Last Top Stories: All Blacks win ahead of busy weekend to decide quarter-finals

All Blacks win ahead of busy weekend to decide quarter-finals

The 47-9 win in Newcastle ended any faint hopes the gritty Pacific islanders had of ... Samoa side on Saturday to ensure a place against either Wales or Australia. ... whose stunning defeat of rugby powerhouse South Africa has been one of ... >> view original

Scotland seeks quarterfinal berth at Rugby World Cup

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Scotland flanker John Hardie wasn't ... in Pool A — and avoiding South Africa in the quarterfinals — is at stake when Wales and ... >> view original

Home births becoming a thing of the past acrossNewcastleand the...

The figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, suggest that home births are generally much more popular in the South and Wales than they are in the ... >> view original

Scotland's Rugby World Cup squad are hoping to lift a nation after...

Victory in Saturday afternoon's do-or-die clash with Samoa in Newcastle will ... a World Cup quarter-final clash with either Wales or Australia at Twickenham next ... in a full-strength line-up for the final group match with the South Sea islanders ... >> view original

Rugby World Cup 2015 power rankings: Australia bump All Blacks...

They also have 10 straight wins over Wales and when Australia have their .... of qualification rest on their showdown with Samoa in Newcastle on Saturday. ... In many ways though, the win over Samoa was better than that against South Africa. >> view original

Dragons wing Pewtner still waiting for concussion green light

... European Rugby Challenge Cup win in Newcastle in January that disrupted ... is a fate that awaits Keagan Bale after the Wales Under-20s loosehead prop, ... >> view original

Stuart Lancaster's Rugby World Cup pain could eventually be his gain

... show up against Scotland in Newcastle on Saturday, the day before Japan face USA. ... Wales may have lost their last 10 matches to the Wallabies, but their only ... and the Rugby Championship: South Africa v Wales, New Zealand v France, ... >> view original

Rugby World Cup 2015: England's early exit is devastating for our...

But the defeats by Wales and Australia have taken the sheen off the contest, ... we go on summer tours with England, to Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, ... Sale and Newcastle, and they cannot compete with the number of top league ... >> view original

Duke of Cambridge presentsWalesWorld Cup shirts

Wales' World Cup squad greeted a Royal visitor at their hotel in Surrey on ... But if they lose, a last-eight appointment awaits with twice world champions South Africa. ... Tonga take on the All Blacks in Pool C fixture at St James Park, Newcastle ... >> view original