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Rugby World Cup 2007
Pool D - Georgia
- 30 August 2007
- Tom Rowe
Cash-strapped Georgia make the best use of their relationships with French clubs. The national team played Agen, Auch and Albigeois to warm up for the World Cup. The team were coaxed there by Frenchman Claude Saurel and two-thirds of the squad currently ply their trade in French club rugby. Saurel, a 54-year-old former Béziers flanker who was once Morocco's national coach was the key figure in getting Georgia to their first world cup in 2003.
Pool D - Namibia
- 30 August 2007
- Conor Brady
Pity the Welwitschias for at RWC 2007 anything in a Namibian jersey will be chewed-up and spat out. Namibia is a third-tier rugby nation and easily the worst team participating. IRB rankings place them 25 in the world – the lowest ranked team making the trip to France. Namibia's main problem is that they contest too few full internationals, and therefore lack experience.
Video coverage of punch on Brian O'Driscoll at Bayonne
- 21 August 2007
- Malachy Browne
Read Village coverage of France 2007 starting next week on village.ie. A 64 page France 2007 guide will be published in the next issue of Village magazine, in shops 30 August.
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