After two years of rotating and experimenting, the All Blacks reached the 2007 World Cup with an incredible talent pool, but no fixed idea as to its natural hierarchy.To have so much choice but no clear best starting XV was the…
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Snedden has eyes on bigger prize
rugby World Cup chief Martin Snedden has called on New Zealand Football to try to gatecrash Australia’s 2022 Fifa World Cup bid.Snedden is so confident about the country’s readiness to host the rugby tournament next year that…
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Beale steals Wallabies victory
Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale nailed a penalty goal with the last kick of the match to lift Australia to a 41-39 defeat of South Africa, their first win at altitude in 47 years.
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Eels resigned to Cooper staying put
Parramatta chief executive Paul Osborne believes Quade Cooper will stay in rugby union as he has not heard from the Wallabies star for a number of weeks.
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Derby draw at Twickenham
Twickenham witnessed an opening day thriller as Wasps and Harlequins shared 58 points in the London derby.
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Wallabies grab dramatic win
Australia ended a 47-year losing streak at South African altitude by edging a rollercoaster Tri-Nations contest in Bloemfontein.
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Spencer – This is our time
Captain Catherine Spencer insists England’s time has come and they will dethrone holders New Zealand in Sunday’s World Cup final.
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Giant rugby ball in Sydney
Tourism New Zealand’s Giant rugby Ball has landed in Sydney, where it will spend the next week.The ball – which can accommodate about 200 people – has been travelling the world to promote next year’s rugby World Cup, as well as…
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Prem/Magners – latest
Launch the skysports.com scorecentre for latest scores as the Aviva Premiership and Magners League get under way.
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Cockerill: It’s wide open
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill believes there is little to choose between the sides in this season’s Aviva Premiership.

