We Love Rugby

England Top Scorer Johnny Wilkinson

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Born: May 25, 1979 in Frimley, Surrey, England
Height 1.78 m
Weight 86 kg
Position: Fly-half/ Inside Centre
Clubs: Newcastle Falcons (England)

This lad has made history when he scored the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia.
Do you remember it?

Pay also attention to this sensational try made by Johnny Wilkinson against All Blacks. Pure Class.

English Rugby Team

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Have a look to this video showing amazing tries from England Rugby Team.

England World Cup records:
1987 - Quarter finals
1991 - Runners Up
1995 - Semi finals (4th Place)
1999 - Quarter finals
2003 - CHAMPIONS!!!

England Rugby Team Calendar

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08/09/2007 England Vs. USA - Lens 18:00 (french time)
14/09/2007 England Vs. South Africa - St Denis 21:00
22/09/2007 England Vs. Samoa - Nantes 16:00
28/09/2007 England Vs. Tonga - Paris 21:00

England: Country Profile

2007-06-04T17:17:00.000Z

To close Pool A, the World Champs: Almighty England.

Good Luck, South Africa

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New National Anthem of South Africa

Rugby World Cup memories: 1995

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Remembering the 1995 World Champions.

South Africa Head Coach Jake White

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Jake White

Born 3 November 1963 in Johannesburg. He is a South African rugby union coach. Springbok's head coach since 2004.

Main achievements as Springbok's head coach:

2004:
First Springbok team to win the Tri-Nations since 1998
Rose from 6th to 4th on IRB world rankings

2005:
Biggest score ever achieved by a Springbok side (134-3 against Uruguay)
Rose from 4th to 2nd in IRB world rankings (now 4th)

2006:
A poor year for the Springboks...We won't talk about that.

South African players: Bryan Habana

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Born: 12 June 1983 in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Height 1.79 m
Weight 90 kg
Position: Wing
International Debut: 2005 Against Uruguay
Clubs:
Provincial/State sides: Blue Bulls, since 2003
Super Rugby: Bulls, since 2005
I wonder who can catch this folk??

South Africa's top scorer: Percy Montgomery

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Born: 15th March 1974. Walvis Bay, Namibia
Height 1.83 m
Weight 89 kg
Position: Full Back
International debut: Saturday, 28th June 1997 v British Isles (Durban) -Aged: 23
Clubs: Sharks Super 14 (SA)

Check this fantastic drop goal against Australia 2005.

South Africa Rugby Team Calendar

2007-06-01T21:24:00.000Z

09/09/2007 South Africa Vs. Samoa - Paris 16:00 (french time)
14/09/2007 South Africa Vs. England - St Denis 21:00
22/09/2007 South Africa Vs. Tonga - Lens 14:00
30/09/2007 South Africa Vs. USA - Montpellier 20:00

Springbok: South African team

2007-06-01T18:38:00.000Z

Watch the video I've prepared for u about Springboks and listen to Fokofpolisiekar's music.

Some more info about Sbringboks:

Appearances in the World Cup: 3 (First in 1995)
Best result: Champions, 1995

South Africa: Country profile

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Freshlyground

Freshlyground is a South African band from Cape Town which has been awarded in 2006 MTV Europe Music Award as the Best African Act.

South Africans love this band.

Find out yourself why.

Freshlyground - Doo Bee Doo

The Eagles' Top Scorer Mike Hercus

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Born: June 06, 1979 (age 27), Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Height: 1.78 m / 5'10"
Weight: 82 Kg / 181lbs
Position: Fly-half
Rugby World Cup debut in 2003
Clubs: Belmont Shore (USA) since March 2007. To know more on Mike Hercus's transfer to Belmont Shore, check this link: http://www.belmontshorerfc.com/clubnewsarticle.php?recordID=58
Previous clubs: Newport Gwent Dragons (Wales)/ Sale Sharks (England)

USA Rugby: calendar

2007-05-29T20:43:00.000Z

08/09/2007 England Vs. USA - Lens 18:00 (french time)
12/09/2007 USA Vs. Tonga - Montpellier 14:00
26/09/2007 Samoa Vs. USA - St Etienne 20:00
30/09/2007 South Africa Vs. USA - Montpellier 20:00

The Eagles: USA team

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The Shield

The Shirt

The Eagles

Brief history:
The USA Men’s National Team, nicknamed the Eagles, won the Gold Medal in Olympic rugby in 1920 and 1924. Now, the Eagles are ranked 13th in the world.

