By Paul Cook The USA Eagles had only recorded two victories at Rugby World Cups prior to this year’s tournament but with playing numbers on the rise in the country, an increasing number of players carving out a career in some of the biggest leagues in the world and with former Irish head coach Eddie

By Paul Cook In a little under eight years time, the Rugby World Cup circus will pitch it’s tents on unchartered territory. Japan 2019 sees the first move of the game’s showpiece tournament away from the traditional powerhouses of Europe and the Southern Hemisphere’s big three in an attempt to take the game to all

By Paul Cook Historically, major sporting clashes between the USA and Russia were once played out on an ice hockey rink. In recent years, basketball has provided the arena for two of the biggest countries on the planet to seek sporting dominance over the other while soccer has also joined the fray with the advances

By Paul Cook The fact of their very inclusion in this particular set of World Cup reviews will be reminder enough to Scotland fans of a tournament in which their side failed to live up to the promise shown under Andy Robinson’s guiding hand in the last few years. For the first time in their

By Paul Cook So, the party’s over for another 4 years and we can get back to the constant cycle of ‘building for the World Cup’ again. The slate is wiped clean, recent failings can be consigned to history and fresh hope for a new dawn that will ultimately end in triumph in England 2015