zealand is ready to pull out of future Rugby World Cups unless an International Rugby Board review recommends a commercial model that would address revenue losses for the major teams, the nation’s rugby boss said.
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Italy beat the U.S. 27-10 at the Rugby World Cup yesterday to cut the gap to Pool C leader Ireland to three points before they meet in the last group game. Canada and Japan drew 23-23, the third tie in tournament history.
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New Zealanders are celebrating their first Rugby World Cup victory in almost a quarter century, lifting the mood of a nation scarred in the past year by natural disasters and a mining tragedy.
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