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All Blacks vs Wallabies Live Stream:(New Zealand vs Australia) Match Schedule, Preview, Line Up and Online

Saturday, August 8, 2015 / No Comments

Wallabies vs. All Blacks: Match Schedule, Preview, Line Up

The All Blacks are going to face the Wallabies on 8th august 2015 at the ANZ Stadium which is situated in Sydney. The kick-off time for the match is 20.05 according the local time. The team which will win this match will be a double winner. Winner of this match will have the SANZAR's Rugby Championship will be one step nearer to win the Bledisloe Cup.

Right now the All Blacks are holding both the Bledisloe Cup and the Rugby Championship. A victory will give the Wallabies a great chance to take away both the titles. Well saying it is quiet easy but it will be tough to do and if they can really do this tomorrow then it will be regarded as a great upset. The All Blacks has really good team and on the field they will give away nothing. So having a victor will a miracle for the Wallabies. Now looking at the Wallabies you will see a team which is quiet good on the filed as Australians they are very competitive in nature. They have players like Tevita Kuridrani, Israel Folau, Matt Giteau and more who can take the match from anyone. This might be the best Australian team of recent times. All of these seems pretty good until you look at the team of the All Black. Your eyes will fill with wonder and you will find it togh to get a team from the whole world to win against them. the All Black has superior player almost in all positions. So, talking apart these two teams will give their hearts out on the field and it will be great match to watch

It was quiet easy to predict the outcome of the match but you also have to keep in mind things always does not go as you predict them. Prediction is that the All Blacks will win the match by ten points. Both the team had narrow victories earlier against the Springboks. So predicting apart it will be a great game to watch

Teams:

Australia: 1 Stephen Moore, 2 Dean Mumm, 3 Scott Fardy, 4David Pocock, 5 Bernard Foley, 6 Matt Giteau, 7 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 8 Scott Sio, 9 Sekope Kepu, 10 James Horwill, 11 Michael Hooper, 12 Nick Phipps, 13 Drew Mitchell, 14 Tevita Kuridrani, 15 Israel Folau.

Replacements: 16 Matt Toomua, 17 Ben McCalman, 18 Greg Holmes, 19 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 20 Kurtley Beale, 21 Nic White, 22 Will Skelton, 23 James Slipper.

New Zealand: 1 Tony Woodcock, 2 Owen Franks, 3 Luke Romano, 4 Richie McCaw, 5 Kieran Read, 6 Daniel Carter, 7 Sonny Bill Williams, 8 Nehe Milner-Skudder, 9 Brodie Retallick, 10 Jerome Kaino, 11 Aaron Smith, 12 Julian Savea, 13 Conrad Smith, 15 Ben Smith.

Replacements: 16 Beauden Barrett, 17 Sam Cane, 18 Nepo Laulala, Codie 19 Taylor, 20 Malakai Fekitoa, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Samuel Whitelock, 23 Ben Franks.

Final: Fiji v Samoa Live, Match Preview, Teams and Online Stream

Thursday, August 6, 2015 / No Comments

Final: Fiji v Samoa Live

Samoa and Fiji are going to meet each other on the next Monday in the final of the Pacific Nations Cup. Both the team teams won their last match of the tournaments by a small margin. The match between Samoa vs. Fiji will be played at the Swangard Stadium in Vancouver. The match will start at 17.00 hours. In their last matches, Fiji beat japan and Samoa beat Canada. Both the games were very close. Fiji won by five points as the beat Japan at 27-22. Samoa had an even closer game where they won by only one (21-20) points. The contest of Fiji vs. Samoa is going to be a thrilling contest to watch as the result of their pool match of this competition was a draw which they played on last Friday. As both the team get through for the final it was bad luck for Tonga as Samoa beat Canada. For this reason they are out of the final. They will meet Japan for the third place in a play-off match. The fifth place decider match will be played between USA & Canada.

