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All Blacks squad named for The Rugby Championship

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The All Blacks selectors, Head Coach Ian Foster, Assistant Head Coach John Plumtree and former All Black Grant Fox, have named their squad for the 2021 edition of the Rugby Championship. The 36-strong squad is as follows: (Age, Sky Super Rugby club, provincial union and Test caps in brackets.) Forwards Hookers Asafo Aumua (24,

All Blacks seal series with improved effort

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Demonstrating improved intent in the tackle, breakdown and support, the All Blacks over-rode the surprise element Fiji enjoyed in the first Steinlager Series Test to take the second Test 60-13 in Hamilton. From the outset there was greater sting and purpose applied in the tackle by the All Blacks who several

Pack flexes muscles as Boks tick the boxes

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Pack flexes muscles as Boks tick the boxes There was plenty of the anticipated rust, but once the pack took control there was plenty for new Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber to be pleased about as his team returned from a 20-month break from international rugby to comprehensively beat Georgia at Loftus

ALUN WYN JONES AND JUSTIN TIPURIC RULED OUT OF LIONS TOUR

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Welsh duo Adam Beard (Ospreys, Wales) and Josh Navidi (Cardiff Rugby, Wales) have been called into The British & Irish Lions 37-man touring squad to replace Tour captain Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys, Wales) and Justin Tipuric (Ospreys, Wales). Jones and Tipuric both sustained Tour-ending shoulder injuries during the Lions 28-10 win

THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS V JAPAN

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THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS V JAPAN REPORT A hat-trick of tries from debutants secured a 28-10 victory for The British & Irish Lions  over Japan at BT Murrayfield in The Vodafone Lions 1888 Cup. Josh Adams scored the opening try on his Lions bow to kick-start the 2021 Tour in style after

Maori All Blacks beat rusty Samoa

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Winger Shaun Stevenson has scored two tries for New Zealand Maori in a comfortable 35-10 victory over Samoa in a rain-swept rugby international in Wellington. Stevenson touched down twice in the first half on Saturday and fellow winger Sean Wainui also scored as the Maori All Blacks took charge of the

18 YEAR WAIT OVER FOR THE BLUES

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Take a hard-won turnover, add some Hoskins Sotutu pizzazz and a desperate dive by replacement flanker Blake Gibson, and you have a game securing try for the Blues to secure the Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman title beating the Highlanders 23–15 at Eden Park on Saturday. But it was a close-run thing,