Former rugby league star Edwards, meanwhile, has praised England’s Sam Burgess following his switch from the 13-a-side code to a place in the World Cup match-day 23 in Friday night’s World Cup opener against Fiji.
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“We’re targeting around 240 million (pounds) of total commercial revenue, about 65 percent of that is from television and we’re expecting a surplus to be invested back into World Rugby of about 150 million pounds”.
Reading go to Witney looking to bounce back from last Saturday’s 8-19 home defeat at the hands of Leighton Buzzard.
During the 2013/14 season, the Fji trio of wing Nemani Nadolo (Crusaders), fullback Metuisela Talebula (Bordeaux) and centre Vereniki Goneva (Leicester), were the leading try-scorers in the southern hemisphere’s Super Rugby, France’s Top 14 and England’s Premiership respectively.
“Fiji have got the ability to counter-attack from anywhere”, said Watson.
And part of the answer may be provided tomorrow morning when the hosts kick off the tournament in a fascinating clash against a unsafe Fiji at Twickenham. It’s a big task in front of us. “To have those guys around with their knowledge and expertise, even the smallest details that they train and give us, adds a lot”. “Mentally, spiritually and physically we are strong”.
“The core of our team has been together since June previous year “.
The first is they are simply not fit enough to keep this tempo of play up for 80 minutes against organised teams like England, Australia and Wales.
Apart from outrageous footwork, cute running lines, power and pace, McKee insists they have another strength that is not always so well recognised.
“It reminds me of the Olympics three years ago, when the whole country got behind it. It feels the same for me in this tournament, you can feel the support building and we’ll see that on Friday”. We can’t switch off for a second otherwise they’ll take advantage. McKee said.
“To be involved in a game which is one of the opening games of a World Cup, if you can’t get motivated for that, then you are probably in the wrong sport”.
With the 2015 Rugby World Cup just around the corner, rugby fans across the United Kingdom are hoping that either England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland can deliver the goods and bring home the coveted World Cup trophy.
What’s going to be very interesting is who they end up playing in the final.
“Fijian society is very much based on where they come from and the family values”.
Speaking in a video message recorded for the England Rugby channel on YouTube recently, Harry said England Rugby’s All Schools Programme had reached its target of getting 400 state schools playing rugby by the time of the tournament.
New Zealand come in as favourites but that doesn’t mean anything, the famous winger said.
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“Fiji are a little bit of the unknown because they can do the unexpected”.