Both the teams have a great time so far in this year’s tournament. Each have won two matches and drawn one. In the robin league stage Fiji won against Tonga and Japan and the match with Samoa was draw. Samoa won against USA and Canada and the match with Fiji was a draw. So far both the teams are quiet equal and played neck in neck this year. So the final is going to be an exciting clash which will decide the winner of the Pacific Nations Cup, 2015. Stephen Betham, coach of the Samoa that they were quiet lucky to have the win and they are not going to make such mistakes in the next matches. Akapusi Qera, the captain of the Fiji team said the last game was close and won’t let it happen next time.

You will be able to see the Fiji v Samoa Live Stream in ESPN, Sky Sports and Direct TV. You can even watch it online too. The match Fiji v Samoa will be stream Online in different websites too.

Teams:

Fiji: 1 Seremaia Naureure, 2 Apisai Naikatini, 3 Josefa Domolailai, 4 Netani Talei, 5 Setareki Koroilagilagi, 6 Isake Katonibau, 7 Aloisio Buto,8 Jeremaia Yanuyanutawa, 9 Waisea Daveta, 10 Leone Nakarawa, 11 Nemia Kenatale, 12 Watisoni Votu, 13 Vereniki Goneva, 14 Malakai Volau, 15 Kameli Ratuvou.

Replacements: 16 Waisea Nayacalevu, 17 Kelemedi Bola, 18 Iliesa Ratuva, 19 Tuapati Talemaitoga, 20 Iliesa Salusalu, 21 Ratu Malakai Ravulo, 22 Setefano Somoca.

Samoa: 1 Wayne ole Avei, 2 Faatiga Lemalu, 3 Alafoti Faosiliva, 4 Benjamin Masoe, 5 Ki Anufe, 6 Paul Williams, 7 Paul Perez, 8 Faatoina Autagavaia, 9 Sakaria Taulafo, 10 James Johnston, 11 Daniel Chricton, 12 Maurie Faasavalu, 13 Jeremy Sua, 14 David Lemi, 15 Lolo Lu.

Replacements: 16 Ken Pisi, 17 Galuefa Tuigamala Falamoe, 18 Maselino Paulino, 19 Pelesiusi Kualau, 20 Fautua Otto, 21 Misioka Timoteo, 22 Logovii Mulipola.

Samoa vs. Canada: Live Stream Match Schedule, Prediction, Squads

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 / No Comments

Samoa vs. Canada: Live Stream Match Schedule, Prediction, Squads

Samoa is going to face Canada in the third round of the IRB Pacific Nations cup 2015 on this Wednesday, July 27. This will be the third match for both teams. The match will take place in the BMO Field of Toronto. Angus Gardner from Australia will be the referee for this match. The match will start at 16:30 (GMT). In this year’s IRB Pacific Nations cup six teams are taking part and for the 4th time this happened so. The tournament is taking part every year since 2006. In this year’s competition Samoa has won one match and drawn one. Right now they are second in the point table. In their first match they beat USA by five points (21-16). They draw against the Fiji in the second game which has been the most contested match of this year. Canada is placed at the bottom of the point table at sixth position. They have lost both the matches they played so far. Japan beat them by a huge margin of 16 points (20-6) in the first match and Tonga also beat them by 10 points in the second game. So, Samoa is feeling very confident to get the win and place them on the top the points table which may be tuff as Fiji is predicted to win their next match too. Canada is hoping for some luck so that the can get their first point of the tournament. But earlier head to head statistics do not support them. So far both the teams have faced each other four times in the field and in all the occasions Canada has lost the match. So, the prediction is that Samoa is going to win the match by a big margin.

Canada is ranked as the 18th team in the IRB ranking right now and Samoa I sway above them on the ninth position. In the international arena Canada has played 224 matches since 1932 and won 94 of them. About one fourth of them they have played against their neighbor USA and they also won most matches (total 38 wins) against them. Samoa has more successful international carrier than Canada. They even played in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup two times in 1991 and 1995. Among 203 international matches they played so far they have won almost half of them. Team line of for the match is given below.

Teams:

Canada Squad: 1. Brett, 2. John Moonlight, 3. Andrew Tiedemann, 4. Beukeboom, 5. Ciaran Hearn, 6. Hubert Buydens, 7. Gordon McRorie, 8. Matt Evans, 9. Richard Thorpe, 10. Aaron Carpenter, 11. Jon Phelan, 12. Connor Braid, 13. Tyler Ardron (c), 14. D. T. H. van der Merwe, 15. Liam Underwood.

