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MIKE SCIOSCIA NAMED TEAM USA MANAGER 04/06/21 USA Baseball named Mike Scioscia its manager for the 2021 Professional National Team on Monday. A three-time World Series Champion as both a manager and a player, Scioscia will look to lead Team USA to a berth in the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer. Olympic qualifying will continue for Team USA with the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Baseball Americas Qualifier in Florida in early June. Team USA will open the tournament in Group A and face the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Nicaragua in pool play. The top two teams from each ...

PACNEWS Vern Cotter. Picture: SUPPLIED/SCOTLAND RUGBY PARIS, 15 DECEMBER 2020 (STUFF NZ) – Let’s call it the Kiwi pool of death – the Rugby World Cup group brimming with New Zealand coaches. In one corner stands Wallabies coach Dave Rennie. Another is occupied by Wales coach Wayne Pivac, and then there’s Fiji coach Vern Cotter and his army of Kiwi assistants. One by one their sides were on Tuesday morning (NZT) drawn in Pool C for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, the second straight World Cup the three nations have shared a pool. Only this time cannibalisation is a given. There i...

Updated / Monday, 14 Dec 2020 13:08 Ireland last faced South Africa in Dublin in 2017 Ireland have been drawn in Pool B alongside champions South Africa and Scotland for the 2023 Rugby World Cup In France. Since Ireland beat the Springboks 38-3 in a 2017 Guinness Series at the AViva Stadium, South Africa have established themselves as the dominant force in global rugby - winning last year's World Cup in Japan. Ireland beat Scotland at that tournament in the pool stages and are very familiar with Gregor Townsend's side, after this year's Six Nations and Autumn Nations Cup. The set-up of the p...

All Blacks coach Ian Foster, who will first need to prove to New Zealand Rugby bosses he should have his contract extended beyond next year, said playing France will be a “huge challenge”. “You can just see that France are really building a team at the moment of great depth. You can see that all their planning in around 2023. We'll be expecting a vibrant French team in a country that love their rugby. We know they'll have massive support behind them. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images All Blacks coach Ian Foster. “But that's what makes World Cups so special, those sort of games. And they...

Defending world champions South Africa will face Ireland and Scotland in Pool B of Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2023, as well as qualifiers from Asia Pacific and Europe. In what will be the 10th staging of rugby’s showpiece event, the Boks will face Ireland for the first time at the World Cup. Ireland have never progressed past the quarterfinals. As the defending champions and number one-ranked team in the world, South Africa are one of five teams in Pool B, along with two qualifying teams. The pool draw was completed in Paris on Monday with all teams taking part virtually. The Springboks will be ...