Exeter sign Atkins from Edinburgh
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsExeter Chiefs have signed Australian lock Ollie Atkins from Edinburgh to replace departing captain Dean Mumm. The 26-year-old joined Edinburgh after leaving Super 15 side New South Wales...
#MCGsobig goes nuts on Twitter, because the MCG is very big
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auNew Zealand have given the world many great things, many of which Australia has taken credit for. Russell Crowe, Phar Lap, the current World Cup quarter finalists. But today it gave the cricketing world...
Cheika retains his winning recipe
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Waratahs coach Michael Cheika named an unchanged side for Saturday's Super Rugby Round Seven clash against the Blues in Sydney. The starting XV is unchanged from that which overpowered the Brumbies...
All change for struggling Blues
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Coach John Kirwan rung the changes as he looked to break his winless Blues team's Super Rugby duck. Former Highlanders and Crusaders flyhalf Dan Bowden will make his Blues Super Rugby debut against...
Preview: S15 Round Seven, Part One
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The Rebels head to Wellington to face a decidedly under-par Hurricanes this Friday, as the Super Rugby season approaches the halfway stage. While the Rebels have not exactly threatened any team since...
Irony in strange Sanzar Steyn appeal
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comThe Cell C Sharks are to appeal against the timing of the unprecedented appeal hearing brought by Sanzar against the not guilty verdict delivered following the hearing into Frans Steyn’s alleged tip...
Butler forcing Cheika to revise Wallabies train-on squad
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auUncapped Brumbies flanker Jarrad Butler looms as a potential Rugby World Cup bolter, as Wallabies coach Michael Cheika prepares to revise his train-on squad for the global showpiece. While Butler doesn’t...
Quade Cooper ready to relaunch Reds
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auAn unorthodox fitness test on his collar bone has Quade Cooper confident he’s ready to shoulder the burden of launching a new-look Queensland Reds’ attacking game plan. Cooper will play his...
The Shortball highlights wrap from Round 6 of Super Rugby
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpFox Sports have put together another segment of the Shortball, that gives fans a round-up of all the Super Rugby highlights from this past weekend. It was an eventful week in the Southern Hemisphere,...
Lions to block Cooper's channel
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The Reds' propensity to attack the flyhalf-inside centre channel has resulted in the Lions temporarily discarded the practice of playing Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies at inside centre. The Lions...
