Rugby

Sharks, Crusaders reach Super 15 semifinals
SI.com
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -South Africa's Sharks ended the Queensland
Reds' reign as Super 15 rugby champions while the Canterbury Crusaders took
a step towards their eighth championship title with wins on Saturday in the
first round of playoffs.
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Rugby: Relentless Sharks end Reds' dreams
New Zealand Herald
But watching his much-heralded replacement Ben Lucas limping off in the
20th minute of their knockout Super Rugby final ensured a mission
improbable against a relentless Sharks at Suncorp Stadium last night. In
the end, the gutsy Durban-based Sharks ...
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Rugby: Convoluted travel plans nothing new for Crusaders
New Zealand Herald
The Crusaders are familiar with semifinals and have also become used to
dealing with complicated travel plans. After their globetrotting antics
last year in which they fell at the final hurdle, this weekend presented
more of the same. They booked their place ...
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Crusaders thump Bulls in Super playoff
Stuff.co.nz
So intimidating in the thin air in their own arena in Pretoria, they rarely
kicked over the hot coals inside their bellies as they surrendered 28-13 to
the Crusaders in last night's Super Rugby qualifying final in Christchurch.
Victory means the Crusaders will face ...
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Rugby: More zip in this Crusaders side
New Zealand Herald
The desire is every bit as intense as it was 12 months ago but this year
the Crusaders have fresher legs and minds to tackle the semifinals. The
travel slog of last year where they didn't have a home ground is now a
distant memory and all anyone was thinking ...
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Super Rugby finals: Will Genia slams Reds as Queensland's title defence
ends ...
Herald Sun
The Reds were outplayed against a freewheeling Sharks team which claimed a
place in the Super Rugby semi-finals against the Stormers with a 30-17 win
at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. FULL SCOREBOARD: Reds v Sharks. Considering
the controversial ...
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'The future of American Rugby' takes the field
Dailyrecord.com
Helen Gilbert, 8, of Boonton runs downfield for the Tri Town Mountaineers
he Morris Rugby Corp.'s 13th annual American Flag Rugby Youth Festival at
the Black River Fields in Chester. / Bob Karp/Staff Photographer ...
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Rugby veterans ready to pull on the boots yet again
Victoria Times Colonist
Forty years ago, when I was 48 and wondering if I'd ever reach 50, another
young fellow named Bob Hutchison was writing letters to a bunch of old
rugby teammates asking if they would like to tie on their boots for a fun
game. It was in the spring of 1972, and ...
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Rugby: Rivalry real in big boys' battle
New Zealand Herald
Rivalries are hard to create in the contrived world of Super Rugby where
there is little history and manufactured geographical boundaries. But the
Crusaders and Bulls have managed to build a healthy disrespect for each
other over the years and their rivalry ...
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