PUMA Rugby News Archive
October 2011
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World Cup In Words: Week 4
October 06, 2011Rugby World’s Paul Morgan takes a sideways look at the facts and figures, best and worst, weirdest and wackiest moments from the last week of Pool games at the World Cup...
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Stats A Fact
October 05, 2011Rugby World’s Paul Morgan crunches the numbers to provide us with the best facts and figures from the Pool stages of the World Cup. Here’s what he discovered...
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World Cup Round Up: 1st-2nd October
October 03, 2011The World Cup Pool stages are all wrapped up and we move onto the business end of the tournament with the quarter-final knockouts in Auckland and Wellington this weekend. No further chances of an incredible upset by the minnows, an undiscovered superstar or a one-sided demolition – perhaps unsurprisingly, the final 8 will be comprised of the top 8 world rugby-playing nations from New Zealand to Argentina.
Talk will undoubtedly return to the question of whether the hosts have what it takes to go all the way or whether they will capitulate under the weight of expectation from an entire nation of rugby fanatics. Will Australia be able to repeat their Tri-Nations victory and topple South Africa and New Zealand? Can England reach their third final in three consecutive World Cups? Will Argentina outdo their efforts of 2007? Will the Green Army and neutral’s favourites, Ireland, build on the momentum taken from dominating their Pool?
The weekend’s final games certainly gave some indication as to what the answers will be come 23rd of October. Here is our round up of the best of the action...
September 2011
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View from New Zealand: Week 3
September 29, 2011We get closer to the World Cup with the player perspective from two of Ireland’s finest exclusively for PUMA Rugby! Here’s what Tommy Bowe and Jamie Heaslip had to say prior to their final Pool game against Italy on Sunday...
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World Cup In Words: Week 3
September 28, 2011Rugby World’s Paul Morgan takes a sideways look at the facts and figures, best and worst, weirdest and wackiest moments from another action-packed week at the World Cup...
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World Cup Round Up: 24-25th September
September 26, 2011With the World Cup Pool stages reaching their climax, we witnessed another weekend of wet weather and weary bodies as the first nation confirmed their place in the quarter finals and several faced the heartbreak of failure.
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View from New Zealand
September 23, 2011We get closer to the World Cup with the player perspective from two of Ireland’s finest exclusively for PUMA Rugby! Here’s what Tommy Bowe and Jamie Heaslip had to say on a magnificent week for Irish rugby...
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World Cup Heroes: Gonzalo Camacho
September 22, 2011PUMA’s Gonzalo Oscar Camacho (“Gonza”) is Argentina’s 27-year-old flying wing and has all the attributes of a world class 14. Gonzalo is also comfortable in the centre and his deadly combination of explosive acceleration and nifty footwork have made him a mainstay of Los Pumas since making his debut against Uruguay in 2008.
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World Cup In Words: Week 2
September 21, 2011Rugby World’s Paul Morgan takes a sideways look at the facts and figures, best and worst, weirdest and wackiest moments from an incredible week at the World Cup...
