LONDON: The All Blacks’ World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry has described England as “world champions at wasting talent” and as playing a game based on fear. January 30, 2012 – 12:36PM Fullback Ben Foden may not reach his full potential under England’s system, says Graham Henry. Photo: Peter Meecham Henry guided New Zealand to victory...
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The Griqualand-West Rugby Union will this year host an international rugby team for the first time in 12 years.
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Tags: England, Griquas
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Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold has been appointed director of rugby for the rest of the season at English Premiership club Newcastle Falcons.
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The FNB Maties celebrated the opening of the new Stellenbosch Academy of Sport with a 28-26 win over the Saracens Storm on Wednesday. Eight tries were scored in sweltering conditions at Paul Roos, with the entire Saracens first team squad looking on from the stands – including the likes of former Springbok captain John...
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Tags: Maties Rugby, Saracens Rugby
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England coach Stuart Lancaster picked nine uncapped players on Wednesday including Owen Farrell in a rejuvenated 32-man squad for rugby’s Six Nations.
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Tags: Brad Barritt, England, Mouritz Botha, Six Nations
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A world club championship is on the cards after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Premiership chief executive Mark McCafferty has claimed.
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Tags: Bulls, Crusaders, Leincester, Rugby World Club Championship, Saracens
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Some top club owners in England have been talking with their French counterparts about shifting the rugby union season in the north to the summer months.
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The IRFU have announced changes that will restrict the number of foreign players allowed in Ulster, Leinster and Munster’s squad that will take effect for the 2013/14 season, but will likely happen sooner as contracts come up for discussion.
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The Brumbies may need a financial bail-out from the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) after losing their major sponsor less than two months before the start of the Super Rugby season.
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Former Australia coach Eddie Jones has been appointed head coach of Japan’s national rugby team.
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Long-serving Super Rugby coach Ian Foster was on Friday named as All Blacks assistant coach to back newly-appointed head coach Steve Hansen in a re-organisation at the helm of the world champion side.
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Tags: All Blacks, Ian Foster
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Springboks Jaque Fourie and Fourie du Preez are on top form for their respective clubs in Japan’s premier rugby competition.
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Steve Tew is yet to receive an offer from an investor keen to buy a slice of a Super rugby franchise but is remaining positive, saying there is plenty of interest in the market.
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Shane Williams will play his last international test when Wales host Australia at the Millennium Stadium.
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Tags: Shane Williams, Wales v Australia
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Australia thrashed the Baabaas 60-11, but Victor Matfield pleaded not to shoot down the traditional match.
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Western Cape Tourism MEC Alan Winde has slammed WP Rugby Union for being “irresponsible” and denying the Western Cape “hundreds of millions of rand”.
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Namibia rugby will in the next two weeks undergo a major facelift as the Namibia Sport Commission intervenes in the dilemma at the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU).
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Francis Baron Martin Johnson was “betrayed” by senior England players and “badly let down” by a lack of support from leading figures at the governing body.
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English rugby is in a hell of a mess following the team’s behaviour and lack of performance at the recent World Cup.
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According to news reports from the United Kingdom, a ‘violent breakaway’ from current rugby controlling bodies to form a new global league may not be too far off.
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Tags: Heineken Cup, Rugby Union, Rugby Union Breakaway League, SANZAR
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No jokes: Bryce Lawrence has been nominated as New Zealand’s Referee of the Year. Maybe it figures?
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The Cape Town Stadium is expected to be announced as the venue for the Heineken Cup clash between Saracens and Biarritz.
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Tags: Cape Town Stadium, Heineken Cup, Newlands, Saracens, WP Rugby
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When Kevin de Klerk arrived at Ellis Park in 2009, he inherited a near bankrupt union in turmoil.
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Snippets from around the rugby world: Australia, England, Samoa and Fiji.
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Japan’s disappointing recent World Cup campaign has led to fears that the 2019 Rugby World Cup hosts may be an embarrassment by not reaching the play offs at least. Rugby Week Japan are perennial Asian champions but minnows on the world stage but their winless exit from the Rugby World Cup raises a worrying...
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Bulls-bound wing JJ Engelbrecht has been voted by his peers as best WP player for 2011.
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New Zealand players and coaches poured scorn on an International Rugby Board (IRB) warning on Tuesday that future Rugby World Cup tournaments could go ahead without them.
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Tags: IRB, New Zealand Rugby, Rugby World Cup
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The All Blacks no longer even bother to bend the laws. They set out to deliberately cheat.
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