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  • Highlanders announce side to play Lions

    Mar 24, 10 • 1486 Views • International • • Comments Off on Highlanders announce side to play Lions

    Centre Kenny Lynn believes the Highlanders must improve their basic skill levels as they seek their first home win of the Rebel Sport Super 14 season against the Lions at Carisbrook on Friday night. The strong-running Southland centre insists the Highlanders...

  • Chiefs select Luaki for Brumbies clash

    Mar 24, 10 • 2324 Views • International • • Comments Off on Chiefs select Luaki for Brumbies clash

    Chiefs coach Ian Foster has selected Sione Lauaki for the match against the Brumbies despite the player’s admission of guilt to assault. Lauaki will be sentenced on May 6 after punching a man in the face twice in a bar in Hamilton. His reinstatement is...

  • Injury forced changes to Vodacom Cheetahs side

    Mar 24, 10 • 1428 Views • International • • Comments Off on Injury forced changes to Vodacom Cheetahs side

    Injuries have forced Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske into making a number of changes to his side ahead of Friday’s match against the Reds in Bloemfontein on Friday. While Lionel Mapoe and Frans Viljoen are long term injury concerns for the Cheetahs they...

  • Julian Huxley makes rugby return for Brumbies

    Mar 24, 10 • 2586 Views • International • • Comments Off on Julian Huxley makes rugby return for Brumbies

    Brumbies full-back Julian Huxley is set to make a remarkable return to the Super 14 at Canberra Stadium against the Chiefs on Friday. Huxley’s career was put on hold in 2008 after routine scans following a head knock detected a brain tumour. Having...

  • Brave Scots defeat Irish in Six Nations

    Mar 21, 10 • 2038 Views • Six Nations, Six Nations News • • Comments Off on Brave Scots defeat Irish in Six Nations

    Australian-born flyhalf Dan Parks kicked Scotland to a last day Six Nations win over Ireland on Saturday and then said his success was down to taking his boots into the shower with him. The Glasgow No.10 had already kicked 15 points when, with two minutes...

  • Wales outclass Italy in Six Nations

    Mar 21, 10 • 1700 Views • Six Nations, Six Nations News • • Comments Off on Wales outclass Italy in Six Nations

    James Hook scored two tries as Wales ended their disappointing Six Nations campaign on a high by outclassing Italy 33-10 in a one-sided encounter at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. With several experienced operators returning from injury and with...

  • Bulls announce Super14 touring Squad

    Mar 21, 10 • 1988 Views • International • • Comments Off on Bulls announce Super14 touring Squad

    Bulls coach, Frans Ludeke, Saturday named 25 players to tour Australia and New Zealand on the away leg of their Super 14 commitments. The match 22 against the Hurricanes, as well as Jaco Pretorius, Fudge Mabeta and Jaco Engels will travel to Perth on Tuesday....

  • Sharks record first Super14 victory

    Mar 21, 10 • 2069 Views • International • • Comments Off on Sharks record first Super14 victory

    Centre Adrian Jacobs scored a late intercept try to help South Africa’s Sharks to a 30-16 victory over the Otago Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday and their first Super 14 victory this season. Jacobs’ intercept, when the Highlanders were...

  • France seal Grand Slam Victory

    Mar 21, 10 • 2520 Views • International, Six Nations, Six Nations News • • Comments Off on France seal Grand Slam Victory

    France sealed their first Six Nations Grand Slam in six years when they weathered an England storm to run out 12-10 winners at the Stade de France on Saturday. Three Morgan Parra penalties and a Francois Trinh-Duc drop-goal were sufficient for a France team...

  • Stormers grind to victory over Cheetahs at Newlands

    Mar 21, 10 • 1996 Views • International • • Comments Off on Stormers grind to victory over Cheetahs at Newlands

    The Western Stormers maintained their challenge in the Super 14 southern hemisphere championship with a bruising 21-8 win over the Central Cheetahs at Newlands on Saturday. The win kept the Stormers in second place in the table, one point behind the Northern...

  • Crusaders too strong for Lions in Christchurch

    Mar 20, 10 • 1481 Views • International • • Comments Off on Crusaders too strong for Lions in Christchurch

    The Lions looked competitive against a weakened Crusaders outfit, but their defence was again their nemesis as they slumped to a 46-19 loss in their Super 14 match in Christchurch on Saturday. In a game where they were in touch for the first hour, and were...

  • Bulls narrowly defeat Hurricanes at Loftus

    Mar 20, 10 • 1403 Views • International • • Comments Off on Bulls narrowly defeat Hurricanes at Loftus

    The Vodacom Bulls kept their unbeaten record with a tense 19-18 victory over the Hurricanes at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. The win continued their run as the only unbeaten side in this year’s Vodacom Super 14 and extended their winning run at Loftus...

  • Bok 7s off to winning start in Adelaide

    Mar 19, 10 • 2161 Views • International, World Rugby • • Comments Off on Bok 7s off to winning start in Adelaide

    With new Springbok Sampie Mastriet scoring a try with his first touch of the ball and adding two more for an impressive hat-trick on debut, the Boks started the defence of their Adelaide title in the IRB Sevens World Series in the best possible way on Friday...