Samoa Squad: 1. Fa’atiga Lemalu, 2. Jack Lam, 3. Johnny Leota, 4. Motu Matu’u, 5. Sanele Vavae Tuilagi, 6. Michael Stanley, 7. Paul Perez, 8. Fa’atoina Autagavaia, 9. TJ Ioane, 10. Alesana Tuilagi (c), 11.Sakaria Taulafo, 12.Anthony Perenise, 13. Pele Cowley, 14. Filo Paulo, 15.Alofa Alofa.

USA vs. Tonga: Live Stream Match Schedule, Preview, Schedule

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USA vs. Tonga: Live Stream Match Schedule, Preview, Schedule

USA and Tonga will meet each other at July 29th in 2015. The game will kick off at 11:30 GMT and British standard time is 05:30. The venue that will host the game is BMO field, which is located in Toronto. It is one of the biggest match of IRB Pacific Nations cup. The match referee will be Alexandre Ruiz from France.

IRB Pacific Nations cup will step in their 10th edition in this year. In IRB Pacific Nations cup (2015) this will be the first head to head match for USA and Tonga. Also in the tournament, they will meet with each other for the third time. For USA this will be their third match in this tournament. So far USA only played in IRB since 2013. On the other hand Tonga has played in every edition (10 edition) of this tournament. But USA already got more success than Tonga. So far, Tonga only managed to get the runner’s up position. But USA already got the second position in last IRB Pacific Nations cup (2014). The ranking difference between USA and Tonga is only three. USA hold the number 16th position and Tonga is in number 13th position according to the IRB world ranking.

USA debuted against Australia for their first match in 1912. Since then they have already played 212 international matches. They won 68 times and lost in 141 matches. They played most of their matches against Canada (51). Also their most win is against Canada (13) as well as their most losses (58). Though the margin between win and loss is quite large for USA, they are pretty confident in this year to do better. This is their 7th rugby world cup and they are making progress as a team. Their opponent Tonga is standing ahead in this equation. In world cup attendance equation they are equal with USA (6 world cup). Tonga debuted in 1987, and so far they have played 240 international matches. Among them they won in 93 matches and lost in 147 matches. They played most games (87 matches) against Fiji. Among those matches they won 26 times.

So far Tonga and USA played head to head for 7 times. Tonga lost in only 1 match and won the other 6 matches. Though USA only managed 1 win, their recent form tells that they will give a good fight against Tonga and it will be tense match.

Squads:

Tonga squad: 1. Halani Aulika, 2. Sonatane Takulua, 3. Tevita Mailau, 4. Kurt Morath, 5. Fetu’u Vainikolo, 6. Vunga Lilo, 7. Viliami Ma’afu, 8. Joe Tuineau, 9. Hale T-Pole, 10. Viliami Tahitu’a, 11. Sione Piukala, 12. Steve Mafi, 13. Elvis Taione, 14. Telusa Veainu, 15. Nili Latu (c).

Unites States Squad: 1. Takudzwa Ngwenya, 2. Titi Lamositele, 3. Thretton Palamo, 4. Danny Barrett, 5. Zach Fenoglio, 6. Hayden Smith, 7. Seamus Kelly, 8. Blaine Scully, 9. Cam Dolan, 10. Scott LaValla, 11. Mike Petri, 12. AJ MacGinty, 13. Andrew Durutalo, 14. Eric Fry, 15. Chris Wyles (c).

