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MARK KEOHANE: Super Rugby final was not a fair contest, and Chiefs could
not ...
Business Day
THE only surprise in Hamilton on Saturday is that so many of the people I
spoke to were surprised by the emphatic nature of the Sharks' defeat in
Super Rugby's 17th final. A few, as is the custom in SA, blamed the
referee. New Zealand-born Steve Walsh had ...
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Super Rugby final didn't spark
Sowetan
THE Waikato Chiefs were deserving winners of this year's Super Rugby title,
but the tournament got the one-sided final it deserved due to its lopsided
structure. Tweet. A BRIDGE TOO FAR: Ryan Kankowski of the Sharks takes on
the Chiefs in the Super ...
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Super Rugby final review
New Zealand Herald
The Chiefs became the third New Zealand team to claim a Super Rugby
Championship, while the Sharks are officially the bridesmaid of the
competition having been runner-up on four occasions now (previously equal
with the Crusaders and Brumbies as ...
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Rugby: Signings highlight Australian Super franchise gap
New Zealand Herald
The struggle to attract talent to Australia's two battling Super Rugby
outfits was highlighted again on Monday when three young Queensland players
re-signed with the Reds. The talented trio of centre Ben Tapuai and wingers
Dom Shipperley and Rod Davies ...
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Chiefs win first Super Rugby title
SPORT24
Sharks' Tendai Mtawarira dodges a tackle in the Super 15 Rugby final. (AP
Photo/SNPA, Ross Setford). Chiefs' Leila Masaga runs with the ball on his
way to scoring. (AP Photo/SNPA, Ross Setford). Chiefs' Sonny Bill Williams
scores the final try against the ...
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Chiefs parade draws thousands in Hamilton
TVNZ
The Chiefs were greeted by thousands of jubilant fans who braved the wet
weather to line the streets of Hamilton to celebrate their Super Rugby
success with a victory parade today. Just after midday the Hamilton-based
team, who defeated the Sharks in ...
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Rugby: Cowbells clang as Waikato celebrates with Chiefs
New Zealand Herald
The party goes on for newly crowned Super rugby champions the Chiefs with a
victory parade through central Hamilton today. The Chiefs demolished a
travel-weary Sharks side 37-6 in a lopsided Super 15 rugby final in
Hamilton on Saturday night to become ...
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Well beaten, but champs in waiting
SuperSport
The predictability of the outcome of the Vodacom Super Rugby final leaves
little to add in the wash-up to a season that, because of the travelling
the one team had to do in order to get to the decider, ended up in an
anti-climax. Only the real one-eyed of the ...
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Super 15 outcome swings on format
Sport LIVE
Travelling nearly 35000km in 16 days across 30-odd time zones made the
outcome of the match a foregone conclusion. If Super rugby wants its
so-called "final" to resemble that mess every year, then the sooner SA
finds an alternative competition the better.
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