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Latham on track for Tri-Nations 2007-06-10 01:39:41
INJURED Australia full back Chris Latham is looking to return to the Test arena towards the end of the Tri-Nations
series, Wallabies coach John Connolly said today.
Latham is preparing to return to club rugby, five months after rupturing knee ligaments in a pre-season training game for Queensland, and Connolly confirmed that he hoped Latham would be fit to return for Australia in the home game against South Africa.
"He is well ahead of schedule apparently," more…
Springboks to increase black quota 2007-06-10 01:35:38
RADICAL changes are set to sweep through South African rugby after the World Cup in France later this year.
According to a report in the Johannesburg
Saturday Star
newspaper, the first Springboks team of 2008 will consist of at least 10 black and coloured players.
National coach Jake White will also be replaced by the country’s first black Springboks coach – Peter de Villiers – and the side is set to be captained by Luke Watson.
Watson, the 23-year-old Stormers captain, more… Read more:quota
Tigers roar into top four 2007-06-10 01:13:27
WESTS Tigers
has defeated Newcastle 33-14 at EnergyAustralia Stadium to climb back to third place on the NRL ladder.
The Tigers, led by hooker Robbie Farah with another dominant display, scored five tries to three in front of 13,609 fans who turned out despite the threat of further flooding in the Hunter region.
Farah scored the Tigers’ first try in the 23rd minute before icing the victory with a 69th-minute field goal from 28 metres to move the club above North more…
Roosters score 11 tries 2007-06-10 01:10:04
WET weather football – and defence – went out the window at Aussie Stadium as the Sydney Roosters and North Queensland put on 94 points in 80 minutes before the Roosters ran out 64-30 winners.
A Roosters side which had only managed 24 tries
in 13 rounds of football put on 11 against a Cowboys team whose defence, and commitment, was woeful, as were the weather and the crowd of 4186.
With no fewer than four teenagers in its side, and three stars missing on State of Origin duty, more…
Pumas dish it to Italy 2007-06-09 15:21:27
FULL back Federico Serra scored 19 points as Argentina beat Italy
24-6 in Mendoza today in its final home Test before the Rugby World Cup.
Argentina’s third Test win in a row, coming after a 2-0 series victory over Ireland in the previous fortnight, should lift the Pumas to an unprecedented fifth place in the world rankings.
Serra scored the home side’s second try, which he converted, and kicked four penalties after wing Francisco Leonelli had run in the opening try.
Italy full back more…
Samoa sunk by Springboks 2007-06-09 15:19:06
SOUTH Africa scored five tries to win a bruising encounter against Samoa 35-8 overnight.
The Springboks used their entire bench as wing Ashwin Willemse, centre Wayne Julies, scrum half Enrico Januarie and flanker Luke Watson all left the field through injury in the one-off Test.
Captain and hooker John Smit scored the home team’s first try after 19 minutes.
Wing JP Pietersen and fullback Francois Steyn also dived over to help the Springboks lead 23-3 at half-time.
Replacements more…
Third parties O’Neill’s first cab 2007-06-09 15:18:13
INCOMING Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O’Neill
has identified taking the ambiguity out of third party agreements as his first priority when he starts his new/old job on June 28.
It is hardly surprising O’Neill is intending to tackle the controversial contracting system head-on, given that it has been the single most divisive issue in the game nationally this year.
It was Queensland’s vote of no-confidence in February in the then ARU chairman Ron Graham and chief more… Read more:parties
Raiders trounce Eels 2007-06-09 14:56:10
CANBERRA moved back into the NRL top eight after delivering an emphatic 38-10 win over Parramatta.
In the opening 12 minutes of the match the Raiders
ran in four tries to lead 24-0 with Parramatta showing no sign of an answer to the fast paced attack at Canberra Stadium.
Three players were sin binned in the occasionally spiteful match which blew up at the 39-minute mark when Raiders interchange forward Michael Weyman began throwing haymakers at Eels utility Mark Riddell.
Both men were more…
Speechless Sims told to go 2007-06-09 05:40:14
PROMISING forward Ashton Sims was so shocked to be told he was free to leave St George-Illawarra that he didn’t take in everything coach Nathan Brown said to him.
The Bulldogs are favourites to sign Sims, 22, who was once earmarked as a State of Origin star.
"I sat down with ‘Browny’ and my manager and I was sort of so shocked at first that I didn’t really take it all in," he said. "So you pretty much know as much as me. I’ve left everything in the hands of my manager, more… Read more:Speechless
Hagan ire as Eels ram-Raided 2007-06-09 05:38:22
PARRAMATTA coach Michael Hagan accused referee Jared Maxwell of taking a “soft option” by failing to send off Canberra’s Michael Weyman as the Raiders inflicted an amazing flogging on the Eels.
Just five days after running rings around Wests Tigers, Parra was down 24-0 after 12 minutes before eventually losing a match which featured three sin binnings and a controversial tackle by Weyman which left Eels forward Josh Cordoba groggy and unable to continue.
