Rugby

Rugby: SBW issue yet to be resolved
New Zealand Herald
Tomorrow the All Blacks will ramp up their preparations for the first Rugby
Championship match against Australia, but whether Sonny Bill Williams is
involved still remains to be seen. Williams did not train with the squad in
Auckland on Friday ...
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Golf, rugby to be Olympic winners: Coates
Ninemsn
Golf and rugby sevens will be undoubted Olympic successes, Australian
Olympic Committee president John Coates says. The sports will debut at the
2016 Rio Games and Coates, also an International Olympic Committee member,
says they will be Olympic ...
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'Wallabies have no hope'
Sydney Morning Herald
FORMER All Blacks prop Richard Loe says the Wallabies will win only one of
their six Rugby Championship matches. The New Zealand media reckons
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is on his last legs. And Wallabies Test hooker
Tatafu Polota-Nau will only ...
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Weekend Rugby Wrap
SPORT24 (blog)
I know that WP also had some inexperience in their side but with the
majority of their players having played Super Rugby this year they should
have put the Sharks away. Well done to the Sharks. View Currie Cup logs.
Superbru: With only a 33.3% success ...
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Squads for the 2012 Rugby Championship
Sportige
The Pumas first appearance in the Rugby Championship is coming a few years
after they peaked during the 2007 World Cup, now having somewhat of a
generation change which hasn't been going that well. They have a combined
record of four wins, ...
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UAE Rugby appoints Strength and Conditioning Manager
AME Info
UAE Rugby has appointed Murray Pedersen as Strength and Conditioning
Manager. Pedersen, a New Zealand national, has joined the UAE Rugby
management team in a highly-focused advisory capacity where he will work
closely with Performance ...
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Rugby: Time to answer the big questions
New Zealand Herald
With the inaugural Rugby Championship to start this week, Gregor Paul poses
his First XV of questions ahead of the new competition. 1. Will it be a
two-horse race between New Zealand and South Africa? It's hard to see it
being anything else, with ...
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Lock it in: White flies home to fill roster
The Canberra Times
ACT Brumbies coach Jake White will fly to South Africa today in search of a
lock who will add aggression to his already powerful forward pack. White is
looking to fill the 30th and final spot on his Super Rugby roster with an
emerging player to add ...
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Rugby: Wolves gathering at Dingo's door
New Zealand Herald
Failure in the Rugby Championship should spell the end of Deans' Wallaby
venture. There would be little gained from persevering with something that
so obviously isn't working. The Wallabies have won only 60 per cent of
their tests under Deans - which ...
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