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Rome celebrates at last

A single try proved enough for Italy to snatch their first Six Nations victory in two years with a 16-12 victory over Scotland in Rome.

Ruck ‘n’ Roll Years – The 2000’s

The third round of this years Six Nations gets under way in Cardiff tonight, so it’s probably a good time to conclude the excellent BBC series The Ruck ‘n’ Roll Years, as today the focus is on the last ten years of the Championship.
Music, news, and rugby combine to document the famous meeting of [...]

France stay on track for Grand Slam with win over Wales

France remain unbeaten as they held off yet another Welsh comeback last night, winning 26-20 in the Six Nations clash at the Millennium Stadium.
France led 20-0 at halftime following intercept tries by Alexis Palisson and Francois Trinh-Duc, but allowed Wales back in the game in the second half, allowing them to get within seven [...]

Masaga magic for bonus Chiefs

Lelia Masaga marked his Super 14 return with a barnstorming display in Perth, scoring in the Chiefs’ four-try 37-19 win over Western Force.

Aussie Spirit fall short in Kiama

The Australian Rugby Sevens have been knocked out of the Kiama Sevens tournament in the Cup semifinals after going down to 2826 to West Harbour on Saturday. Playing as the Aussie Spirit at the nonIRB event, the newlook squad made a clean sweep of their pool matches, knocking over North Sydney B 350, toppling Gordon [...]

Ranger try against the Reds

Not sure if anyone saw it/has seen it (it happened literally less than a minute ago) but he powered through about 8 Reds defenders. It was awesome and hilarious at the same time.

ballymore glory days

as the reds are going back to ballymore tonight, would be great to see some rugby being played at ballymore the home of the qld reds.

Six Nations 2010: Steve Borthwick stands by his defence of England’s style

Captain Steve Borthwick hits back at Lawrence Dallaglio’s criticism and says
his England team are on the up.

Six Nations 2010: Danny Care says England are learning self-discipline

England scrum-half Danny Care knows from bitter experience the price of yellow
cards.

Brian Moore: I was flawless as a referee . . . shame I only lasted 150 seconds

Brian Moore’s refereeing debut ends in tears as injury cuts short ‘perfect’
performance.

Preview: Gloucester v Sale

Sale have once again rotated at scrum-half with Richard Wigglesworth in for Dwayne Peel to face Gloucester at Kingsholm.

Preview: Italy v Scotland

Billed as the ‘Wooden Spoon decider’ before February had even began, this duo have duly followed the script map all the way to Rome.

Preview: England v Ireland

Grand Slam champions Ireland sweep into Twickenham on Saturday with their reputation and unbeaten record of 2009 in tatters.

Crusaders back to winning ways

The Crusaders got back to winning ways in the Super 14 on Friday, following a hard-fought 16-6 victory over the Sharks at AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

Parks to reverse Italian job

After one of his finest performances in a Scotland jersey against Wales, Dan Parks returns to the scene of arguably his most disappointing on Saturday.

De Villiers’ heart with the Stormers

Centre Jean de Villiers is hoping to return to the Stormers after announcing his decision to quit Munster and go back to South Africa.

Preview: Wales v France

The question is, can France win the Grand Slam? A visit to Cardiff on Friday is step three of Les Bleus’ quest for Six Nations glory.

Early departure for Tuqiri?

Leicester wing Lote Tuqiri could be set to leave the Guinness Premiership leaders early to join Australian rugby league club Wests Tigers.

Talking balls with Stirling Mortlock

On Friday, we can expect fireworks between the Stormers and Brumbies in Cape Town and one player who is ready to light the fuse is star centre and Australian marvel Stirling Mortlock.

welsh players pub quiz

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugb…sh/8535434.stm
just thought i would send it in since its similar to the princess vs piggys videos

Stormers hunting a hat-trick

Stormers coach Allister Coetzee expects another big onslaught from the Brumbies when the teams clash in Friday’s Super 14 match at Newlands.

Behind the scenes reporting on IRB Sevens

Upon my return from the third and fourth rounds of the IRB Sevens World Series in Wellington and Las Vegas, ive been busy defending myself from friends of mine. Apparently the weather here as been pretty special in my absence and Ive noticed some resentment and bitterness that sunning myself and jetsetting while they are [...]

Australian Rugbys Talent ID looking healthy

Following the Wellington and Vegas legs on the IRB Sevens World Series it looked like the penny might be finally dropping for Australia.Despite being plagued by a revolving door of potential starlets with little continuity of selection, the Aussies average returns on the IRB Series has often been a source of frustration.

Andy Goode on tour with the Sharks

Will be interesting to see how he does. The experience and structure probably won’t do the Sharks any harm at this stage. Awesome for him.

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Sharks coach John Plumtree has opted for continuity in the backline and rotation in the pack in the team he has picked to play the Crusaders in the [...]

Bulls too powerful for the Brumbies at Loftus Versfeld

Defending champions the Bulls proved too strong at Loftus Versfeld on the weekend as they notched up their second half century in two weeks, beating the Brumbies 50-32 in an entertaining match.
Flyhalf Morne Steyn scored two tries and kicked five conversions and five penalties as the home side picked up their second consecutive win [...]