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THIS THREAD IS A RECORDED DIARY OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 .....

..... AS A MEMENTO OF THE COMPETITION, THE FUN, CAMARADERIE AND FRIENDSHIPS FORGED ALONG THE WAY! :-) :-) :-)



NEW ZEALAND WIN THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015
(posted 31st October / 1st November 2015)

GOLD ...............NEW ZEALAND
SILVER ............AUSTRALIA
BRONZE ........ SOUTH AFRICA
4th ................... ARGENTINA




Other Articles:

ALL BLACKS TAKE RWC TROPHY TO JERRY COLLINS' GRAVE p377
(posted 6/11/15)

All Blacks Home To Heroes Welcome! p.377 (posted 4/11/15)

Sonny Bill Williams Gives His Medal To A Young Fan! p376 (posted 1/11/15)

Dan Carter~ World Rugby's Player Of The Year! p376 (posted 2/11/15)

"Our Nige" Wins World Rugby Referee Award! p376 (posted 2/11/ 15)


Warren Gatland going home to New Zealand! p337 (posted 5/11/15)

Jamie Roberts playing for Cambridge University p377 (posted 5/11/15)



THIS BOX IS RESERVED FOR LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS

WALES' RUGBY WORLD CUP TRAINING SQUAD SELECTION:

FORWARDS (25)

Rob Evans (Scarlets)
Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs)
Paul James (Bath Rugby)
Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys)
Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)
Rhodri Jones (Scarlets)
Samson Lee (Scarlets)
Nicky Smith (Ospreys)
Scott Baldwin (Ospreys)
Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues)
Richard Hibbard (Gloucester Rugby)
Ken Owens (Scarlets)
Jake Ball (Scarlets)
Luke Charteris (Racing Metro)
Dominic Day (Bath Rugby)
Bradley Davies (Wasps)
Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys)
Rory Thornton (Ospreys)
Dan Baker (Ospreys)
Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons)
James King (Ospreys)
Dan Lydiate (Ospreys)
Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby)
Justin Tipuric (Ospreys)
Sam Warburton (Capt - Cardiff Blues)

BACKS (22)

Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
Mike Phillips (Racing Metro)
Rhys Webb (Ospreys)
Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues)
Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues)
Dan Biggar (Ospreys)
James Hook (Gloucester Rugby)
Matthew Morgan (Bristol Rugby)
Rhys Patchell (Cardiff Blues)
Rhys Priestland (Scarlets)
Cory Allen (Cardiff Blues)
Jack Dixon (Newport Gwent Dragons)
Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons)
Jamie Roberts (Racing Metro)
Scott Williams (Scarlets)
Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons)
Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues)
Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon)
Tom James (Exeter Chiefs)
George North (Northampton Saints)
Eli Walker (Ospreys)
Liam Williams (Scarlets)



WALES HAS A LOT OF VERY TALENTED PLAYERS WORKING FOR WORLD CUP SELECTION IN THIS TRAINING SQUAD :-)



Notably- Full Back and Kicker LEIGH HALFPENNY<3 and Tighthead Prop SAMSON LEE, who were both badly injured during The Six Nations Championship this year, have been included in this list :-) :-) :-)

Hopefully, they will be fully fit to take their positions for the opening games this September! :-)

Sadly Wales Favourite JONATHAN DAVIES (13) will not be fit for the Rugby World Cup 2015 due to a knee injury:-(



THE RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18th 2015


SO, CALLING ALL RUGBY FANS ..... WELSH OR OTHERWISE ....
..... TO JOIN ME ON RADIO JEM ;-) ;-) :-D

SUPPORT YOUR TEAMS!

HERE IS THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 SCHEDULE

http://www.rugbyworld.com/rugby-fixtures/rugby-world-cup-fixtures-2015

Cyprus calling - Cyprus calling

Will Radio Jem be on the air?

It goes on a long time, don't want to exhaust you and wear out your fingers. :-D

This is Radio Jem!

Receiving you loud and clear PatinCyprus! :-D :-D :-D

I am going to do my best with the main games Pat. :-)
I will be going into hospital for an op at some point though, so I am hoping I will be ok!

Maybe we can enlist some more correspondents to help us out! ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

Oh dear, hope you recover quickly.

I'd offer to help but as you know I'm quite a way behind the action out here. The delay can sometimes be quite a long time.

I can be head cheerleader if there's a vacancy. :-D I can make my own pompoms and if I do them the colours of the rainbow there's no favouritism is there? ;-)

Look after yourself and hope your stay in hospital is short and all goes well. :-) <3

WALES WILL HAVE 3 PRE-WORLD CUP WARM-UP TEST MATCHES:

Saturday August 8th

WALES v IRELAND ..... Kick-Off 2.30pm
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff



Saturday August 29th

IRELAND v WALES ..... Kick-Off 2.30pm
Aviva Stadium, Dublin



Saturday September 5th

WALES v ITALY ...... Kick-Off 5-00pm
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff


WARREN GATLAND WILL ANNOUNCE HIS 31 MAN RUGBY WORLD CUP SQUAD
.... on MONDAY AUGUST 31st :-)

Thanks Pat :-D :-D <3

You don't need to apply to be Head Cheerleader .... you already have the job!! ;-) :-D :-D

:-S

Reminder to myself check all the oddments of wool upstairs asap to make sure I have enough for 2 pompoms.