  • Second Half blitz help Blues beat Brumbies

    Mar 19, 10 • 2013 Views • International • • Comments Off on Second Half blitz help Blues beat Brumbies

    A second half blitz from the Blues was just enough to see them home 39-34 against the Brumbies in a free-running, hard-tackling Super 14 rugby match at Eden Park in Auckland tonight. The win was a perfect result for skipper and All Blacks hooker Keven...

  • Fourie Du Preez to play in Japan after 2011

    Mar 17, 10 • 2324 Views • International • • Comments Off on Fourie Du Preez to play in Japan after 2011

    Bulls scrumhalf, Fourie du Preez, on Wednesday extended his contract with the union till the conclusion of the Super 15 competition in 2011. Du Preez, who turns 28 next week, also signed his Springbok contract that will keep him in Green and Gold till the end...

  • Carlos Spencer on the bench for Lions

    Mar 17, 10 • 1716 Views • International • • Comments Off on Carlos Spencer on the bench for Lions

    Lions coach Dick Muir has benched former All Blacks flyhalf for his team’s Super 14 clash against the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday. Kick-off is at 06:30 SA time. Spencer, who has come under fire for his performances to date, has been replaced...

  • Stegmann only change for Bulls

    Mar 17, 10 • 1815 Views • International • • Comments Off on Stegmann only change for Bulls

    Deon Stegmann returns to the Vodacom Bulls pack for their Vodacom Super 14 match against the Hurricanes at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. The Craddock-born player is the only change to the side that outclassed the Highlanders last week and swop places with...

  • Mortlock to miss Brumbies clash with Blues

    Mar 17, 10 • 1540 Views • International • • Comments Off on Mortlock to miss Brumbies clash with Blues

    CA Brumbies outside centre Stirling Mortlock has been ruled out of his side’s Super 14 Round 6 match against the Blues at Auckland’s Eden Park on Friday . The Wallaby midfielder suffered a neck/shoulder injury during the win over the Sharks last weekend...

  • Waratahs announce unchanged side to battle Force

    Mar 17, 10 • 1437 Views • International • • Comments Off on Waratahs announce unchanged side to battle Force

    Head coach Chris Hickey has named an unchanged line-up for this weekend’s clash with the Western Force in Perth, sticking with the squad which scored a record victory against the Lions last Friday. Despite some injury concerns coming out of the Lions match,...

  • Vodacom Cheetahs to Play Stormers at Newlands announced

    Mar 16, 10 • 2070 Views • International • • Comments Off on Vodacom Cheetahs to Play Stormers at Newlands announced

    SANZAR SUPER 14 – Official Team List DATE: 20 March 2010 TEAM: Vodacom Cheetahs (HOME TEAM) VODACOM STORMERS v VODACOM CHEETAHS (VISITING TEAM) Players: NO. POSITION NAME 1 Loosehead Prop Wian du Preez 2 Hooker Adriaan Strauss 3 Tighthead Prop WP Nel 4...

  • France recall Bastareaud for clash with England

    Mar 16, 10 • 1426 Views • International • • Comments Off on France recall Bastareaud for clash with England

    France have recalled centre Mathieu Bastareaud in the only change to their side to face England on Saturday as they target a ninth Grand Slam. The 21-year-old was a replacement for Sunday’s win over Italy, protecting a calf niggle, but is now fully fit....

  • France too strong for Italy in Six Nations

    Mar 15, 10 • 1835 Views • Six Nations, Six Nations News • • Comments Off on France too strong for Italy in Six Nations

    France displayed trademark flair to crush Italy 46-20 and stay firmly on course for their first grand slam since 2004 in the Six Nations on Sunday. The home side ran in six tries, including two from centre David Marty, and gathered 16 points from the reliable...

  • Convincing win for Reds over Force

    Mar 14, 10 • 2049 Views • International • • Comments Off on Convincing win for Reds over Force

    Brisbane, Australia – The Queensland Reds ran in seven tries to beat fellow Australian side Western Force 50-10 in Super 14 rugby on Sunday. Anthony Faingaa, Scott Higginbotham and Digby Ioane crossed twice each as Queensland won back-to-back Super...

  • England and Scotland draw at Murrayfield

    Mar 13, 10 • 1894 Views • International, Six Nations, Six Nations News • • Comments Off on England and Scotland draw at Murrayfield

    England retained the Calcutta Cup after a 15-15 draw with Scotland but their hopes of winning the Six Nations appear to be over after this kicking-dominated scrap at Murrayfield. Toby Flood fell just short with a late, 49m penalty attempt that would have won...

  • Stormers score bonus point victory over Hurricanes

    Mar 13, 10 • 1756 Views • International • • Comments Off on Stormers score bonus point victory over Hurricanes

    The Stormers ran out deserving 37-13 winners on the back of a spectacular first half display against the Hurricanes in a Super 14 clash at the Newlands Rugby Stadium on Saturday evening, after leading 20-3 at the break. Three first-half tries set up the...