Archive for June, 2010
All Blacks included for Comm Games
All Blacks Adam Thomson and Zac Guildford as well as the inform Hosea Gear have been included in a New Zealand sevens rugby 22man trial squad for the Commonwealth Games.Coach Gordon Tietjens will reduce his squad to 14 next month for the Games at New Delhi, India, in October.
Full StoryWinners and losers: June week III
The June Tests wound down, teams return north from tours to begin their summer breaks, while the south gears up for the Tri-Nations.
Full StorySharks swallow up James
Sale Sharks have continued the rebuilding of their squad by signing talented utility back Matty James from Tasman.
Full StoryCooper hit by driving ban
Wallabies fly-half Quade Cooper has been up in court again, this time facing a charge of driving while suspended.
Full StoryDeans stays safe at ARU
There wasn’t much speculation anyway, but just in case, ARU CEO John O’Neill said Robbie Deans’ job as Australia coach is safe.
Full StoryAB rejects Gear up for Sevens
Hosea Gear, Zac Guildford and Adam Thomson, who missed out on 3N selection, will be trialled for the Commonwealth Games Sevens team.
Full StorySpringboks beat Italy 55-11 & Bok squad announcement
Convincing win in the end. I thought they lacked fluency at times though. It certainly wasn’t one of those hidings when everything fits into place and they’re running it all day long. Still, a big score and some great interplay at times.
The Springbok 28 man squad for the Tri Nations was announced afterwards.
Backs: Gio [...]
Wallabies hold out against Ireland – 22-15
Australia bounced back from their loss to England last weekend by beating Ireland in Brisbane. Plenty of errors and combinations failing to click, but a pretty good win by the Wallabies in the end.
Ireland showed heart and got close on occasion, but they too seemed to cough up the ball at vital times. [...]
Pumas run riot in Buenos Aires
France’s woes on tour continued on Saturday after Argentina piled on the points to record a memorable 41-13 win in Buenos Aires.
Full StoryMurphy sticks with Tigers
Leicester captain Geordan Murphy has signed a new contract with the Guinness Premiership champions.
Full StoryBeast back in the Boks
Tendai’s ‘Beast’ Mtawarira’s acquisition of South African citizenship has ensured his recall to the Bok squad for the Tri-Nations.
Full StoryElsom looks ahead to winter of work
Australia captain Rocky Elsom is set for a winter of graft with his team after once again falling short of the Tri-Nations standard.
Full StorySpringboks too strong for Italy as Habana reaches milestone
The Springboks won their two match series with Italy as they beat them 55-11 in a one sided game in East London, putting the disappointing performance of last weekend behind them as they ran in seven tries.
Flyhalf Morne Steyn crossed twice in the first half as he tallied up 26 points, while Bryan Habana [...]
Lièvremont hits out at ‘ridiculous’ loss
Marc Lièvremont was not a happy man following France’s worst ever defeat to Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
Full StoryTonga undone by penalty try
Japan scored a last-gasp penalty try to record a 26-23 victory over Tonga in the final round of Pacific Nations Cup in Apia on Sunday.
Full StoryJapan knock over Samoa, Fiji hold on vs Tonga
Two Great matches from last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8sEQMPjZRM
Samoa clinch Pacific Nations Cup
Samoa recorded a dramatic 31-9 victory over Fiji in Apia on Sunday to clinch their first ever Pacific Nations Cup title.
Full StoryWales go 2-0 down to New Zealand despite spirited fight
Wales put on a far more impressive showing this weekend as they gained respect for the way they didn’t allow the All Blacks to run away with things. The home side still came out comfortable 29-10 winners though, taking the two match series 2-0.
Flyhalf Dan Carter kicked 17 points to add to his 29 [...]
Muliaina assesses his comeback
New Zealand fullback Mils Muliaina will not risk himself by playing club rugby next week after getting through a full Test match on his return from injury.
Full StoryIreland defeated by the Wallabies in Brisbane
The Wallabies beat Ireland 22-15 in a scrappy game at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Saturday. Quade Cooper shared kicking duties with Matt Giteau, but also scored a nice try of his own as Australia maintained their 31 year home winning streak over Ireland.
The home side led 16-15 at halftime before Giteau kicked two second [...]
Henry names Tri-Nations squad
John Afoa, Corey Flynn, Liam Messam and Ma’a Nonu have been recalled to the New Zealand squad for the Tri-Nations series.
Full StoryGatland ‘committed’ to Wales
Warren Gatland has vowed to lead Wales to Rugby World Cup 2011, but revealed he has “a few options on the table post-World Cup!”
Full StoryArgentina 41 – France 13
Or… Toulon 41 – France 13
Great game of Contepomi and Fernandez-Lobbe.
French rugby team = french soccer team. :rolleyes::D
New Zealand v Wales: All Blacks must win back public after footballers’ World Cup success
Wales in the way as New Zealand’s rugby players try to knock All Whites out of
the limelight.
Springboks vs, AC/DC
I was wondering if you could make a video montage of the Springboks (2009-present) to the sound of AC/DC-Shoot to thrill.
That song absolutely fires me up before a rugby game and I’m sure a cool video montage with it will fire-up some Springbok supporters before the Tri-Nations start.
(I wanted to do it myself and post [...]
