Brumbies tame Lions, but miss out on bonus point
Yet again the Johannesburg-based team left the Australian capital without a win, after nine attempts, but yet again the Brumbies rued a missed opportunity to push their way further up the standings....
View ArticleHuxley returns to Brumbies after brain surgery
Huxley, 30, was named by Brumbies’ coach Andy Friend among the replacements for Friday’s home match against New Zealand’s Waikato Chiefs. Huxley’s career was put on hold in 2008 after routine scans...
View ArticleReds firm for title
Playing against the defending champions, who had lost just once in their last 14 outings, the Reds executed an aggressive game plan in attack and showed tremendous heart to hold out a fast-finishing...
View ArticleFuture looking good for Reds
After finishing second last in 2009, the Reds were expected to limp through another lacklustre campaign this time around, but under the leadership of Ewen McKenzie the Reds flipped the script,...
View ArticlePalu and Barnes to return for Waratahs
After an impressive start to the year the Tahs lost their way two weeks ago in a disappointing loss to the Crusaders in Nelson. A bye has given them an extra week to lick their wounds, and while NSW...
View ArticleRebels let down by inconsistency: Cannon
On Saturday night the Rebels face the Western Force, where Brendan Cannon was a foundation player. Picking the Force to bounce back from their 51-16 loss to South African front-runners, the Stormers,...
View ArticleReds grab nail-biting win over Crusaders
BREAKING AWAY: Reds player Greg Holmes (left) wrestles with Crusaders player Ben Franks (right) during the Super 15 clash in Brisbane, Sunday. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) The attendance at a sold-out...
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Danny Cipriani free to play for Rebels
Melbourne Rebels vice-captain Gareth Delve says the availability of troubled star Danny Cipriani will lift the side as they battle to avoid the Super Rugby wooden spoon. Danny Cipriani’s return to...
View ArticleReds welcome back three for Super semi
TWO Test backs – blockbusting winger Digby Ioane and tough centre Anthony Faingaa – plus rugged flanker Beau Robinson are all on track to return for the Suncorp Stadium showdown. Ioane,...
View ArticlePerfect script for Super Rugby’s decider
WILL it be the competition’s Cinderella story, the resurgent Queensland Reds, or the nomadic Crusaders, forced to play away from earthquake-ravaged Christchurch all season, who will cap a remarkable...
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Campo calls for McKenzie to replace Deans
TEST rugby great David Campese has called for Ewen McKenzie to replace Robbie Deans as Wallabies coach if Queensland cap their remarkable resurgence with a Super Rugby title. McKenzie has taken the...
View ArticleWinning Reds get keys to the city
HOT on the heels of the Maroons’ sixth straight State of Origin victory came another historic moment for Queensland sport on Saturday when the Reds, the team just about written off in Super Rugby a...
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Melbourne Rebels excited by arrival of Wallaby big guns
ALL the talk ahead of the Melbourne Rebels‘ second Super Rugby season can be summed up in five words; James O’Connor and Kurtley Beale. Two of the most exciting talents in the game, the prospects of...
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Salary cap makes Super Rugby harder in Australia
JAKE WHITE, former World Cup winning Springboks coach and current man in charge of the ACT Brumbies, has said that it is more difficult for Australian Super Rugby teams to win the title because of...
View ArticleOnly way is up for hungry Queensland Reds
SUPER RUGBY champions Queensland have scoffed at NSW’s barbs the Reds are set for second-year syndrome and warned they’ll only get better defending their title. Reds halfback Will Genia and flanker...
View ArticleWe won’t win Super Rugby wooden spoon: Western Force
WESTERN FORCE forwards coach Nick Stiles says punters will be foolish if they put their money on the Perth-based franchise to finish last this Super Rugby season. The Force have been installed...
View ArticleHeartbreak for Aussie Super rugby sides
WESTERN FORCE finally won a close game as they passed the mantle of heartbreak kings onto Australia’s other four Super Rugby teams. The Force’s 21-20 upset over NSW in Sydney on Saturday provided the...
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Winners are grinners for Brumbies, Rebels and Tahs
THE surprising Brumbies sit atop Super Rugby’s Australian conference while previous leaders Queensland ponder their grim injury toll after a demoralisingly one-sided loss to the Bulls. Unfancied in...
View ArticleMelbourne Rebels hammered by Highlanders
MELBOURNE coach Damien Hill praised the Rebels’ defence despite them conceding seven tries in a 43-12 Super Rugby beating by the Highlanders in Invercargill on Friday. It was a fourth loss in five...
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Danny Cipriani’s Melbourne stint ends in tears
LIKE many a relationship the one between Danny Cipriani and the Melbourne Rebels ended in tears. But not for the reasons everyone expected. The mercurial Englishman and the Rebels parted ways on...
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