IN SELECTING the side, the All Blacks coaches have gone for experience as well as the introduction of the three new caps. In the forwards, the All Blacks have the…
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Match verdict: Australia 6-9 Scotland
PLAYED OUT in the kind of conditions that would have drowned ducks and bent weathervanes Scotland set themselves up for a stripped down but dogged performance against Australia in Newcastle,…
Sore heads for celebrating Scotland
SCOTLAND’S FAMOUS 9-6 win over Australia in Newcastle, Sydney, in June sparked mass celebrations from Andy Robinson’s team – but these two players might have gone a little too far.…
French focus: Top 14 Semi-final play-offs
AS THE Home Nations gear up for Down Under, across the Channel in France the Top 14 is coming to the boil, writes Gavin Mortimer. The French domestic season is…
Rugby World’s Championship blog
London Welsh were crowned kings of the Championship last night at the Kassam Stadium — a palace deemed unfit for the round table of Premiership rugby by the RFU, writes…
Wulf and Ranger return for Chiefs showdown
Blues coach Pat Lam welcomes back a couple of players from the squad’s lengthy injured list to the starting 22 this week. Fullback Rudi Wulf returns to the side after…
Kieran Read back for Crusaders
ALL BLACKS loose forward Kieran Read returns to the Crusaders starting line-up to face the Highlanders. Read sustained a bruised pelvis during their 28-19 defeat to the Rebels, nearly three…
Gloucester prop Harden replaces Matt Stevens in England squad
GLOUCESTER PROP Rupert Harden has been called into the England squad for the tour to South Africa. Harden replaces Saracens’ Matt Stevens, who suffered a shoulder rotator cuff injury during…
Western Force sign Cheetahs fly-half Ebersohn
THE WESTERN Force recruitment drive for the 2013 season is in full swing with the signing of Cheetahs fly-half Sias Ebersohn to the squad on a two year deal as…
RaboDirect Pro12 Final: Leinster 30-31 Ospreys
By Bea Asprey, Rugby World Writer In a nutshell Shane Williams said farewell to professional rugby with a trademark 78th minute try to win the RaboDirect Pro12 Final. The…