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Rugby World Cup draw: England dodge three bullets

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Johnno’s men avoid Tri Nations in group stages

There was a 75% chance that England would end up in a ‘group of death’ for the 2011 World Cup, with either New Zealand, Australia or South Africa, all of whom they lost to in recent weeks.
But they got lucky, and landed in a group which they will [...]

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Autumn internationals: can the northern hemisphere fight back?

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Can England and co. get back to winning ways? Our friends at Chicken Dinner have put together this preview of the weekend’s internationals…

England v South Africa
This is the first time the two nations have clashed since last year’s World Cup final and England have lost their last five encounters with the Springboks. The good news [...]

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