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South Africa The Wallabies can beat the All Blacks at Eden Park, but they won’t
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auThe Wallabies can beat the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday. But they won’t. Only in their dreams will this happen. The All Blacks are gunning for 18 straight Test wins, which will be a record...
Friday Afternoon Round Up
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbyCollins handed Super Rugby contract The former Scarlets back Michael Collins has been handed a Super Rugby contract with the Auckland-based Blues side for next year. After a season with...
Pocock back, Genia out for Bledisloe Cup
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comAustralia coach Michael Cheika has named back-rowers David Pocock and Sean McMahon in a 31-man squad for the final Bledisloe Cup test against New Zealand in Auckland next week.
Stransky rips into ‘rotten’ Springboks
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auSpringboks Rugby World Cup hero Joel Stransky says South African rugby is rotten from the bottom up and top down and needs radical reform if the current slump is to be reversed. Stransky’s field...
Beauden Barrett proves artistry at fly-half has not gone forever | The Breakdown
1 decade ago by The GuardianImpish fly-halves were at risk of becoming obsolete but both New Zealand and England have players with the all-round qualities of No10s of the pastInternational rugby is a home again to fly-halves, 10s...
ABs post-match reaction
1 decade ago by SA RugbyA behind-the-scenes look at the All Blacks' reaction in the changerooms following their 57-15 win over the Boks on Saturday.
O'Connell backs Hartley for captaincy
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comFormer British and Irish Lions captain Paul O'Connell has backed England hooker Dylan Hartley to lead the team in next year's series against world champions New Zealand.
Owen Farrell likely to return for Saracens against Toulon after injury
1 decade ago by The Guardian• Hugely tempting to pick the best player in Europe, says Mark McCall• South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth unlikely to join SaracensThe England fly-half Owen Farrell is finally ready to start his first...
“Where did everything go wrong?”: Vermeulen lets loose on South African rugby
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auComing off the back of a record defeat to the All Blacks, Springbok number eight Duane Vermeulen has sensationally spoken out against the rugby system in his country. “We need an intervention and I can’t...
Cometh the hour, cometh the man
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auIn all the euphoria/despondency of the All Black-Springbok Test in Durban, a probable world record has been overlooked – and that’s not the All Blacks equalling the most consecutive wins. Morne...
