Tag: sports

Argentina’s Sevens leg postponed

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August 16, 2012 Argentina will have to wait a while longer to host a leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series The International Rugby Board has confirmed that Argentina will not host a leg of the 2012-13 HSBC Sevens World Series as previously planned. La Plata was, for the first time, set to

Southland lose tight pre-season match to Otago

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17/08/2012 ROBYN EDIE/Fairfax NZ SANDWICHED: Southland lock Josh Bekhuis is hit by two Otago players during their NPC pre-season match in Balclutha. Otago won 32-31. Southland have suffered their first first-class loss to Otago since 2008, going down 32-31 in Balclutha this afternoon. The Stags were rocked by a committed Otago team which ran

The Southern Kings (explained)

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The Southern & Eastern Cape were awarded a Super 14 rugby franchise on June 8 2005 with a unanimous SA Rugby Union Presidents Council resolution, which allowed the South Eastern Cape franchise to prepare for the Super 14 by playing Currie Cup rugby in 2006 and be in the

Kings WILL replace Lions in 2013 Super Rugby

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Thursday 16 August 2012 Cheeky Watson's Southern Kings will finally join Super Rugby in 2013 South African Rugby officials have confirmed that the Southern Kings will replace the Lions for the 2013 Super Rugby season. The Lions will sit out of the 2013 Super Rugby season and in their place will be the

Tietjens names NZ Sevens training squad

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16  August 2012  IRB Sevens Player of the Year Tomasi Cama is included in New Zealand Sevens' training squad All Blacks Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has named a squad of 20 players to take part in the first training camp for the upcoming season. The first tournament of the 2012/13 HSBC Sevens World

Phil Greening new Scotland Sevens coach

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16 August 2012  Phil Greening enjoyed success as England Sevens assistant coach between 2005 and 2007 Scottish Rugby have appointed highly experienced international Sevens specialist Phil Greening as the new head coach and programme manager for Scotland Sevens. Greening, a former England Sevens assistant coach and England and British and Irish Lions hooker,

Otago putting up young backline against Southland

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Thu, 16 Aug 2012 Justin Ives Otago has named a young backline for its warm-up game against Southland in Balclutha tomorrow.Six of the seven backs who will start the game are aged 22 or under. Halfback Fumiaki Tanaka, the relative veteran of the backline, is 27. Otago has been forced to go for

Auckland Rugby name team to face Northland

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Thursday, 16 August, 2012 Head coach Wayne Pivac has named a near full-strength team for Auckland’s final pre-season hit-out against Northland at Mid Western Rugby Club, Maungakaramea today (kick-off 5pm). The only notable absences from the side are loose forwards Steven Luatua, Peter Saili and Nathan Hughes, all of whom are injured

Hawke’s Bay rout Manawatu in pre-season

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15/08/2012 Hawke's Bay made no race of the pre-competition rugby match against Manawatu winning 37-13 at Napier today. The Magpies made most of the running throughout, scoring four tries to just a solitary try by Manawatu captain Nick Crosswell 11 minutes from the start. The game started ominously for the Manawatu Turbos when

Hernandez returns for Pumas’ Championship debut

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August 15, 2012 Argentina flyhalf Juan Martin Hernandez will make his first Test appearance in three years in the Rugby Championship match against South Africa on Saturday. The 30-year-old has suffered a string of injuries since helping his country finish third at the 2007 World Cup. His last test was against England