The Eagle have qualified for the World Cup after defeating Uruguay.

World Cup Appearances
1987, 1991, 1999 and 2003

USA: Country profile II

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Besides that you've probably heard about:

Capital City: Washington DC
Population: 301,771,000

USA: Country Profile

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Note from the editor: I obviously don't agree that americans are all stupid. After all, to publish this blog I'm using an Operation System from the USA, a browser made in USA and an american blog publisher software. Even though, we have to admit that this video is really funny.

We Love Rugby: Promotional Video

2007-05-27T07:43:00.000Z

Good luck, Tonga

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Kailao dance

The Kailao is a Tongan war dance imported to Tonga from nearby 'Uvea, also known as Wallis Island.

Tonga's Head Coach

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Jim Love

He is a Former NZ Maori All Black Assistant Coach, Maori All Black & CEO of the NZ Sports Academy

'Ikale Tahi's Capitan: Inoke Afeaki

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Born: 12 July 1973, Tofoa, Tongatapu
Height: 1.96 m (6' 5")
Weight: 117 kg (18 st 5 lb)
Position: Lock
Test debut: 1995 v France in Pretoria

Clubs:
1992-99: Petone - three Championship years
1993-1996, 1999-2001: Wellington Lions - 89 games (2000 NPC Champions)
1996, 99-2001- Wellington Hurricanes - 37 games
1997-98: Japan
2002-04: Secom, Japan

Tongan Rugby

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Shield

Team Photo

Tongan Rugby: Calendar

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12/09/2007 USA Tonga - Montpellier 14:00
16/09/2007 Samoa Tonga - Montpellier 16:00
22/09/2007 South Africa Tonga - Lens 14:00
28/09/2007 England Tonga - Paris 21:00

Tonga: Country profile

2007-05-23T21:19:00.000Z

Now let's have a look to Tonga...Like Samoa this team is in Pool A.

Tonga's Flag & Map

Capital City: Nuku'alofa
Population - about 102,000.

Let's have a look to Nuku'alofa

Samoan Rugby Team Pre-Game Ritual

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Lome Fa'atau Try

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Samoa players - Lome Fa'atau

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Lome Fa'atau - Probably the best Samoan player at the moment.

Born: 23 Nov 1975 in Wellington, NZ

Height: 1m 84 (6’1")

Weight: 92kg
Position: winger
Test debut: 2000 v Fiji in Apia

Teams:
1999, 2001-03 Wellington NPC (31 games, 22 tries)
2000 – Taranaki NPC (union’s leading try-scorer with 7)
2002-03 – Hurricanes S12 (15 games, 5 tries)
2003 – Manu Samoa World Cup team
2004 – Chiefs S12 (12 games, 3 tries)

Samoa Rugby Union

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Team colours

Samoa - country profile

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I choose Samoa as the 1st country to visit...
It's flag

It's map location

Capital city - Apia
Population - about 185,000. Do u think it's a small country?? Wait until watch them playing...

To read more about Samoa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa

World Cup record

1991 Qualified. Quarter-finals.
1995 Qualified. Quarter-finals.
1999 Qualified. Pool stage.
2003 Qualified. Pool stage.
2007 Qualified.

World cup preview

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Cities of the rugby world cup

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The World Cup will be played in the following cities: Paris, St Denis, Lens, Nantes, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Lyon, Montpellier, Toulouse, Marseille, Edinburgh and Cardiff.

If you plan to follow your team by car, here is a link that might help you:

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/int/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm

Teams

2007-05-17T21:45:00.000Z

Here is list of countries which will participate in the world cup: Argentina, France, New Zeland, Italy, Australia, Japan, England, USA, Wales, Canada, South Africa, Samoa, Scotland, Portugal, Ireland, Namibia, Georgia, Tonga, Fiji, Romania