Weyman admitted he would more… Read more:Raided
Pienaar to start against Wallabies 2007-06-13 07:45:32
SHARKS scrum half Ruan Pienaar will make his first start in the South Africa No 9 jersey when the Springboks host Australia in the Tri-Nations opener at Newlands on Saturday.
South Africa has made 11 changes to the team that ran out against
Samoa last weekend, with wings Ashwin Willemse and J.P. Pietersen, prop B.J. Botha and captain and hooker John Smit the only players to retain their place.
There is also no place in the match 22 for Os du Randt, who started against Samoa last more…
Bok punter set for $1.8m win 2007-06-13 07:42:50
A LONDON-based punter
has staked £150,000 ($352,657) on South Africa to win the Rugby World Cup, defying the bookmakers who make New Zealand odds-on favourite to triumph.
The bet on the Springboks was placed with Ladbrokes at odds of 5/1, meaning the punter will pick up £750,000 ($1.77 million) if John Smit’s side secures the trophy in France.
New Zealand is rated 4/9 favourite to succeed England as world champion, although the odds on the All Blacks winning have eased more…
‘Still a job to do’ 2007-06-13 06:46:30
QUEENSLAND has turned its attention to sweeping New South Wales following the series-clinching 10-6 win in Origin II in Sydney, Maroons hooker Cameron Smith said.
Smith, who outpointed Blues counterpart Danny Buderus in a sterling performance, said that Queensland planned on enjoying the camp for the third match on July 4 in Brisbane.
"There’s still a job to do," he said.
"We don’t want to finish on a sour note up in Brissie, and we want to get the 3-0 win."
The more… Read more:lsquo
Hoodoo gurus break drought 2007-06-13 06:45:05
QUEENSLAND has finally tasted victory at Telstra Stadium, winning at the 12th time of asking to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 2007 Origin series.
The match failed to match the pre-game expectation of fireworks and spectacular entertainment, but that will matter little to the Queenslanders, who are celebrating with relish their 10-6 victory after the bitter taste of 10 previous defeats and a draw at Homebush.
The win ensured that Queensland claimed its first more…
NSW triumphs as brawl erupts 2007-06-13 06:43:35
ONE player was sent off and another two were sin-binned after a brawl erupted late in the State of Origin curtain raiser at Telstra Stadium.
New South Wales thumped Queensland 52-18 in the under-17 representative match after a seven-tries-to-one blitz in the second half.
Both sides, though, finished the match without their full compliment of players after tensions boiled over five minutes from full-time.
Punches were thrown in the all-in brawl, with Queensland halfback Ricardo Parata more…
All Blacks make 12 changes 2007-06-12 23:56:36
LOCK Ross Filipo and prop John Schwalger will make their New Zealand debuts as part of 12 changes
for Saturday’s one-off Test with Canada in Hamilton.
Crusaders stalwart Filipo earned his Test call-up today after locks Ali Williams and Keith Robinson picked up injuries during last weekend’s second Test win over France at Wellington.
Williams broke his jaw and Robinson injured a calf muscle during the warm-up.
Hurricanes forward Schwalger is named at prop for the all Blacks
’ first more…
The tales of the Tri-Nations 2007-06-12 23:54:27
THE Rugby World Cup in France is perhaps all that matters to followers of the 15-man code, but the Tri-Nations
still offers silverware worth winning.
So we, the rugby gurus at FOXSPORTS.com.au, decided it was time to discuss the coming series in the southern hemisphere.
We might be an opinionated bunch whose knowledge of the game might just be dangerous over a few quiet jars in the local, but the rugby blogs of Andy Withers, Kingsley Warner and Matt Garrett not doubt have already kept more…
Minichiello out, Stewart in 2007-06-12 22:56:32
NEW South Wales fullback Anthony Minichiello has been ruled out of tonight’s State of Origin game two with a back injury.
He will be replaced by Brett Stewart
, the Manly flyer making his Origin debut in the must-win match for the Blues at Telstra Stadium in Sydney.
Stewart was called into the Blues camp yesterday after Minichiello had complained to team medical staff of back pain on Tuesday night.
Blues officials said Minichiello, who did not take part in the Blues’ pre-game walk more…
Lawrence wants centre role 2007-06-12 22:54:05
WESTS Tigers teenager Chris Lawrence
says he is happy to fill Benji Marshall’s No.6 jersey, but only until he makes a centre position his own.
Lawrence is coach Tim Sheens’ latest go-to man to fill his team’s vacancies, with the 18-year-old playing every position in the backline already this season besides halfback.
But it is centre where Lawrence’s heart lies, and the Campbelltown junior is currently behind Kiwi international Paul Whatuira and NSW Origin prospect Dean Collis in the more… Read more:wants
Maroons wary of fired-up Blues 2007-06-12 22:52:23
QUEENSLAND players have admitted they fear New South Wales will respond to abuse it has copped from its own camp by coming out “swinging” in Origin II tonight.
As the Maroons completed their preparation with a run late yesterday at match venue Telstra Stadium, Mal Meninga’s men have dismissed the claims of Blues
players that they have been "steering clear" of newspapers since the last game.
