Uruguay players assault staff and damage Kumamoto restaurant after last Rugby World Cup loss
Two players from the Uruguay team tackled a staff member and damaged property at a restaurant in the city of Kumamoto during a drinking session following their final game of the Rugby World Cup, police said Wednesday. The police are investigating the alleged assault and ...
Determined Wales fends off Uruguay, moves on to quarterfinals
A scrappy Wales was made to work hard for victory against Uruguay but prevailed with a bonus point 35-13 win on Sunday to top Pool D and set up a quarterfinal with three-time finalist France. Wales clung to an eight-point lead with seven minutes left ...
Stopping attacks is Shaun Edwards' pride and joy. So the Wales defense coach was aghast at the number of missed tackles against Fiji: 32. "Then I thought to myself, 'Who did we miss those tackles on?' " Edwards said on Saturday. "I looked, and there were 16 ...
Two-time world champion Australia overcame a sloppy start to crush Uruguay 45-10 on Saturday, forging toward the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with some exhilarating running rugby despite its problems with high tackles resurfacing at Oita Stadium. Wrecking ball center Tevita Kuridrani and Dane Haylett-Petty each ...
Wallabies' Jack Dempsey, Lukhan Salakaia swap jerseys due to 'embroidery mishap'
Australia center James O'Connor has been ruled out of the Pool D clash against Uruguay in Oita at the World Cup on Saturday, while loose forwards Jack Dempsey and Lukhan Salakaia have switched jerseys due to an "embroidery mishap." O'Connor had suffered a corked thigh ...
Uruguay's Facundo Gattas becomes World Cup's fifth high-tackle suspension
Uruguay hooker Facundo Gattas on Tuesday became the fifth player at Rugby World Cup to be suspended for a dangerous tackle, following his red card in the 33-7 defeat to Georgia. Gattas received a three-match ban from a disciplinary panel after failing to overturn his ...
Uruguay's upset of Fiji boosts interest in rugby at home
Uruguay notched its biggest win at the Rugby World Cup with an opening-game upset of Fiji in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on Wednesday, a result that has made the team a hot topic back home. "I think that our game against Fiji has given a big ...
Georgia outmuscles Uruguay in Pool D rout
Los Teros pulled off a historic upset of Fiji in their opening game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Doing it again in their second game, however, proved to be too daunting of a task, especially with a short turnaround. Georgia scored five tries as ...
Georgia coach Milton Haig reminds his players of Uruguay's progress
While the rest of the rugby world was in shock at Uruguay's surprise victory over Fiji earlier this week, Milton Haig was not at all surprised as he prepared his Georgia side for their Pool D clash in Kumagaya on Sunday. The South Americans produced ...
Juan Manuel Gaminara had the Uruguay flag draped over his shoulders and struggled to hold back tears as he described how proud he was of his team in its upset Rugby World Cup win over Fiji. His Uruguayan team will have had three days to ...
Uruguay upsets Fiji as tsunami-hit Kamaishi hosts first Rugby World Cup match
Wednesday may have been a little breezy, but overall it was an absolutely beautiful day with a vivid blue sky above as Kamaishi Unosumai Recovery Memorial Stadium hosted its first-ever Rugby World Cup game. Uruguay pulled off a stunning upset in the Pool D contest, ...
Fiji plans to pause briefly, then turn it on against Uruguay
The Fijian players will pause in silence before their Rugby World Cup game against Uruguay to commemorate those who died in the 2011 tsunami that devastated the region. Then the plan is to run relentlessly for 80 minutes and put on a show at the ...