Fiji vs. Japan: Live Stream Match preview, Squads & Schedule

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Fiji vs. Japan: Live Stream Match preview, Squads & Schedule

The 16th match of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup will be played by Fiji and Japan. For both the countries this will be the third match of this year’s tournament. The match will be played at the BMO Field which is at Toronto on July 29, 2015. The match will kick off at 14:00 (GMT) and 08:00 (BST). Pascal Gauzere of France will be the referee for this match. This is going to be one of the biggest matches of this year’s IRB Pacific Nations cup as both the teams were the finalist of this compilation last year. This year six teams are taking part in the cup. So far this year both the teams have played two matches. Japan has won one and lost one and they are third in the point table. In their first match the faced Canada and beat them by 20-06. In the second match they were beaten by USA which was close match and japan lost by only 5 points (23-18). Fiji also won one and drawn one so far. In their first match they beat Tonga by 30-22 and in the second match they draw against Samoa which was a closely contested match. As both the teams did not have their expected results in the last games, both are serious about the following match. Whoever wins the match will go to take the first place in the point table.

Japan has a great history of playing Rugby matches and as they started playing during 1932 and they have taken part in eight world cup and they will also host the Rugby World Cup in 2019. Their position is 12 in the IRB ranking. In total they have won 129 matches and lost 172 matches. Fiji is ranked 10th in the IRB ranking. In total they have played 310 matches and they won 149 of them and lost 152 matches. As japan was the winner of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup in 2014 they are expecting to top the points table and if they can defeat Fiji then it will ensure their position on the top. But so far Fiji has a great tournament and they are quiet interested to keep their winning run. Fiji is predicted to win the match as they have won 12 times out of 15 they played against japan. Both the teams have chosen strong team for the game.

Teams:

Japan Squad: 1. Luke Thompson, 2. Justin Ives, 3. Ryohei Yamanaka, 4. Kotaro Matsushima, 5. Keita Inagaki, 6. Takeshi Kizu,7. Harumichi Tatekawa, 8. Michael Broadhurst, 9. Koliniasi Holani, 10. Kensuke Hatakeyama (c), 11. Yoshikazu Fujita, 12.Hitoshi Ono, 13. Keisuke Uchida, 14. Karne Hesketh, 15. Akihito Yamada.

Fiji Squad: 1. Api Ratuniyarawa, 2. Metuisela Talebula, 3. Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 4. Nemia Kenatale, 5. Leone Nakarawa, 6. Waisea Nayacalevu, 7. Gabiriele Lovobalavu, 8. Vereniki Goneva, 9. Peni Ravai, 10. Sunia Koto, 11. Manasa Saulo, 12. Akapusi Qera (c), 13. Sakiusa Matadigo, 14. Peceli Yato,15. Ben Volavola.

All Blacks vs. Springboks (New Zealand vs South Africa) Preview, Schedule, Line up & Live Streaming

Friday, July 24, 2015 / No Comments

All Blacks vs Springboks Live Stream

The New Zealand All Blacks will meet the South African who are known as the Springboks on this Saturday, July 25th. The match will take place at the Ellis Park which is in Johannesburg. The kick-off time of the match is 17.05 local time. This will be a great contest to watch between the two top ranked teams when the World Cup is less than two months away. Rivalries between this two team is arguably one of the most compelling factor of the games and if you are real rugby fan then you don’t want to miss this contest. Steve Hansen, the coach of the All Blacks said this week

"We always want to beat them and they always want to beat us - it is one of the big Test matches you can be involved in as a player or a coach”

He feels that both the teams are very close in case of ability and talent and the result will be based according to the performance on that day. He believes that his enough talent and they have prepared well for this match. According to the coach of the Springboks, the game is most likely to be decided on the play of last quarter. He also said that they need to start well too. According to him New Zealand have the superior fitness than his team and they are working very hard to up their fitness level. Both the coach said their tactics might be affected by the weather of the match day as rain is predicted during the match. Hansen is hopeful that they will be able to play their high tempo game which they usually do and the weather with rain and thunderstorm might have some effect on it. He added that he will be finalizing his tactics after having a look of the opposition.

The match will be live streamed by sky sports and ESPN. The prediction for this match is not easy to make as both the teams are quiet and both of them are hopeful to win the match. Although the Springboks won the last time they meet each other but the All Blacks won five times consecutively before that. So if you are putting on money then you might put on the ALL Blacks.

