Friday 28 March 2008 at 11:11

Lawrence Dallaglio has been suspended for one week by Wasps and as such will miss his side's premiership match against Leicester this weekend.

Dallaglio was given his temporary ban yesterday (March 27th) for hitting Tigers prop Julian White during the recent EDF Energy Cup semi-final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

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Thursday 13 March 2008 at 11:14

England rugby coach Brian Ashton was wrong to take Jonny Wilkinson out of the national squad before they are due to play their Six Nations match against Ireland this weekend.

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Tuesday 11 March 2008 at 16:47

James Hook's inclusion for Wales's clash with France on Saturday (March 15th) has boosted the Dragon's chances of Six Nations glory.

Wales are rated as overwhelming 1/20 favourites, with BetDirect, to win the tournament, with a victory against the French sealing the Grand Slam.

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Friday 29 February 2008 at 18:48

England rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio believes that his Wasps team-mate Danny Cipriani has what it takes to be in England's starting XV for their next Six Nations match, but said that the young fly-half could play alongside Johnny Wilkinson.

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Friday 08 February 2008 at 11:16

French rugby coach Marc Lievremont has made changes to his starting side after injury meant that one of his top players is now out of action.

Lievremont has lost wing Julien Malzieu due to a thigh injury so he has been replaced with Vincent Clerc, who was originally put on the bench.

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Thursday 07 February 2008 at 15:27

Wales coach Warren Gatland has urged James Hook to improve his performances to boost the Reds chances of winning the Six Nations.

Following their victory over England on the opening weekend, Wales have seen their odds of claiming glory cut to 3/1 with Ladbrokes.

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Monday 04 February 2008 at 11:08

England rugby player Mike Tindall has been ruled out of the Six Nations with a bruised liver.

The centre was carried off during the second half of England's 26-19 home defeat against Wales on Saturday (February 2nd).

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Friday 01 February 2008 at 09:53

Wales are hoping that a rare victory against England at Twickenham on Saturday (February 2nd) could be the catalyst for Six Nations glory.

England have not lost to Wales on home soil in 20 years, a statistic that has pushed the odds of a red victory out to 4/1 with Ladbrokes.

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Thursday 31 January 2008 at 11:34

France remain the favourites to claim the Six Nations crown, despite Florian Fritz's exclusion for Saturday's (February 2nd) game against Scotland.

Despite Fritz looking likely to miss the whole tournament after fracturing his leg, France are still priced at 5/4 favourites with Ladbrokes to claim the Six Nations crown.

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Thursday 18 October 2007 at 17:06

Red-hot rugby World Cup favourites South Africa have named an unchanged XV to take on England this Saturday (October 18th).

The highly experience Springboks, which have more than 650 caps between them, are highly fancied with Paddy Power offering 4/11 for a South African triumph and Bet365 offering 8/1 for Schalk Burger to score a try and the Boks to lift the trophy.

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Monday 15 October 2007 at 14:24

When England reached their lowest point in the Rugby World Cup, defeated 36-0 by South Africa, bookies were offering odds as long as 80/1 that they would go on to win.

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Thursday 11 October 2007 at 15:20

Argentina have labelled the South African rugby team as arrogant and insist they have the skills to defeat the Boks, despite being priced as the underdogs.

The Pumas are currently priced at 11/4 to win the match with Ladbrokes, while South Africa are priced at 1/4 to win with the draw at the end of 80 minutes at 20/1.

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Thursday 11 October 2007 at 12:04

Pressure is a word often used in describing sporting fixtures, however, for Jonny Wilkinson the pressure he's concerned about is all about the balls.

Jonny's radar has been largely off target in this world cup so far, and the fly-half believes it could all be down to the different pressure the balls have been inflated to.

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Tuesday 09 October 2007 at 16:51

Football World Cup winner Laurent Blanc has issued some advice for his rugby playing countrymen, telling them that they must guard against losing control when they face England on Saturday.

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Monday 08 October 2007 at 15:59

England's chances of defeating the hosts France in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup have been boosted with the news that the entire squad should be fit and available for selection.

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Friday 05 October 2007 at 11:59

Australia said they expect England to play dirty when the two teams meet in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals tomorrow.

Australia forward Hugh McMeniman told the BBC of his concerns: "By the forwards they have chosen it's a pretty rough pack.

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Thursday 04 October 2007 at 16:01

South Africa are overwhelming favourites to be victorious over Fiji when they meet this weekend in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup, but if Fiji have shown anything in the tournament so far it's that they fear no team and they'll be keen to prove the bookies wrong.

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Tuesday 02 October 2007 at 11:59

Keen not to fall to a repeat of the 2003 World Cup final, Australia will be targeting Jonny Wilkinson when the two teams meet in this year's quarter-final in Toulouse on Saturday.

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Monday 01 October 2007 at 16:45

As the Welsh Rugby Union looks at what went wrong for the team in the World Cup, Stan James has opened a book on who will replace sacked coach Gareth Jenkins.

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Thursday 27 September 2007 at 16:20

Scotland will be at full force when they play against Italy in their crucial final World Cup Pool match.

The team on Saturday will the same as that which beat Romania.

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