Must be plenty of white and red with green - all other colours accepted. :-D

CHEER LEADERS WANTED!

Who wants to join Head Cheer Leader Pat in cheering on the teams routines? ;-) ;-) :-D

Bring your own Pom Poms! :-D :-D :-D

Come on Leigh ;-)

SCOTLAND RUGBY FANS:

Here is your Training Squad for The Rugby World Cup 2015

Scotland training squad for Rugby World Cup

Backs:

Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors)
Chris Cusiter (Sale Sharks)
Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors)
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh Rugby)
Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)
Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh Rugby)
Rory Hughes (Glasgow Warriors)
Ruaridh Jackson (Wasps)
Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester)
Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors)
Sean Maitland (London Irish)
Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors)
Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors)
Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby)
Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors)
Duncan Taylor (Saracens)
Greig Tonks (Edinburgh Rugby)
Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors)
Tim Visser (Harlequins)
Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors)

Forwards:

Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors)
John Barclay (Scarlets)
Hugh Blake (Glasgow Warriors)
Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors)
Blair Cowan (London Irish)
Mike Cusack (Glasgow Warriors)
Allan Dell (Edinburgh Rugby)
David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby)
Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby),
Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors)
Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
Richie Gray (Castres)
Jim Hamilton (Saracens)
Robert Harley (Glasgow Warriors)
Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby)
Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby)
Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors)
Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors)
Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan)
Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors)
Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons)
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors)



SCOTLAND'S PRE-WORLD CUP WARM UP GAMES:

Saturday August 15th

IRELAND v SCOTLAND ........ Kick-Off 5.00 pm (UK time)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin



Saturday August 22nd

ITALY v SCOTLAND ............. (7.00pm UK TIME)
Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin



Saturday August 29th

SCOTLAND v ITALY .......... Kick-Off 3.15 pm (UK time)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh



Saturday September 5th

FRANCE v SCOTLAND ....... Kick-off 8.00 pm (UK time)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis

ENGLAND'S RUGBY WORLD CUP TRAINING SQUAD 2015

Chris Ashton (Saracens)
Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints)
Sam Burgess (Bath Rugby)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks)
Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Bath Rugby)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)
Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)
Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)
Matt Mullan (Wasps)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers)
David Strettle (Saracens)
Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Rob Webber (Bath Rugby)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)



ENGLAND'S PRE-WORLD CUP WARM UP GAMES:

Saturday August 15th

ENGLAND v FRANCE ...... Kick-Off 8.00 pm (UK time)
Twickenham, London



Saturday August 22nd

FRANCE v ENGLAND ........ Kick-Off 8.00 pm (UK time)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis



Saturday September 5th

ENGLAND v IRELAND ....... Kick-Off 2.30 pm (UK time)
Twickenham, London

IRELAND'S WORLD CUP TRAINING SQUAD TO BE ANNOUNCED


IRELAND PRE-WORLD CUP WARM UP GAMES:

Saturday August 8th

WALES v IRELAND ......... Kick-Off 2.30 pm
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff



Saturday August 15th

IRELAND v SCOTLAND ..... Kick-Off 5.00 pm (UK time)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin



Saturday August 29th

IRELAND v WALES .......... Kick-Off 2.30 pm (UK time)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin



Saturday September 5th

ENGLAND v IRELAND ....... Kick-Off 2.30 pm (UK time)
Twickenham, London

Jerry Collins, former All Black, died in a traffic accident in France with his wife, 3 month daughter seriously ill in hospital.

RIP

Thankyou Pat :-)

I have just seen the announcement on the television.

I have announced it on a separate thread.
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1352443

What a heart-breakingly sad tragedy!


Jem and all GR Rugby Union Supporters send their heartfelt condolences to Jerry and Alana's family and friends at this sad time.

Also condolences to his colleagues in the Rugby World.

We are also thinking of the couple's baby daughter and praying for her recovery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33017982

RIP JERRY AND ALANA <3

Jerry Collins was signed to play for the Wales Rugby Union Club THE OSPREYS in 2009.

Such was his impact that in his first season with The Ospreys he was voted "Players' Player Of The Year".


THE OSPREYS HAVE ISSUED THIS STATEMENT

http://www.ospreysrugby.com/News/Article/40304

Little Baby Ayla is showing signs of a little improvement, although she is still in a very serious condition.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/69159971/jerry-collins-baby-improving-after-fatal-french-crash


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3113125/Baby-daughter-former-Blacks-star-Jerry-Collins-shows-signs-improvement-hospital-rescued-horrific-car-smash-killed-parents.html

TONIGHT!

If any of you would like to watch
THE WORLD UNDER 20s RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP.....


ENGLAND U20s v WALES U20s .... KICK-OFF 7-30pm (UK TIME)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33009620

Televised on S4C (Wales' Channel 4) LIVE from ITALY (8.30pm Italian Time)
Check your TV listings locally.


OR WATCH IT LIVE ON S4C CLIC on your computer
http://www.s4c.cymru/clic/e_live.shtml



I have been following the Under 20s Rugby Union Championships for a while now. It's great to see the youngsters, stars of the future, coming up through the ranks.

Many former and present Under 20s Players have been included in the Seniors Training Squad for the Rugby World Cup :-)



WORLD U20s RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

http://www.worldrugby.org/u20