Welsh Dragons lack fire, not short on spirit at Rugby World Cup
A group of Wales fans laughed and smiled broadly while posing for a photo with South African referee Jaco Peyper after their team scraped into the Rugby World Cup semifinals. Peyper, perhaps unwisely, was holding his right elbow horizontally and into the face of one ...
Wales edges France in thriller to make Rugby World Cup semifinals
In the sole previous Rugby World Cup encounter between the two, Wales was forced to compete with one man down and wound up losing by one point. This time, it was its opponent that had the same problem and ended up losing by one point. Wales ...
It's the land of hot springs in Kyushu, so Jacques Brunel used some downtime before the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals to sample some of Oita's soothing and relaxing waters. Well, he tried. A torrential downpour forced the France coach to abort his trip soon after getting ...
France duo Antoine Dupont and Damian Penaud fit to face Wales
Key French backs Antoine Dupont and Damian Penaud have been passed fit to play in their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against Wales, a huge boost for coach Jacques Brunel that allowed him to name a full-strength side on Friday. Scrumhalf Dupont had a back problem ...
Welsh captain Alun Wyn Jones leading by example at Rugby World Cup
Captain Alun Wyn Jones has toiled in the engine room of the Welsh lineup through the Rugby World Cup, playing his essential but unglamorous part in his team's progress to the quarterfinals. At the start of tournament, when Wales beat Australia to take a commanding ...
France flounders but frightens rivals in Rugby World Cup knockout stages
While their campaigns often take on elements of a French farce, it's seldom a laughing matter to strike France in the knockout stages of a Rugby World Cup. No matter how the players under-perform, flounder or bicker among themselves in the pool stages, France is ...
Stephen Jones might have been a late call-up to the Wales coaching squad but he has quickly got himself up to speed on one aspect of the job — revealing as little as possible to the media. Jones took over as attack coach after Rob ...
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 ...
Wales reaches Rugby World Cup quarterfinals after thrilling win against Fiji
Wales rallied to reach the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals beating Fiji 29-17 in an action-packed Pool D match on Wednesday. There were seven tries, four of which were ruled out, five decisions from the Television Match Official, and three yellow cards. And that was just the ...
Rugby World Cup organizers warned Monday that a powerful typhoon forming to the south of Japan could bring fierce winds and torrential rain over the last weekend of the pool stages. Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) is tracking Typhoon Hagibis, expected to develop into the highest ...
The Fijians have beaten Wales before at the Rugby World Cup, winning a thrilling last group game to reach the 2007 quarterfinals at their expense. Wales won't be knocked out of contention this time if it loses Wednesday's match at Oita Stadium, because it has ...
