Rugby

Sharks to maintain standards
iAfrica.com
The Durban side have played some breathtaking rugby on their remarkable
path to the Super Rugby Final in Hamilton this weekend, and Plumtree firmly
believes that they are poised to sustain those high standards in the
future. The Kiwi mentor said that he ...
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Rugby: Foley tipped as new Force coach
New Zealand Herald
Michael Foley is expected to swap one embattled Super Rugby franchise for
another with the Western Force tipped to name him as their new coach after
he resigned from the NSW Waratahs post on Tuesday. Foley's exit continued
the drama surrounding ...
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SA experts backing Sharks for a Super 15 series win
Business Day
Lions coach Johan Ackermann and Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske also rallied in
support of the Super Rugby finalists, who defied the odds by sneaking into
the play-offs through the back door, and playing their way into the final.
They said if the Sharks could ...
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What we learned from all SA Super Rugby semi
News24
From the instant the fluffy haired loose forward announced that he would be
moving to Japan for six months following the conclusion of the Super Rugby
season he's been playing like a man possessed. What happened? Perhaps the
Sharks have been ...
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Foley leaves as Waratahs coach
SI.com
SYDNEY (AP) -Former Wallabies hooker Michael Foley resigned as New South
Wales Waratahs coach on Tuesday amid speculation he is about to join rival
Super rugby side Western Force. Foley's resignation comes after just one
disappointing season in ...
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Michael Foley Resigns as Coach of Waratahs Super Rugby Team
Businessweek
Michael Foleyquit as head coach of the New South Wales Waratahs Super Rugby
team after one season in charge. Foley, 45, handed in his resignation
today, the Sydney- based franchise said in an e-mailed statement. He was
appointed as head coach 11 ...
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Whitehead's absence gives Plumtree a headache
SuperSport
You should never change a winning team, particularly when that team has
been in the rich vein of form the Sharks have been recently, but the
Durbanites are going to be forced to make at least one change to the side
that beat the Stormers for Saturday's ...
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Falling revenue threatens rugby's future
Stuff.co.nz
The sharpest drop in struggling provincial rugby unions' revenues came last
year, probably because of the Rugby World Cup, accountancy firm Deloitte
says. Deloitte has analysed the annual accounts of the country's 14 ITM Cup
unions over the past five ...
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Sonny Bill keen to play in Rugby Championship
SI.com
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -Star center Sonny Bill Williams says he is
ready to delay his departure to play club rugby in Japan and instead
represent New Zealand in the first two matches in next month's inaugural
Rugby Championship. Williams was ...
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History's burden on Sharks
SPORT24
A glance at the Super Rugby records only further decreases the likelihood
that they will come out on top against the Chiefs, not least because they
have been the victims in two of the five instances where the trek between
continents has proved a bridge too far ...
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