Rugby

Super Rugby 2012 a success?
SPORT24 (blog)
So we were left with the last round of the 2012 Super Rugby season to see
who the Top 6 would be! The top 2 were basically already established, with
the Crusaders also confirmed as finalists, but the Hurricanes, Brumbies,
Reds, Bulls and Sharks all had ...
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Wallabies Pick Wingers Mitchell, Turner in Rugby Training Squad
Businessweek
Australia coach Robbie Deans picked wingersDrew Mitchell and Lachie Turner
in a training squad for the inaugural southern hemisphere Rugby
Championship.
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Wallabies start Rugby Championship at deep end
SI.com
SYDNEY (AP) -Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says his team will be pitched
into the inaugural four-nation Rugby Championship at the deep end, with
back-to-back opening fixtures against world champion New Zealand.
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Reds lose Cooper for Sharks clash
The Australian
THE Queensland Reds will be without star playmaker Quade Cooper for this
Saturday's Super Rugby qualifying final after the five-eighth was handed a
one-week suspension.
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Quade Cooper to miss Reds' elimination final against Sharks
Sydney Morning Herald
The South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby (SANZAR) judiciary took
nearly five hours to announce their guilty verdict after a video link-up
involving Cooper this afternoon. The Reds No.10 will miss one week for a
high tackle on fellow Wallaby ...
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Rugby-Cooper to miss Reds' playoff against Sharks
Reuters Africa
July 16 (Reuters) - Queensland Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper will miss
Saturday's Super Rugby playoff against South Africa's Sharks in Brisbane
after it was ruled he had committed a dangerous tackle last weekend,
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Queensland Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper will miss Super Rugby playoffs
clash ...
Herald Sun
QUEENSLAND Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper will miss his team's Super Rugby
playoff clash against the Sharks after receiving a one-match ban from the
SANZAR judiciary.
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Super Rugby – Conclusions from the final round robin stage
SPORT24 (blog)
And so the longest Super Rugby season ever is almost at an end and it took
the full 18 rounds to decide who the top six is and we had a lead change in
the penultimate match of the weekend. If that doesn't excite you, going to
Vegas will be a waste of ...
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S15: SA rugby shows its health
SPORT24
S15: SA rugby shows its health| Sport24|Columnists|Rob Houwing| With the
Stormers, Bulls and Sharks in the Super Rugby playoffs, SA rugby has proved
its continued strength in this 'rebuilding' year, writes Rob Houwing.
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Cooper suspended, to miss Super 15 playoff
SI.com
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -Queensland Reds playmaker Quade Cooper will miss
the Super 15 playoff against the South Africa-based Sharks after being
banned one match for a dangerous tackle in the weekend win over New South
Wales.
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