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Ireland: Ulster's Kieran Treadwell among five released from World Cup squad
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 00:33
Ulster's Kieran Treadwell is among five players who have been released from Ireland's World Cup squad.Treadwell, who won the last of his 11 caps against England in March, drops out alongside Caolin Blade, Gavin Coombes, Calvin Nash and Jamie Osborne.With Munster prop Jeremy Loughman having been drafted in this week, the squad now has 38 players.The final 33-man squad will…
Eddie Jones: Australia head coach criticises 'negative' media after naming World Cup squad
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Thursday, 17 August 2023 00:54
Australia head coach Eddie Jones criticised the "negative" media after his World Cup squad was questioned before their departure for France.Back row Michael Hooper and fly-half Quade Cooper were left out and attack coach Brad Davis resigned this week."I know what's wrong with Australian rugby and part of you blokes are the problem," Jones told a news conference."Thanks for the…
Rugby World Cup: Jack Dempsey on not being Scottish - and not pretending to be
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 12:43
It was 2017. Jack Dempsey was early 20s and going places. Nobody could foretell that the place he was going to, eventually, was Glasgow.Had you said back then that the forward who played at the last World Cup for Australia would be playing at the 2023 tournament for Scotland, you'd have been met with befuddlement."A long and weird road," says…
Rugby World Cup 2023: Why Owen Farrell's red card and decision to rescind have split opinion
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 07:08
The decision to overturn Owen Farrell's red card has split the rugby world.An independent judicial committee (IJC) has rescinded the England captain's dismissal against Wales, clearing him to play a key role for England at the upcoming World Cup.Farrell became the first England player to receive a red card from rugby's new 'bunker' review system after a high tackle on…
Rugby World Cup: 'Outsiders' Scotland will 'go after' South Africa & Ireland - Townsend
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023 05:34
Scotland take confidence and a "nothing to lose mentality" to the Rugby World Cup, said head coach Gregor Townsend.The Scots kick-off against defending champions South Africa and also face Grand-Slam winning Ireland in Pool B."South Africa and Ireland will be favourites against us," said Townsend after naming his 33-man squad. "We'll be outsiders but that gives us a nothing to…
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