Selectors, sponsors and former greats all accused NSW of not sticking up for each more…
Russian import goes west 2007-06-16 13:22:52
WESTS Tigers have bid farewell to their Russian
import, with Roman Ovchinnikov flying back to his homeland on Friday after his three-month visa expired.
Ovchinnikov played for both of the club’s two Premier League outfits - Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies - during his short stint with the Tigers.
And while unable to break into the NRL, the club was more than happy with his development.
"We were very happy with his attitude, his English came on really more…
ARC to trial law changes 2007-06-16 11:34:02
THE inaugural Mazda Australian Rugby Championship will road test the code’s major law changes
designed to enhance entertainment value.
The Australian Rugby Union has decided all eight experimental law variations devised at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University will be adopted in the ARC.
The eight-team national tournament, to kick off on August 11, will be the first competition to trial all eight changes. Four of the new laws have been trialled in Sydney and Brisbane club more…
Parr wants Origin club compo 2007-06-16 05:28:50
NORTH Queensland chief executive Peter Parr has again raised the issue of NRL clubs being compensated if their stars break down playing State of Origin
footy.
Brisbane wing Brent Tate (knee) and Sydney Roosters five-eighth Braith Anasta (finger) were both added to the casualty list from the second game of the series on Wednesday.
The struggling Roosters have also lost Anthony Minichiello for at least three weeks after the NSW fullback suffered a back injury during Blues training, while more… Read more:wants
Axed Cockbain offered Cup hope 2007-06-16 03:44:19
AUSTRALIA-born forward Brent Cockbain was axed from Wales’ World Cup plans overnight, then told he could still make it to France in the (northern) autumn.
Cockbain was left out of a 41-man preliminary squad announced overnight, with uncapped Gloucester lock Will James drafted in to replace him.
"Will is someone we have been keeping an eye on and we felt the time was right for us to have a closer look at him," said head coach Gareth Jenkins.
Along with wing Tom James, Jones more…
Sea Eagles sink Souths 2007-06-15 21:34:31
MANLY moved back to the top of the NRL ladder with a dour 14-2 victory over South Sydney at a very wet Brookvale Oval on Friday night.
The Sea Eagles were too strong for the Rabbitohs in the heavy rain, veteran Steve Menzies celebrating his club record 310th first-grade appearance in style in front of 7,341 brave fans.
Menzies, returning after 12 weeks out with a groin injury, scored perhaps the easiest of his 160 career tries with his first touch of the ball in the eighth more…
McRae ready for the fray 2007-06-15 21:32:49
SHAUN McRae
admits to feeling a few nerves ahead of his return to the elite rugby league coaching ranks.
The former South Sydney boss makes his coaching comeback this weekend when Salford host Harlequins in the English Super League.
McRae was this week charged with hauling Salford off the bottom of the competition and clear of relegation trouble, signing a four-and-a-half year deal with the Reds.
And after his exit from the Rabbitohs at the end of last season, the 48-year-old more… Read more:ready
Cockbain vows to reclaim place 2007-06-15 19:52:26
LOCK forward Brent Cockbain has refused to give up on his Wales’s Rugby World Cup dream despite being axed from the 41-man training squad.
"In no way is this the final curtain," Australia-born Cockbain said.
"I’m still a good player with a lot of confidence in my ability. I’ll be back training with the Ospreys soon, I’ll be working hard and who knows?
"Maybe there’ll be one or two players not included in this squad who may yet make the final 30."
Cockbain, more…
France cuts Castaignede 2007-06-15 19:49:01
RUGBY World Cup host France
has omitted Thomas Castaignede from its 30-man squad for the tournament to be played in September and October.
No.8 Sebastien Chabal, whose fate was one of the main question marks hanging over the announcement, is among the six back rowers named by team manager Jo Maso.
Coach Bernard Laporte and the other selectors gave the nod to Pierre Mignoni and Jean-Baptiste Elissalde ahead of Dimitri Yachvili at scrum half.
They recalled lock Fabien Pelous and fly more…
Flannery joins Roosters’ exodus 2007-06-15 13:41:49
SYDNEY Roosters utility Chris Flannery
has become the fourth player to be released by the club mid-season.
Flannery, who has missed all of the Roosters’ 2007 campaign with a broken leg, has been granted an immediate release to take up a four-year deal with English Super League club St Helens.
The 27 year old, who played 10 State of Origin matches for Queensland between 2002-06, is expected to be fit to play for the world club champion within a month.
"Chris is an ideal signing more…
Tawake stays in Canberra 2007-06-15 11:55:41
THE Brumbies todayy re-signed No.8 Jone Tawake on a one-year deal.
Tawake, 25, will contend with George Smith, Stephen Hoiles, Julian Salvi and new recruit Mitchell Chapman for a position at the back of the Brumbies’ Syper 14 scrum in 2008.
Leaving for Dunedin this morning as part of the Australia A squad to play the Junior All Blacks on Saturday, Tawake said he is pleased to remain in Canberra
for another season.
"I’m very happy to be staying with the Brumbies," he said. more… Read more:stays
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