Topic: South Africa
Otago Highlanders of New Zealand continued a fairytale start to the first Super 15 championship with a deserved 35-28 victory over title holders Northern Bulls of South Africa Saturday.The star-less team from Dunedin near the bottom of the south island became the ...
Wing Rene Ranger was a 'super sub' as Auckland Blues of New Zealand triumphed 41-32 Friday against Golden Lions of South Africa at Ellis Park and secured a bonus point for five tries.Ranger -- one of several first choices who coach Pat ...
French side Perpignan crushed Welsh opponents Llanelli Scarlets 37-5 in their final European Cup Pool 5 clash on Sunday to ensure that there will be no representative from Wales in the quarter-finals.The 2009 French champions also guaranteed them top spot in the ...
Racing-Metro extended their unbeaten home record with a gritty 15-12 win over Toulon on Sunday to move into second place in the French Top 14 table, two points behind leaders and European champions Toulouse.Racing fly-half Jonathan Wisniewski kicked 12 of his team's ...
Italian side Aironi recorded a famous victory in their maiden season of European Cup competition on Saturday when they beat last season's finalists Biarritz 28-27.French full-back Julien Laharrague's drop goal two minutes from time gave Aironi, comprising elements of the old Viadana ...
New Zealand defeated England 22-19 with the last kick of the match to win the South African leg of the IRB Sevens World Series at Outeniqua Park Saturday.With the scores tied at 19-19 after the final hooter sounded and their team reduced ...
New Zealand captain Richie McCaw became the first player to win the International Rugby Board's player of the year award three times after receiving the 2010 edition of the prize on Wednesday.The 29-year-old flanker led an all All Black clean sweep of ...
England manager Martin Johnson has reverted to his strongest line-up for Saturday's Investec Test against South Africa.. The Leicester pair of flanker Tom Croft and tighthead prop Dan Cole also return to the starting team as England look to end an encouraging ...
Rory Best has promised Ireland's greatest performance against New Zealand when the rivals collide at Aviva Stadium this evening.. Ireland have never beaten the All Blacks in 23 previous attempts and enter the match on the back of poor performances against South ...
Forward players still were not specialized by the early 1900s, and when scrums were formed, the first players to arrive usually formed the front row. In New Zealand and South Africa, innovation continued with the New Zealanders' devising of a 2-3-2 formation ...
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