Jake the Peg wrote:
We're not but no other club in the top 8 has lost anywhere near as many first 17 players for anywhere near the number of games we have. We had our first 3 choice half backs out tonight
North Harbour edged Northland on Thursday in the opening game of the Mitre 10 Cup. Rene Ranger was a stand out, as we posted about, but another sub-plot was the story of Bryn Gatland. The number ten started awfully...
SYDNEY – Australia captain Michael Hooper has ticked “all the boxes” in terms of his return from a serious hamstring injury and expects to last the entire 80 minutes against New Zealand in the Rugby Championship opener in Sydney on Saturday.
LONDON – Danny Cipriani is to face disciplinary proceedings, the Rugby Football Union said Friday, following his guilty plea to charges of common assault and resisting arrest at a nightclub although his club claim he is being “singled out”.
Annual touch rugby event a success in 2018
by Ben Lypka of the Abbotsford News (Aug. 16, 2018 8:30 a.m.)
(Photo Credit) Downward Dog player being chased by a rival from MD Inc. during the 2018 John Cannon Memorial Touch Tournament at Abbotsford Senior.
Annual touch rugby event a success in 2018
by Ben Lypka of the Abbotsford News (Aug. 16, 2018 8:30 a.m.)
(Photo Credit) Downward Dog player being chased by a rival from MD Inc. during the 2018 John Cannon Memorial Touch Tournament at Abbotsford Senior.
The Tasman Makos upset Canterbury with a convincing 25-17 win in Blenheim, avenging their loss in last year's Mitre 10 Cup final. There were a number of debutants on show, but it was the reigning champs' first loss in the opening game of the tournament in six years.
DURBAN – The Sharks have named a strong line-up for tonight’s historic match against French giants Bordeaux Bègles at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, 7pm kick-off.
JOHANNESBURG – The Golden Lions Rugby Union have appointed strength and conditioning coach Ivan “Cash” van Rooyen as the first team’s head coach for the 2018 Currie Cup campaign.
DURBAN – It’s the start of the Rugby Championship tomorrow, and New Zealand are undoubtedly the massive favourites with the bookies.