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Feb 5, 10 •
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The South African Supersport follower is in for a weekend of exiting rugby viewing! Supersport is making our lives complete with many live televised games on television: Apart from the IRB 7’s Series and the Six Nations games there is always a live...
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Feb 5, 10 •
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The Springbok Sevens will have to face an in form Fiji in the quarterfinals of the Wellington Sevens on Saturday after losing their final match against New Zealand 19-7. Fiji displayed great sevens rugby on day one, conceding just two tries in three matches...
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Feb 5, 10 •
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Celebrated Australian flank George Smith announced his immediate retirement from international rugby on Friday to pursue a move abroad. The 110-Test veteran, 29, will quit the Brumbies at the end of the Super 14 season in May and seek a foreign club, ruling...
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Feb 5, 10 •
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Flanker Karl Lowe snatched a late intercept try to hand the Hurricanes a 17-12 win over the Chiefs in both teams’ final Super 14 pre-season rugby match at Rotorua today. In hot, hard conditions, Lowe’s 70m try made the difference after the Chiefs...
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Feb 5, 10 •
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South African born flank Hendre Fourie is set to make his debut for the England Saxons this weekend after Head Coach Stuart Lancaster named him as one of nine changes in his starting lineup for the clash with Italy ‘A’ in Treviso. Hendre Fourie is...
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Feb 5, 10 •
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Playing with four new caps who are all still Under-21 and one who is in only his third tournament, the Springboks started their challenge in the Wellington tournament of the IRB Sevens World Series on Friday with an easy 38-10 win over Niue. The Springboks...
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Feb 4, 10 •
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The HSBC Waratahs have recorded a 15-7 victory over the Brumbies in their third and final pre-season match at Viking Park in Canberra tonight. With Benn Robinson and Dean Mumm returning for their first matches in 2010, the NSW forward pack dominated from the...
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Feb 4, 10 •
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Warren Gatland, Coach of Wales remains confident for Saturday’s clash against England. Despite Wales only recording one victory at Twickenham since 1988, Gatland believes that Wales will rise to the occasion and success is most achievable! England are...
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Feb 4, 10 •
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In a story in the Newspaper Telegraph, Gavin Mears reports that Lawrence Dallaglio has challenged Martin Johnson’s England to restore Twickenham’s reputation as one of the most feared stadia in world rugby during their RBS Six Nations campaign this...
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Feb 4, 10 •
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The HSBC Waratahs will complete their 2010 Super 14 pre-season on Thursday night when they face the Brumbies in a trial match at Viking Park in Canberra. It will be the team’s third match in 13 days, and will give the squad a nine-day turnaround...
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Feb 4, 10 •
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Yesterday saw the final farewell to one of the true legends of the game of rugby –Springbok Rubin Kruger. In an emotional farewell this soft spoken but hard-as –nails player was laid to rest after losing a 10 year battle with cancer. We would like to...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Hooker Gareth Williams has been drafted into the Wales team for their RBS 6 Nations opener against England at Twickenham. The Cardiff Blues front-row will make his eighth appearance for Warren Gatland’s men after first choice hooker Matthew Rees was...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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The Stormers have named their side for their Super 14 warm up game against a Boland Invitational IV at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. As expected, Stormer Head Coach Allister Coetzee has named a largely second string team for their last hit out before the new...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Ulster have announced that experienced Sharks and South Africa lock Johann Muller will move to Belfast after the 2010 Super 14. Muller, 23 times a Springbok, towers over most at 6’7″ and bulldozes most with an impressive 114kg frame. He has made...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Controversial centre has been recalled to France’s starting line-up for their Six Nations opener against Scotland. The 21 year-old Stade Francais player lost his place after making false claims he had been the victim of an attack in New Zealand last...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Chris Paterson will play his 99th match for Scotland on Sunday after being recalled to the side for their Six Nations opener against France at Murrayfield. Scotland’s most capped player is one of six changes to the starting line-up that played Argentina...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Ireland will kick off their defence of their Grand Slam title with Ronan O’Gara pulling the strings at flyhalf after Jonathan Sexton was ruled out of Saturday’s Six Nations opener against Italy. Sexton had been tipped to start the tournament after...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Italy coach Nick Mallett has named uncapped Riccardo Bocchino in his 24-man squad for the RBS 6 Nations opener against Ireland. Rovigo fly-half Bocchino has avoided Mallett’s six-man cull and will prove cover for first choice No.10 Craig Gower, who is...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Coach Dick Muir has picked a side that resembles close to the correct combination to do battle in the Super 14. The Team selected, the so-called Red Team will play newly promoted Currie Cup side Pumas in one of the Lions’ two Super 14 warm-up matches in...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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South African Rugby Union (SARU) president Oregan Hoskins confirmed that the Springboks’ Test against France (on June 12) would take place at Newlands as initially planned. The decision was announced on Tuesday after a positive meeting between SARU...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Fullback Clayton Blommetjies, winger Sampie Mastriet and loose forward CJ Stander, who represented the Baby Boks at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship, have been included in the South Africa Under-20 squad that will travel to France to participate in...
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Feb 3, 10 •
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Rugby15 has come across an interesting story in the New Zeeland Herald by Wynne Gray. Gray reveals how, after more than 1000 games of Super rugby, the same sides that began the professional rugby series in 1996 will duel at the start of this year’s...
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Feb 2, 10 •
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The Stormers are expected to rest several key players in their final pre-season friendly against Boland on Saturday. There are no serious injuries and this is an opportunity to give a few other players game time as well! Ricky Januarie, who returned from his...
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Feb 2, 10 •
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We are preparing our schedules to view rugby – and a lot of it! We are invited to weddings and we check our calendars to check if this does not spoil our prior rugby viewing engagements! Not only will the Super 14 start in a fortnight, but the Six Nations...
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Feb 2, 10 •
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In a story posted on the Planetrugby website it appears that England have been warned by Phil Vickery ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener when he described Wales’ front row as “the best in world rugby.” It appears that England will face...
