European Rugby
Wallabies (10) 27 / (3) 19 Wales (Final Score)
The Australian Wallabies and Wales did battle in a Test at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane at 12:00 SA Time (20:00 Brisbane Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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All Blacks (23) 42 / (3) 10 Ireland (Final Score)
New Zealand and Ireland did battle in a Test at Eden Park, Auckland at 09:35 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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England are braced for a physical onslaught when they take on South Africa in the first Test of a three-match series, England prop Dan Cole said on Tuesday.
Wallabies (3) 6 / (6) 9 Scotland (Final Score)
The Wallabies and Scotland did battle in the Winter Tours International season at Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle, New South Wales at 11:30 SA Time (19:30 Australian Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Wales (13) 30 / (14) 21 Barbarians (Final Score)
Wales and the Barbarians did battle at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff at 15:00 SA Time (14:00 UK Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 on TV in SA.
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Hold onto your hats, saddle the horses, grab the Sannas… the English have landed!
Lock your daughters up, dig in, defend the homeland… Gooooooo Bokke!
Sport24
A 42-man England squad skippered by flank Chris Robshaw arrived on Thursday in crisp, clear conditions to start a five-match, three-Test tour of South Africa.
France coach Philippe Saint-Andre will, as expected, leave captain Thierry Dusautoir at home after ringing the changes for ‘Les Bleus’ mid-year tour of Argentina next month.
In one of the surprise selections Frederic Michalak has been offered the chance for a 55th cap for France.
Wales have named three debutants in their team to face the Barbarians and have also named veteran flanker Martyn Williams on the bench wherehe is set to win his 100th cap at Millennium Stadium.
In the second of their three fixtures the Barbarians take on an Ireland XV tonight at Gloucester’s Chisholm ground. The match is due to kick off at 20.45 SA time.
England (22) 57 / (7) 26 Barbarians (Final Score)
England and the Barbarians did battle in Super Rugby at Twickenham, London at 15:30 SA Time (14:30 UK Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.
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Ireland and Leinster fullback Rob Kearney has been named as the 2011/12 European Player of the Year after helping Leinster to win the Heineken Cup on the weekend.
Cheetahs lock George Earle will head to the Scarlets in July in the hope of representing Wales at the 2015 World Cup.
Brian O’Driscoll handed Leinster a major boost after declaring himself fit for the all-Irish European Cup final against Ulster at Twickenham on Saturday.
Jonny Wilkinson will lead Toulon in their hunt for a first trophy in 20 years when they face French rivals Biarritz in the Amlin Challenge Cup final at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday.
Racing-Metro’s Springbok utility back Frans Steynwill be fit to play the Top 14 playoff tie against Toulon on 26 May after recovering from a thigh injury, his club confirmed on Wednesday.
Scotland have named a 28-strong playing squad for their summer tour to Australasia (Australia, Fiji, Samoa) which includes Edinburgh Rugby backs Tom Brown and Tim Visser.
England coach Stuart Lancaster has named a 27-man squad that will prepare for the match against the Barbarians at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday, May the 27th for the Killik Cup.
Ireland have named their squad for the summer tour game against the Barbarians in Gloucester on May 29th made up of players from Connacht, Munster and Ulster.
This season’s Heineken Cup culminates in the final between Irish sides Leinster and Ulster this weekend. The match takes place this Saturday, 19 May, at Twickenham, kick off 18.00 SA time.
The Brumbies will keep match-fit in the June Super Rugby break by playing a game against Six Nations champions Wales at Canberra Stadium on the 12th of June.
England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster has named a 42-man squad for next month’s five-match tour of South Africa.
Drawn mostly from the Senior and Saxons Elite Player Squads, nine Aviva Premiership clubs are represented for the three-Test series, with the party captained by Player of the Season, Harlequins’ Chris Robshaw.
Six months ago Chris Paterson announced his retirement from International rugby after 109 International caps but now he’s gone a step further and announced his overall retirement from the game, his last game to be played this weekend.
England coach Stuart Lancaster wiill be without six key players including flank Tom Croft and lock Courtney Lawes for the tour of South Africa in June.
The second last tournament of the 2011/2012 IRB Sevens competition is due to hit Scotland this weekend. In a change from previous editions in which the Scotttish leg of the sevens were held in the far larger Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh the venue will now be the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow.
A teenage Scottish club rugby player has made his international debut . . . for Pakistan in rugby league.
England will play 2 mid week games and 3 Tests in a return to more conventional tours.
Vodacom Blue Bulls No 8, Gerrit-Jan Van Velze, has signed to play for the Northampton Saint’s.
England hooker Dylan Hartley has been cited for allegedly biting Stephen Ferris in his team’s Six Nations victory over Ireland at Twickenham.
English Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks have announced that 24 year old Melbourne Rebels fly half Danny Cipriani has signed a three year deal with the club.
Ireland flanker Stephen Ferris has accused an England player of biting his finger in the hosts’ 30-9 Six Nations win at Twickenham on Saturday.
England (9) 30 / Ireland (6) 9 (Final Score)
England and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at Twickenham, London 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 2 on TV in SA.
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France (9) 22 / England (14) 24 (Final Score)
France and England did battle in the Six Nation at Stade de France, Paris at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was a live match discussion Article. The frogs played for all of 15 minutes, and still nearly took the match. Imagine what would have happened if they’d played for 80 minutes!!! Harinordoquy got man of the match
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Former England Captain and Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody has announced that he is retiring from playing rugby due to a persistent shoulder injury with immediate effect.
France (6) 17 / Ireland (17) 17 (Final Score)
France and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at Stade de France, Paris at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT, 16:00 Local French Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Wales not only secured the Triple Crown for the first time ever at Twickenham following their 19-12 victory over England on Saturday, but have also climbed above their neighbours into fifth in the latest IRB World Rankings.