Teams:

South Africa: Tendai Mtawarira, Jannie du Plessis, Lodewyk de Jager, Francois Louw, Ruan Pienaar, Bryan Habana, Jesse Kriel, Willie le Roux, Bismarck du Plessis, Eben Etzebeth, Heinrich Brüssow, Schalk Burger, Handré Pollard, Damian de Allende, Cornal Hendricks.

Replacements: Lionel Mapoe, Cobus Reinach, Flip van der Merwe, Trevor Nyakane, Pat Lambie, Warren Whiteley, Vincent Koch, Adriaan Strauss.

New Zealand: Tony Woodcock, Owen Franks, James Broadhurst, Richie McCaw, Aaron Smith, Charles Piutau, Conrad Smith, Conrad Smith, Israel Dagg, Dane Coles, Brodie Retallick, Liam Messam, Kieran Read, Lima Sopoaga, Ma'a Nonu, Ben Smith.

Replacements: Malakai Fekitoa, TJ Perenara, 19 Samuel Whitelock, Wyatt Crockett, Beauden Barrett, Victor Vito, Ben Franks, Codie Taylor.

Maori All Blacks vs Fiji Flying Fijians: Live Stream, Schedule, Squads & Match Prediction

Friday, July 10, 2015 / No Comments

Maori All Blacks vs Fiji Flying Fijians:

Fiji is going to start their 2015 campaign by playing with the Maori All Blacks on 11th July, Saturday at the ANZ National Stadium in Suva. The match will start at 15:00(local time) or 03.00(GMT). This will be the second year for John McKee as the head coach of Fiji and there is real hope among the fans and Fiji officials that their country will make real progress this year. Last year they played seven test matches and won four of them and it was quiet a positive year four them. Although, one of the four wins was against Papua New Guinea and they won match by 108 to 6. But they had a couple of close tests against Samoa and Wales. In both the matches they lost by four points. They had only one major loss last year against the France. So, fans are hoping a strong performance from their team and very eager to watch the match live. On the contrary the Maori All Blacks have won all the matches since November of 2012. In the last year they won against Japan and earlier they beat Canada and USA too.

Live stream of the match will be available in different sport channel sites. ESPN will stream the match at http://www.espnscrum.com with live updates and Fox Sports will stream live at http://www.foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/. Now talking about the teams, there are some additions in the Fiji team as Ben Volavola and Benito will make debuts against the All Blacks. Volavola said to the Fiji Times "I talked to John McKee couple of months ago and he said that he is interested in me joining the boys and the squad" He also said that he realized the depth of the opportunity only a couple days ago and he needs to really work hard to get his place permanent in the team. Finally he added he is humbled that he has been called to play for his own country. A great side from Maori All Blacks is also put together by Colin Cooper where Tawera Kerr-Barlow joins the team after missing the campaign of Super Rugby due to injury.

Squads:

Fiji: Campese Ma'afu, Manasa Saulo, Leone Nakarawa, Malakai Ravulo, Nemia Kenatale, Nemani Nadolo, Nemani Nadolo, Vereniki Goneva, Kini Murimurivalu, Benito Masilevu, Gabby Lovobalavu, Josh Matavesi, Akapusi Qera (c), Dominiko Waqaniburotu, Api Ratuniyarawa, Tuapati Talemaitoga.

Replacements: Napolioni Nalaga, Niko Matawalu, Nemia Soqeta, Peni Ravai, Villiame Veikoso, Isei Calati, Masi Matadigo, Ben Volavola.

Maori All Blacks: Joe Moody, Ben May, Hayden Triggs, Mitchell Crosswell, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Kurt Baker, Matt Proctor, Damian McKenzie, Rieko Ioane, Charlie Ngatai (c), Marty McKenzie, Blade Thomson, Akira Ioane, Jacob Skeen, Ash Dixon.

Replacements: Jason Emery, Jamison Gibson-Park, Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, Brendon Edmonds, Quentin MacDonald, Josh Hohneck, Elliot Dixon, Otere Black.

The prediction is that it will be a high scoring match and the Maori All Blacks will have the edge over the Fijians. They are expected to win the match by five points.

