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SCOTLAND v GEORGIA MURRAYFIELD KO 19:30 FRIDAY
Head to head:
Played 4 Scotland leads 4-0
Points for: Scotland 138 / Georgia 41
Average score: Scotland 34-10 Georgia
First met: 14 September, 2011 RWC 2011 Scotland 15-6 Georgia Invercargill, New Zealand
Last met: 6 September, 2019 Scotland 36-9 Georgia Murrayfield, Edinburgh
World Rugby announced 12 interim committees. They will initially serve for one year pending the completion of an independent governance review.
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World Rugby has announced the appointment of Joe Schmidt as the organisations Director of Rugby and High Performance.
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– World Rugby rankings as of 1 January 2020 to be used to determine seedings
– Players, coaches and fans to follow RWC 2023 Draw live on World Rugby platforms
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– World Rugby Awards to take place in an innovate virtual format on Monday, 7 December, 2020
– Special edition will recognise rugbys front liners who showed great solidarity during the pandemic and honour the best from the last decade of rugby (2010-19)
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September 8th marks three years to go until France hosts Rugby World Cup 2023 and to celebrate the milestone, the France 2023 organising committee has announced details of how the flagship event will be the most socially responsible and sustainable rugby event ever.
[ed. we haven’t heard who Rugby Canada has nominated yet for the 12 month paid internship.]
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World Rugby has launched a transformational Rugby World Cup 2021 Coaching Internship Programme, providing talent identified female coaches with a unique 12-month placement opportunity with a team competing at the showcase womens 15s event in New Zealand.
World Rugby today announced $2.5M USD funding towards Olympic qualified 7s teams. This just after England and Wales announced they were shutting down their 7s programs.