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Rugby
Big weekend for Super 14 Rugby
The champion Bulls are out in front, and deservedly so, but it was the Reds and the Stormers who made the telling statements in the second round of the Vodacom Super 14.
Last week it was a general consensus that the Crusaders and the Bulls had set down the marker as the teams to beat in this competition. It may well still be like that, for history has shown that the Crusaders are often slow starters and yo ...
Stormers win game of two halves
The Stormers have gone into the season with high expectations and if you had stopped watching at half time, you would have left Coca-Cola Park feeling the hype was justified.
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Bulls beat Cheetahs in Bloem
The Vodacom Bulls made the perfect start to their defence of their Vodacom Super 14 title on Friday night, scoring six tries in a drama-filled extravaganza to down arch-rivals, the Vodacom Cheetahs 51-34 in Bloemfontein.
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Let the last Super 14 begin
For all the starved rugby supporters, the start of the last Super 14 is soon upon us. As of next year it will be the Super 15 as the Melbourne Rebels join the cause! Last year’s champions, the Blue Bulls (two titles), are set to be combined favourites with the Crusaders (seven titles) for the 2010 Super 14 title.
For this year there are six teams that seem to have the edge – the Bulls and Crusaders with th ...
Saracens win second half 20-0
Rarely has the European Challenge Cup looked and felt more like the Heineken Cup. In 2009/10, Saracens have had to be content with a place in supposedly the junior competition in European rugby, but there is nothing second class about a group including Castres (current leaders of the French league), Toulon (lying third in the French league), Rovigo (third in the Italian league) together with the leaders of ...
Between The Lines The Spirit of SA Rugby
New from Penguin Books SA: BETWEEN THE LINES THE SPRIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY Featuring stories from a variety of famous sporting personalities (not only rugby players), this book is packed with the antics and anecdotes of the game. It’s in the early morning, usually on dry, icy cold, thorn-strewn fields, that rugby legends are created. The boys are kaalvoet, the linesmen are spectators, sometimes unwill ...
Saracens defeated Sale 15-13
Saracens defeated Sale 15-13 in the driving rain at Vicarage Road last Friday, posting a ninth win in 10 Guinness Premiership matches and extending their lead at the top of the table to six points.
The margin of victory in six of these nine victories has been less than seven points, less than a single score, prompting the uninitiated to suggest the resurgent north London club have been fortunate.
Luck may ...
Saracens Bulletin 1 December 2009
After eight successive Premiership victories, it might seem almost inevitable that a draw would seem disappointing.
However, the mood within the Saracens squad after Friday’s 12-12 draw with the Worcester Warriors at Sixways was far from disappointed; the team produced yet another strong, physical and committed performance, resolutely dominating both territory and possession.
It is no exaggeration to say ...
Saracens bulletin
A first-time visitor to Saracens was told they had chosen a pretty good week to spend at the club – the team beat South Africa on the Tuesday before 47,000 spectators at Wembley and gave away £250,000 to a lucky supporter who hit the crossbar from30 metres, earning worldwide media coverage, and then the team defeated rivals Wasps to post an eight successive Premiership win and extend their lead at the top o ...
HABANA CITED FOR KICK
The farcical citing system that governs rugby took another bizarre twist on Monday when Springbok wing Bryan Habana was cited for 'kicking' an opponent in South Africa's encounter with France last Friday.Habana is due to appear before an International Rugby Board-appointed judicial officer, Lorne Crerar of Scotland, as a result of a citing arising from the Test match between France and South Africa in Toulo ...
SPRINGBOK STARS ACCEPT BARBARIANS INVITATION
Springbok Stars Accept Barbarians' Invitations Against All Blacks The Barbarians have already confirmed a host of world-class players and a highly regarded coaching team for their big clash against the All Blacks at Twickenham on 5th December. Among the first batch of stars to accept invitations to play for the world-famous club are Springboks Bryan Habana, Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha, Fourie Du Preez, ...
INTERVIEW WITH NICK MALLETT
The Rugby Union Autumn Internationals are upon us and sees the giants of the Northern hemisphere take on the ever ominous Southern hemisphere teams. This year SA will be playing against France, Italy and Ireland; and also in the mix are two games against English Premiership club opponents Leicester Tigers and Saracens.Then on the 05th of December Italian coach Nick Mallett will guide a Barbarians side with ...
ARCHRIVAL SCRUM HALVES TO UNITE FOR BARBARIANS
October 13th 2009: Two of the key players from the recent British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa will reignite their rivalry this December, but this time they’ll be on the same team.Wales scrum-half, Mike Phillips, and his Springbok counterpart, Fourie du Preez, will both don the famous black and white jersey of the Barbarians for the match against the All Blacks on December 5th at Twickenham.Philli ...
BARBARIANS VS ALL BLACKS
BARBARIANS VS ALL BLACKS
Habana, Matfield, Hernandes, Giteau, Mortlock plus many International and European stars...
Twickenham05 December 20092.30 K.O
Tickets from £17.50 -£65Call 0844 847 2492Click here to buy your tickets on ticketmaster
SARACENS AT WEMBLEY
Saracens will play their Guinness Premiership match against Northampton Saints on Saturday September 12th at Wembley Stadium, kick off 2.45pm. The London club believe the combination of top class rugby and top class entertainment at the capital's iconic sporting venue - and all at an extraordinary price - will prove an outstanding late summer attraction. Tickets are on sale now, priced at £10 for adults and ...
SARACENS 2009/2010 FIXTURES Featured
The 2009/10 Saracens squad includes new signings in Italian international prop Carlos Nieto and South African international hooker Schalk Brits to add to the competition in the team which includes the likes of England captain Steve Borthwick, and a South African contingent including Brad Barrit, Derick Hougaard, Neil de Kock and Wikus Van Heerden
Download the attached SARACENS 2009/2010 FIXTURE LIST PDF an ...
TRI NATIONS 2009 FIXTURES
Tri-Nations fixturesSaturday, 18 July 2009New Zealand v Australia, 8:35Saturday, 25 July 2009South Africa v New Zealand, 13:00Saturday, 01 August 2009South Africa v New Zealand, 13:00Saturday, 08 August 2009South Africa v Australia, 13:00Saturday, 22 August 2009Australia v New Zealand, 10:05Saturday, 29 August 2009Australia v South Africa, 12:05Saturday, 05 September 2009Australia v South Africa, 10:05Satur ...