Super Rugby 2015: Schedule Match Time Prediction Team Line Up

Saturday, July 4, 2015 / No Comments

Super Rugby 2015: Schedule Match Time Prediction Team Line Up

All the eyes of the rugby fans of the world will be on the Super Rugby Final 2015 which will be played between Highlanders and Hurricanes on July 4 this Saturday. This huge match for the championship will be played at Westpac Stadium at Wellington. The match will start at 19.35 (Local time) and 07.35 (GMT). Jaco Peyper will be in charge as referee for the match where Glen Jackson & Craig Joubert will be the assistant referees. The winner of this match will be franchise number eight in the list of winner of the crown of Super Rugby. As both the teams are from New Zealand so they winner will be fourth club to win from their country. Earlier three New Zealand clubs have won it. The Crusaders have won it for seven times, the Blues have won three times and the Chiefs have won two times. From Australia three sides have won and from South Africa only the Bulls have won it. So far in recent times from 2011 both the teams have played together 10 times following chart will give a good idea about the matches

Time	Place	Result
2015	Wellington	Hurricanes won by 56-20
2015	Dunedin	Hurricanes won by 20-13
2014	Wellington	Highlanders won by 18-16
2014	Dunedin	Highlanders won by 35-31
2013	Wellington	Highlanders won by 49-44
2013	Dunedin	Hurricanes won by 23-19
2012	Dunedin	Hurricanes won by 26-20
2012	Wellington	Highlanders won by 19-17
2011	Invercargill	Highlanders won by 13-6
2011	Wellington	Highlanders won by 14-9

In this year the Hurricanes have won in both matches against the Highlanders. This will give them huge confidence for the upcoming game. Both the teams have finalizes their squads for the big match. The squads are as follows.

Hurricanes: Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ma'a Nonu, Beauden Barrett, Victor Vito, Brad Shields, Jeremy Thrush, Dane Coles, James Marshall, Conrad Smith, Julian Savea, TJ Perenara, Callum Gibbins, James Broadhurst, Ben Franks, Reggie Goodes.

Replacements: Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Motu Matu'u, Blade Thomson, Rey Lee-Lo, Chris Eves, Mark Abbott, Chris Smylie, Chris Smylie.

Highlanders: Waisake Naholo, Richard Buckman, Lima Sopoaga, Nasi Manu, Elliot Dixon, Alex Ainley, Liam Coltman, Ben Smith, Malakai Fekitoa, Patrick Osborne, Aaron Smith, James Lentjes, Mark Reddish, Josh Hohneck, Brendon Edmonds.

Replacements: Ash Dixon, Ross Geldenhuys, Gareth Evans, Fumiaki Tanaka, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Joe Wheeler, Shane Christie, Marty Banks.

Hurricanes fans will keep their eyes open for Ardie Savea before kick-off and will hope that he can pass the fitness test. But other than him they have team which is full of high quality players. The fans will hope that stars of their backline Beauden Barrett, Julian Savea, Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu, and Nehe Milner-Skudder along with the incredible skills Victor Vito, Brad Shields, Jeremy Thrush & James Broadhurst will bring the win for them. The highlander fans will be hoping the skill set of Aaron, Waisake Naholo, muscle power of Mark Reddish, all action play from Liam Coltman will ensure their victory.

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information

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Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information

The clash between the Hurricanes and the highlanders will take place at the Westpac Stadium which is in Wellington. This Super Rugby Final of 2015 will happen on Saturday, 4th July. The kick off time for this match is 19.35 in local time and 7.35 for GMT time. When asked Steve Hansen, the coach of the All Blacks replied that "is going to be brutal" and it may affect the strength of the New Zealand's World Cup. But he also admitted that the supremacy of the Southern Hemisphere is at stake and he would not take it another way. The Hurricanes have 12 players in the squad who are All Blacks and the Highlanders have five in their squad. This is going to be match where emotions will be also be present as both the clubs have never won the title earlier. Hansen, the experienced assistant coach of Crusaders is thinking about the risk of injury for any key member of the All Blacks will be devastating for New Zealand as the World Cup will take place in September this year. He added he is excited but cautiously said that,

There is a little bit of holding your breath because you don't want any of those young men to get injured - or anyone for that matter - but not the 17.

