How many of this year's WAGs will be watching from the stands? Picture: Getty Source: news.com.au
- Zara Phillips leads this year's Rugby World Cup WAGs
- Contingent made up of posse of successful women
THIS year's contingent of Rugby World Cup WAGs may just be the most interesting and impressive yet - beauty pageant winners, reality stars, pop singers, Wonderbra ambassadors - and there's even a token royal thrown in the mix.
We've hand picked the most noteworthy WAGs whose celebrity power is having a "knock-on" effect on their sporty other halves.
Zara Phillips - wife of England's Mike Tindall
No matter how hard all the other wives and girlfriends tried nothing could top being the Queen's granddaughter to claiming the ultimate WAG title. Mike Tindall's new bride Zara Phillips is said to be "rugby-mad" and has brought the royal fanfare to the World Cup. While the pair was forced to postpone their honeymoon because of Tindall's sporting commitments, The Daily Mail reports Phillips "has promised Mike she will fly to New Zealand later this month" to support him.
The Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, 30, is married to Englan's Mike Tindall, 32. Picture: Getty
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Amy Huberman - wife of Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll
Dubliner Amy Huberman and Ireland rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll have become Ireland's answer to Posh 'n' Becks. Huberman, however, was famous long before she started dating the sports star. She is best known for starring in Irish soap opera The Clinic and has also published her first novel, Hello Heartbreak.
Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll is married to Irish actress and writer Amy Huberman. Picture: Snappermedia
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Stephanie Rice - girlfriend of Australia's Quade Cooper
Triple Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Stephanie Rice is a sporting superstar in her own right and is the current world record holder for the 400m individual medley. Since October 2010 Rice has been linked to Australian fly-half Quade Cooper.
Wallabies Quade Cooper and swimmer Stephanie Rice arrive for the John Eales Medal award presentation night at CarriageWorks, Eveleigh in Sydney. Picture: Getty
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Alexandra Rosenfeld - wife of Italy's Sergio Parisse
Sergio Parisse's other half Alexandra Rosenfeld was named Miss France in 2006 and went on to be crowned Miss Europe. The pair who were married in 2006 are now regular tabloid fodder as one of France's most sought-after celebrity couples.
Alexandra Rosenfeld was crowned Miss France in 2006 and is married to Italian rugby player Sergio Parisse. Picture: Snappermedia
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Lucie Jones - girlfriend of Wales' Leigh Halfpenny
20-year-old Lucie Jones burst onto the social scene as a contestant on the sixth series of The X-Factor and while she may not have won the singing contest, Halfpenny certainly thinks she has it. Jones, the current face of Wonderbra, now works as a model while also performing in the West End stage production of Les Miserables.
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Honor Dillon - fiancee of New Zealand's Dan Carter
A former New Zealand hockey player, Dillon is the childhood sweetheart of All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter and one half of New Zealand's most celebrated sporting couple. The pair, pictured here in an ad campaign for Hockey underwear, became engaged at the end of last year. Dillon is certain to be on the sidelines in Auckland.
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Susie Amy - girlfriend of Ireland's Rob Kearney
Life has imitated art for 30-year-old Susie Amy, whose big claim to fame was her role as Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe in the first two series of the fictional drama series, Footballers' Wives. Amy however made the switch from football to rugby to support Ireland full-back Rob Kearney.
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Una Healy - girlfriend of England's Ben Foden
Irish singer Una Healy and England's current full-back Ben Foden have been an item for quite some time. Healy, is one fifth of all-girl pop group The Saturdays. As for where her allegiances lie should England and Ireland play each other, well that remains to be seen!
England fullback Ben Foden and Irish singer Una Healy have been an item for quite some time have been an item for quite some time. Picture: Snappermedia
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