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Saturday 23 June 2012 test series week 3; live scores, match stats & FT results
test matches, Saturday 23 June 2012, round 3 Saturday 23 June , Apia Park, Apia (Samoa). 12.30pm AES kick off. HT: Samoa 6-7 Scotland Full Time result: Samoa 16 ( Try: Pisi; 1 drop goal, 1 conv & 2 pen: Pisi) – Scotland 17 (Tries: Gray, Harley; 2 conv & 1 pen: Laidlaw ) What a thriller! Heartbreaking loss for Manu Samoa who was [...]
June 2012 test series week 2; live scores, match stats & FT results
Saturday 16 June , Churchill Park, Lautaka (Fiji). 12pm AES kick off. Fiji 25-37 Scotland Final score: Fiji 25 ( Tries: Domolailai, Nayacalevu, Talebula ; 2 pens & 2 convs: Ralulu) – Scotland 37 (Tries: Laidlaw, penalty try, 2 Visser ; 4 convs & 3 pen: :Laidlaw ) Teams: Fiji: 15 Isimeli Koniferedi, 14 Waisea Nayacalevu, 13 Wereniki Goneva, 12 Aloisio Buto, 11 [...]
Test results: AB 42-10 Ireland ; Australia 27-19 Wales ; SA 22-17 England ; Pumas 37-22 Italy
Rugby Test matches results, Saturday 9 June 2012 (click on the below links for video highlights of each game): All Blacks 42-10 Ireland FT score: New Zealand 42 (Tries: Savea 3, Thomson, C Smith; 4 cnonvs and 3 pens: Carter) – Ireland 10 (Try: McFadden ; Pen: Sexton) Teams: New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Zac [...]
All Blacks v Ireland; Wallabies v Wales; Springboks v England; Pumas v Italy preview
Here we are. 3 weeks of international rugby between Northern Hemisphere sides traveling down under to get a taste of Southern Hemisphere’s winter. It all kicked off on Tuesday when the Scots beat the Wallabies 9-6 in atrocious conditions in Newcastle: rain, strong wind, no more than 10 deg. If SH sides were thinking they [...]
Steve Hansen names his All Blacks 30-man squad to play Ireland
No Andy Ellis, Robbie Fruean, TJ Perenara or Andre Taylor but prop Ben Tameifuna, flanker Sam Cane, locks Brodie Retallick and Luke Romano, halfback Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett and Julian Savea should earn their first All Black cap during the June series against Ireland. The presence of Piri Weepu in the squad is probably the most [...]
Hansen names 35-man AB training squad ahead of June test series against Ireland
35-man All Blacks training squad for June 2012 test series v Ireland Blues: Charlie Faumuina, Ma’a Nonu, Keven Mealamu, Piri Weepu, Ali Williams and Tony Woodcock. Chiefs: Sam Cane, Aaron Cruden, Richard Kahui, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Brodie Retallick, Ben Tameifuna and Sonny Bill Williams. Hurricanes: Beauden Barrett, Cory Jane, Julian Savea, Brad Shields, Conrad Smith and [...]
SBW says yes to NZRU, moves to the Chiefs…for one year only
The news we were all waiting for arrived this afternoon: All Blacks & Crusaders centre Sonny Bill Williams has signed up for 2012 with New Zealand rugby leaving the Crusaders for Hamilton-based Chiefs. Relief was obviously the main feeling in NZ rugby as SBW is one of the most sought after player in the world. Yet, the [...]
Southern rugby news in brief: SBW, Fourie, MacCabe and Cross
Super rugby & southern hemisphere latest news: Jaque Fourie (Stormers) has signed a 4 month contract with Japan’s Wild Knights but should be back for the start of the 2012 season. Besides, Southern Hemisphere stars are on their way to their new European clubs: Neemia Tialata just arrived in Bayonne (France) while Joe Rokocoko is [...]
Team of the 2011 Rugby World Cup tournament
The 2011 Rugby World Cup is over; while the All Blacks are still celebrating their victory, it’s time for us to reflect on the tournament itself, which players stood out or could have done so should their team had performed better? True, why would individuals pay for a poor team performance if they have showed that they were [...]
NZ win Final thriller against France 8-7 and become 2011 RWC champions
Many, many, many rugby followers, New Zealanders or not, punters and bookies, commentators and ‘experts’, will be relieved today; their team, the team they love/ put money on/ respect most (too much?), has won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. As expected. As mots of us expected. There is a sort of justice in All Blacks victory. After all, [...]