He knows how hungry both the teams are and it is going to be a real hard and brutal match. He also said this is an opportunity which only comes once in life and there is no chance that any team will hold back their aggressions and emotions.

Both the teams had best performances in case of attacking in this regular season. The Hurricanes had the best with 62 of try-scoring where the Highlanders were behind by only one point. The defense will also take part in the game too. This will be huge concern for the Highlanders as in this season they had the lowest record for defense among top six teams who qualified. The Hurricanes had the second best performance in the season after the Brunbies. Scott McLeod, the Defense coach of the Highlanders said they have been working on strategies so that the can counter the attacks of the Hurricanes. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes are also hoping that Ardie Savea will be totally fit for the match who earlier suffered from leg injury.

Team Line Up:

Hurricanes: Reggie Goodes, Ben Franks, James Broadhurst, Callum Gibbins, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Conrad Smith (captain), James Marshall, Dane Coles, Jeremy Thrush, Brad Shields, Victor Vito, Beauden Barrett, Ma'a Nonu, Nehe Milner-Skudder.

Replacements: Chris Smylie, Chris Smylie, Mark Abbott, Chris Eves, Rey Lee-Lo, Blade Thomson, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Motu Matu'u.

Highlanders: Brendon Edmonds, Josh Hohneck, Mark Reddish, James Lentjes, Aaron Smith, Patrick Osborne, Malakai Fekitoa, Ben Smith, Liam Coltman, Alex Ainley, Elliot Dixon, Nasi Manu, Lima Sopoaga, Richard Buckman, Waisake Naholo.

Replacements: Marty Banks, Shane Christie, Joe Wheeler, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Fumiaki Tanaka, Gareth Evans, Ross Geldenhuys, Ash Dixon.

Rugby World Cup 2015:Designs of the Tickets Revealed

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Rugby World Cup 2015:Live Stream

Tickets of the Rugby World Cup 2015 matches have been revealed by Martin Johnson who was the winning captain of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. This event took place at the Twickenham Stadium and the tickets have five variations. Through the unique design of the tickets rugby and the rich history of this game is celebrated. The tickets feature the Webb Ellis Cup at the middle and four captains who won the rugby world cup for their country- Martin Johnson of England, John Eales of Australia, Francois Pienaar of South Africa and Richie McCaw of New Zealand.

With the two rugby images the tickets represents the game’s heritage in England which blends easily with feel and look of this vibrant tournament. The fans are represented at the ticket’s lower half who always has been the heartbeat of the tournament. Three colors have been used to develop these four designs. These tickets will be issued for the games of the Pool phase, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Bronze Final. For the final a gold special design has been developed which has the dramatic drop goal of Jonny Wilkinson of the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final.

The tickets will be brought to life by the fans through the support of the Augmented Reality technology of Blippar. The tickets are designed with activations design. By using their smart phones the fans will get 3D interactive experience. When the fans will scan any ticket of the tournament by Blippar they will unlock various exclusive contents like preview of the match by Will Greenwood, Jonny Wilkinson and Lawrence Dallaglio which they are going to attend. They will also be able to see the stadiums’ 360 degree views where the matches will take place. If this is not enough, then they will be able to see their view too from their seats from this August. It will also help with navigational tools to reach the stadiums too.

When Martin Johnson the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning captain unveiled the tickets he said,

It is an honor to feature as part of the ticket design for Rugby World Cup 2015. Winning in 2003 holds some very special memories for me.

He also said everyone remembers the drop goal Jonny kicked at the final and he is very pleased that such a moment is marked in the tickets of the final game.

Stephen Brown, the Managing Director of the England Rugby 2015 said

We are pleased to reveal the Rugby World Cup 2015 ticket design which aims to celebrate rugby and the history of Rugby World Cups.

He also said that they are commemorating these four countries by featuring their captains which has won the great Webb Ellis Cup. He added as the host nation they are very ecstatic that their best moment in this game is placed in the final tickets which are very special. Finally he added they excitement is growing within the fans and as the distribution of the tickets is about to start and it will take the excitement to another level.

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