LATEST IRB RANKINGS French rugby is reeling after Saturday’s humiliating 13-41 defeat by Argentina in Buenos Aires left the players at a loss to explain how they could have fallen from Six Nations heroes to touring zeros in such a short space of time.
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Bewildered Wallabies fans should feel grateful that many of the big boys will be back for the Tri Nations – with Benn Robinson, Stephen Moore, Will Genia, Nathan Sharpe and maybe even Digby Ioane among those scheduled to be around in time to tussle the Springboks and All Blacks next month.
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The All Blacks struggled to a 29-10 win over Wales in the second Test on Saturday to complete their Tri-Nations preparations unbeaten.
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All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have named their team to for the second Test against Wales in the Steinlager Series at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, on Saturday 26 June.
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Earl Rose is heading off to the City of Roses to become a Cheetah while Ashley Johnson is heading off to the City of Gold in Lions country.
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WALLABIES coach Robbie Deans emphasised the exasperation of every Australian rugby fan last night when he said: ”We take no comfort in retaining the Cook Cup because it finished in a way we’re not satisfied with.”
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ALL BLACKS UPBEAT AFTER TESTS Kick at your peril. It’s a message the All Blacks have beamed out to the world in the opening two rugby tests of the season. One would not be surprised if South Africa had been CC’d on the memo.
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Scotland’s national team is on the brink of history, their first ever series victory abroad, yet the team’s exploits in Argentina hardly raised a headline back home.
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Australia and England head into Saturday’s second Test in Sydney looking for redemption in very different areas, with the Wallaby scrum and English attack coming under the spotlight.
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Wales will be hoping to end a 57-year losing streak against the All Blacks when they meet in the first of two Tests at Dunedin’s much-vaunted Carisbrook on Saturday; the last-ever international at this ground.
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Three cheers to the Kiwis! Although the vuvuzela is selling like hot cakes Down Under, it will be banned from WC 2011 and other rugby stadiums.
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BOK TOUR OF 1981 ALSO GETS BLAME Rugby’s dominance is again under threat even though the All Blacks are ranked No.1 in the world while the All Whites are 78th.
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Ireland’s No 8 Jamie Heaslip’s Australasian tour is over after he was handed a five-week ban for striking with the knee.
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Coach Martin Johnson admitted he was furious with his players after England’s 27-17 defeat by Australia in the first Test in Perth on Saturday.
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UPDATE: Dan Parks kicks all of Scotland’s points as they beat Argentina 24-16 in Tucuman.
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Australia versus England in any sport is always an big occasion, with the bragging rights attached almost as important as any trophy on offer. This time the game is Rugby Union and it will be a clash between the two great nations with two very different styles.
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Richie McCaw’s All Blacks will be hoping to start the 2010 season on a high when they play host to Ireland at New Plymouth’s Yarrow Stadium – a rather unfamiliar Test venue in New Zealand.
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Props Ben and Owen Franks will be the first brothers in 13 years to play in an All Blacks team after being named for Tuesday’s one-off Test against Ireland at New Plymouth.
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Rocky Elsom will captain Australia for the first time on home soil in his 50th test, named to lead the Wallabies in their first test of 2010 against Fiji in Canberra.
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There has been a lot of debate on South Africa’s policy around the selection of foreign based players of late, but Peter de Villiers may just have it spot on.
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“Why would I apologise for . . . something that’s true?” All Black great Andy Haden last night refused to back down from his claims of racial quotas in rugby and said he wouldn’t resign as a Rugby World Cup ambassador.
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A letter from the Crusaders Academy has been circulated to schools in SA containing detailed information about a “nationwide talent identification programme”, with the first step in this process being “an all-expenses-paid training camp” for 60 under-16 players in Pretoria from July 5-10.
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Coach Graham Henry admits Ma’a Nonu’s replacement remains unresolved as the All Blacks selectors meet to finalise their 26 man squad for the Steinlager rugby tests against Ireland and Wales.
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England manager Martin Johnson has urged his squad to be wary of the “pitfalls” that await them off the field during this summer’s tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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The Springboks will play home three-Test series against England (twice), France and Ireland in the six years either side of the 2015 Rugby World Cup as a result of an International Rugby Board decision to return to ‘old-style’ rugby touring.
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Japan’s hopes of breaking into rugby’s elite got a boost Tuesday when the International Rugby Board announced that traditional tours would be returning to the international calendar.
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