Topic: South Africa
Samoa apologised and received a warning Tuesday after a player compared the World Cup to "slavery" and "apartheid", escalating a row over the tournament's schedule.Samoan team representatives made the formal apology at a meeting with World Cup officials after centre Eliota Sapolu ...
Ireland's upset win over Australia at the weekend has confounded predictions at the World Cup and given an entirely new look to the potential quarter-final lineups.The expectations had been that the newly-crowned Tri-Nations champion Wallabies would comfortably top Pool C leaving them ...
Defending champions Toulouse were brought down to earth when they were beaten 18-13 at Bayonne in the first round of the new Top 14 French championship season on Friday.Every side in France is missing players but Toulouse (12) and Clermont (13) have ...
Italy coach Nick Mallett has opted for youth against Japan in the first of two World Cup warm-up matches before the team travels to New Zealand.The South African has gone for a young half-back pairing with 21-year-old Edoardo Gori returning at scrum-half ...
Australia named an unchanged side for Saturday's daunting Tri-Nations clash with New Zealand in Auckland as they go in search of a rare victory at Eden Park.The only changes to the squad which beat South Africa 39-20 in Sydney two weeks ago ...
English Premiership champions Saracens confirmed on Friday that they want to host next year's European Cup match with French side Biarritz in South Africa.Media reports earlier Friday said that the north London club, who signed South Africa captain John Smit this month, ...
Former France fly-half Frederic Michalak scored all Sharks points as they snatched a 23-22 victory at Mpumalanga Pumas Friday in a Currie Cup thriller.Michalak converted his two tries and kicked three penalties at 2010 FIFA World Cup venue Mbombela Stadium in eastern ...
The 2011 South African Currie Cup got off to a thrilling start Friday with Golden Lions pipping Mpumalanga Pumas 31-27 at chilly Ellis Park.Lions led four times and Pumas twice before a try from centre Alwyn Hollenbach 11 minutes from full-time secured ...
Australia's Melbourne Rebels said troubled English international Danny Cipriani was staying at the club despite reports of his management seeking a return to Britain.The English fly-half, who was dropped from the Rebels' two-match Super 15 tour of South Africa after repeated off-field ...
Ireland may not have won the Six Nations which finished on Saturday but nevertheless on Monday they were the top ranked northern hemisphere country in the IRB world rankings.The Irish are ranked fourth, largely thanks to their victory over the Six Nations ...
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