Rugby Union

Siesta the secret to Guildford's golden touch (NZPA)

Talk about a cool customer. Zac Guildford, still three months short of his 21st birthday, dozed off to sleep just a few hours before the biggest rugby match of his life. And he capped an excellent test debut at Millennium...

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A Short Career in the RRAF

A Short Career in the RRAF · 1960's By Peter Langley The MG TF was loaded with all my worldly possessions, they fitted into a couple of suitcases and in a box my prized collection of Elvis Presley long playing records, I think...

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Dan Carter helps stretch All Blacks domination

THE wait goes on, and so does the hurt, the angst and the frustration. Still Wales must delay the anointment of the next Ken Jones, still they look for the man who will end this horribly enduring torment. This was far from the...

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England into final of the Four Nations

ENGLAND, down and out in the World Cup a year ago, beat world champions New Zealand with a performance of character and composure to book an unexpected place in next Saturday’s Gillette Four Nations final at Elland Road.

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Irish rich on smal change

Gert Smal's success with Ireland is the latest entry in a very impressive CV, writes Brendan Fanning Also in Autumn Internationals First Des Bishop, now Gert Smal. That's one of the strengths we have in South Africa, because in...

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Injury time

In the typically deadpan view of Martin Johnson, "it's a little bit unfortunate". To lose three or four players to injury might be deemed bad luck. In truth, though, England's injury plight is just an extreme example of one of...

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Canadian rugby squad look to blend talent

Coach Kieran Crowley leads his troop on a tour of the Far East with five new players in his lineup Coach Kieran Crowley and the Canadian rugby team head off to the Far East on Sunday with five new caps in tow and a handful of...

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Ayr 21 - 7 Currie: Ayr manage to Climo all over Currie

Your account has been frozen. Ayr reduced Currie's advantage in the league such that the Edinburgh side remain on top but only thanks to their much superior points difference. It may have made the difference because Currie had...

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Euan Blair faces England rugby tickets probe after he offered to sell spares to colleagues......

Tony Blair's eldest son could be questioned by the Rugby Football Union after he offered to sell spare tickets for yesterday’s England international to his work colleagues. The Rugby Football Union said yesterday it may examine...

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Grove ready to take centre stage

Your account has been frozen. Published Date: 08 November 2009 AWARD-WINNING writer Tony Collins has published an excellent book: A Social History Of English Rugby Union and this is how it starts: "Of the little that is known...

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