BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The 19th team in the 20-team Rugby World Cup in France next ... match on Saturday will likely be played on a muddy pitch after recent heavy rain and wind lashed ...

Director of rugby Shane Manning said: “It was a really good win in awful conditions. We had a lot of players unavailable this week and the lads who stepped in did a great job. "One of the really ...

Julian White has swapped the rugby pitch for muddy fields since ending his playing ... on – just rugby – it’s not healthy." As a player, White won 51 caps for England and was part of the ...

Cal’s seventh-ranked rugby squad could not deal with its opponent or the rainy, muddy conditions in West ... might turn things in its favor. An Army player was stripped of the ball, and Cal ...

FUJIMI, Saitama -- A rugby event was held in a muddy rice paddy here on May 28 ... Wearing traditional "tabi" socks or other footwear, the players entered a rice paddy filled with water up to ...