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Crusaders 59Blues 12 Those brave enough to put their hand up to coach the Blues next season will have seen just what a gargantuan task they will be taking on. The new coaching team will be inheriting rubble, a franchise that has...
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Hurricanes 25Brumbies 37 Brumbies flanker Michael Hooper faces a possible ban after being cited for a tip tackle on the Hurricanes' Victor Vito - but the sport should be ashamed that Hooper was even on the field to make that ta...
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Highlanders 16Bulls 11 Highlanders Jamie Joseph has been complaining about getting a few more grey hairs, thanks to the Highlanders' close games.He'd better make an appointment with the hairdresser this week as the Highlanders...
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Reds 34Lions 20 It was the Cooper Comeback but he wasn't quite Quintessential Quade.The last game Quade Cooper played was in the World Cup play-off for third last year. There'd been suggestions that the major knee reconstruction...
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With wildcards dealt with some ease by All Black coach Steve Hansen, it was intriguing he didn't manage to conjure something unpredictable at hooker in his wider training squad.Across the board, there is an intriguing mix of old...
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Super Rugby can be a destructively seductive business, tricking the mind into thinking Aaron Cruden is the right man at No 10 for the All Blacks.But test rugby is an altogether different business to the free-flowing, bonus-point...
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Rugby's elite nations are celebrating their World Cup windfall just as the extent of the injustices being suffered by second tier countries is coming to light.The game's richest nations have secured almost $20 million each in compensation...
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Most of the law changes just announced seem pretty good to me, with the exception of the supposed new scrum call.Instead of that bloody awful crouch-touch-pause-have a pie-put the tea on-shear a sheep-engage nonsense, they are talking...
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Relative unknowns one year, All Blacks the next - that is fast becoming a common path for those selected to play for the New Zealand under-20 team.The junior side is one of the great success stories of New Zealand rugby; not just...
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With rugby's heavyweight nations not keen on helping anyone but themselves, Samoa can ill afford to damage their own cause by dropping outspoken captain Mahonri Schwalger for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup.The Chiefs hooker predicted...
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If there were doubts about Steve Hansen's appointment, many will surely have been erased by the selection of his first squad, which was stunningly bold and ambitious.Hansen has made it clear he's not one for the middle ground -...
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Disgraced rugby star Willie Ripia is eyeing a comeback to rugby this year.The former first five-eighth told friends he was deciding whether to return to action in the ITM Cup - four months after he was caught stealing from his teammates...
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All Blacks wing Corey Jane is expected to miss the upcoming test series against Ireland after suffering a high ankle sprain in the Hurricanes' loss to the Brumbies last night.Jane left the field in the 24th minute and scans on the...
Sat, 19 May 2012 18:46:00 +1200
Crusaders 59Blues 12 Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder was looking for a response from his players in tonight's Super Rugby match against the Blues after last week's shock loss to the Rebels in Melbourne. And boy did he get it,...
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Highlanders 16Bulls 11 Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has been complaining about getting a few more grey hairs thanks to the Highlanders close games.Well, he better make an appointment with the hairdresser this week, as the H...
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:45:00 +1200
Relegation or the merger of two teams appear the only options as the South African Rugby Union again met with its Super 15 sides yesterday about the problem of having six contenders for five places next year.Saru held talks with...
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:30:00 +1200
Competitive fire scorches through halfback TJ Perenara's frame. He oozes combat and when his side is battling, he finds ways to ignite them.He did that last night at the Cake Tin with two tries as he harried and hassled the Brumbies,...
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In the last two decades, the All Blacks have lost four of their season-opening tests.They always play these matches at home, but can be a bit disjointed as the coaches cobble together their XV from those who have impressed in the...
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:30:00 +1200
The Blues have opened their official global search for a new head coach with an answer expected by the end of next month.Restrictions have been eased to allow any coach to apply for the role, rather than just those with recent experience...
Sat, 19 May 2012 05:30:00 +1200
Time was, when any meeting of Irish provincial rugby teams was little more than a storm in an Irish tea cup. Irish television might cover it for the Guinness guzzlers in the pubs of Ireland but no one got terribly excited. How times...
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