Rugby World Cup 2011: The Breakdown on the quarter-finals
Paul Rees: Three of the last-eight encounters appear a direct contrast in styles, while even the Celtic contest could be a meeting of opposites
Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland’s Rory Best fit to face Wales
Rory Best has recovered from a shoulder injury and will be fit to start for Ireland against Wales in their World Cup quarter-final
Enter Toby Flood, the extra playmaker with an insurance plan to boot
The selections of Toby Flood, Nick Easter and Tom Palmer has the potential to enliven England's hitherto dour Rugby World Cup campaign and topple France in the quarter-finals
Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales’ Rhys Priestland counts his blessings
From third-choice to first in a matter of weeks, the calm fly-half Rhys Priestland is making the Welsh midfield tick
Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales and Ireland invoke spirit of Lions
The New Zealand public have taken the Celts to their hearts, seeing them as antidotes to northern torpor
Rugby World Cup 2011: Defiance at heart of Martin Johnson’s strategy
Eddie Butler: The stubborn England manager Martin Johnson is determined to obliterate the whiff of scandal with the smell of success
Rugby World Cup 2011: Young blood gets dynamic Ireland’s pulse racing
Declan Kidney's team have been transformed since the Six Nations thanks to sprightly new faces and a back-to-basics approach
Rugby World Cup 2011: South Africa fear power of Australia scrum
South Africa are determined to counter the threat posed by the Australia pack in Sunday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Wellington
Rugby World Cup 2011: Wilkinson and Flood can flummox French
Shaun Edwards: Martin Johnson's decision to pair Jonny Wilkinson with Toby Flood can bring England's outside backs into play
Rugby World Cup 2011: are the balls more pumped up than the players?
Paul Rees: Van Straaten loves it, Wilkinson does not but success or not with the Gilbert Virtuo is down to the player, not the ball
Rugby World Cup 2011: Wilkinson and Flood to hold private shoot-out
Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood will stage a private shoot-out to decide who will be England's first-choice goal-kicker
Rugby World Cup 2011: England drop Courtney Lawes and James Haskell
Martin Johnson has made four changes for England's Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France, with Courtney Lawes and James Haskell both dropping to the bench
Rugby World Cup 2011: James Hook left out of Wales’s winged wonders
Wales's coach Warren Gatland has picked three wings for the World Cup quarter-final against Ireland
Rugby World Cup 2011: Ben Foden aims to floor France with quick blow
Full-back is confident England can knock out Les Blues as long as they cut out the sluggish starts
Rugby World Cup 2011: South Africa hit by Bakkies Botha blow
South Africa have been dealt a blow ahead of their World Cup quarter-final against Australia with the news Bakkies Botha is out of the tournament due to injury