Scrum’s the word

SUAREZ WILL GET HIS TEETH INTO URUGUAY’S BID

URUGUAY skipper Nicolas Klappenbach hopes to have the support of Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez (right) at the World Cup. The hooker told

Sportsmail: ‘Cavani and Suarez grew up in my town, Salto, which has a population of 114,000. Suarez moved to Montevideo when he was young but Cavani went to the same school as me.’

TAKING THE GAME UNDERGROUND

THE London Underground will display live rugby news, scores and results on information boards during the World Cup. Commuters were given goal updates during the 2014 football World Cup and the service will help ease the pain of anticipated delays, with 17 Tests staged between Twickenham, Wembley and the Olympic Stadium.

BEN’S TASTE GOES IN ODD DIRECTION

IT SEEMS the stereotype of rugby players pumping themselves up by listening to heavy metal is misguided. England scrum-half Ben Youngs (above) revealed that his playlist for tomorrow night’s opener against Fiji includes

Night Changes by boy band One Direction. ‘I’ve been told One Direction should be a guilty pleasure, but I’m proud to listen to them,’ said Youngs. ‘I’m gutted about the news they’re taking a break.’

MATCH TICKETS FOR CHRISTMAS

TICKETS have sold far and wide for the World Cup, but England 2015 did not expect orders from Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean, with a population of 2,072. ‘We’ve sold tickets in Thailand, the Cayman Islands, Indonesia, Greece, French Guyana, Egypt, Belize and Christmas Island,’ said organiser Stephen Brown.

DON’T BE A LOSER IN NAME GAME

TO help with the pronunciation of South American names, Argentina have started a phonetic guide on their Twitter page. Stalwart backrow Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (above) is ‘WHO-ANN MARTEEN FERN-AND-ESS LOB-BEH’, for those not up to scratch on their Spanish.