France took a further step towards claiming the Six Nations championship on Friday when they survived another stirring Wales fight back to secure a 26-20 victory that made it three wins out of three. Intercept tries by Alexis Palisson and Francois Trinh-Duc plus two Morgan Parra penalties gave France a commanding 20-0 halftime lead at [...]

The NZRU has announced former All Black Mark Hammett as the next coach of the Hurricanes, taking over from Colin Cooper at the end of this season. The Dominion Post reported Hammett as having been appointed on Saturday, with former All Black cenrte Alana Ieremaia as his assistant. Hammett had been linked to a role [...]

The Brumbies snatched a dramatic 19-17 victory over the luckless Stormers in the Super 14 match played at Newlands on Friday evening after the teams were level pegging at six points all at the break. The Stormers shaded the Brumbies for long spells during the match but they were unable to convert their good fortunes [...]

South Africa Under-20 coach Eric Sauls on Wednesday confirmed that preparations for the forthcoming IRB Junior World Championship which takes place in Argentina in June are on track. The SA national selectors on Wednesday announced a 38-man squad that will assemble in Cape Town on Sunday in preparation for their internationals against the Argentina Under-20s. [...]

The Vodacom Free State team travelling to George to face the Eagles at 16:00 on Saturday 27th . The team stayed over at Drostdy Hotel in Graaff-Reinett & early this morning they departed with Intercape Bus to George. The Vodacom Free State team is loaded with talent, players such as Robert Ebersohn, Hendro Scholtz, Kabamba [...]

The Crusaders recovered from last week’s loss to the Reds by beating the Sharks 35-6 in Christchurch in the first match of Round 3 in the Super14 on Friday. The Crusaders outscored the Sharks by four tries to nil with the last two tries coming in the last ten minutes as Andy Goode was sent [...]

25 February 2010 MEDIA RELEASE: “Bulls Babes: Dispute with Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Limited : 1. Jumpsport CC, trading as World of Sport and Entertainment (“WOSE”), is presently involved in a dispute with the Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Limited (“BBC”) regarding WOSE’s proprietary rights in respect of the “Bulls Babes” trade mark and brand. 2. [...]

Here are the following results for the annual Saheti Sevens “7’s” the past weekend which had 36 teams that competed & was finally won by Monument. Results: u16 SEMIFINALS: Monument 2nd 28-0 Roodepoort Highlands North 24-5 Springs Monument 1st 50-0 Florida Park Kempton Park 14-21 Hoërskool Alberton u16 FINALS: Shield: Roodepoort 38-10 Highlands North Finals: [...]

Geordan Murphy returns to the Ireland team at full back after missing the November internationals due to injury. He lined out for Leicester last weekend and comes into the side for the injured Rob Kearney. Jonathan Sexton will start the game at outhalf. In the forwards, prop John Hayes will win his 100th cap for [...]

England Team Manager Martin Johnson has named an unchanged starting line-up to face Ireland in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday. The only changes to the matchday 22 are on the bench, where Lee Mears (Bath Rugby), Joe Worsley (London Wasps) and Ben Foden (Northampton Saints) take over from Steve Thompson, Steffon Armitage and [...]