Rugby News - Southern Hemisphere

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  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Taylor puts Taranaki on top

    Andre Taylor weighed in with 19 points as Taranaki moved to the top of the NPC table, after hanging on for a 26-23 win over Tasman in New Plymouth on Friday.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Preview: USA vs Canada

    In a warm-up match prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup but counting for the Can-Am Trophy, the USA meet Canada in Glendale, Colorado on Saturday.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Hoeata cleared to tour

    All Blacks lock Jarrad Hoeata will travel to South Africa with the squad after a scan on his right shoulder cleared him to play.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Grey meet Green in Bloem

    Glenwood go up -by the busload from Durban over the Berg to Bloemfontein to play mighty Grey College. It should be an interesting contest between two of South Africa's top schools.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Time running out for Boks

    South Africa will go into Saturday's Tri-Nations encounter against Australia in Durban knowing that time is fast running out as they bid to get their World Cup preparations back on track.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Racism: GLRU suspends club

    The Panthers Rugby Club has been suspended by the Golden Lions Rugby Union after an alleged racial attack on rivals from the Soweto Rugby Club.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Preview: Fiji vs Tonga

    Fiji host Tonga in the Punjas Series at Churchill Park in Lautoka on Saturday - a series but also, naturally, a warm-up for the World Cup in a month's time.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Super trophy tour for Reds

    Super Rugby champions the Reds are taking their prized silverware on a tour of Queensland with players, coaches and staff set to visit 22 cities and towns over the next three months.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Rees faces World Cup heartbreak

    Wales captain Matthew Rees looks certain to miss the World Cup after it emerged the Scarlets hooker could need surgery on his injured neck.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Lorenzo Nel - Captain of Gill College

    He may have been there and done it twice before, but Gill College skipper Lorenzo Nel is not taking Saturday's FNB Classic Clashes game against Hoƫrskool Cradock lightly.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    James to stake World Cup claim

    South African flyhalf Butch James comes out of the Test wilderness Saturday against Australia with a World Cup starting place on the line.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Akona Npeta - Captain of Cradock

    Defeat can be a powerful motivator and for Akona Npeta, the captain of Cradock High School, he will be doing his utmost to lead his team to victory over Gill College in their FNB Classic Clashes match this Saturday.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    3N Preview: South Africa v Australia

    South Africa play Australia in Durban on Saturday in Round Three of the Tri-Nations, and this time we seem to have A Team playing A Team. That means we could have a proper match.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Preview: Wales v England

    England second row forward Courtney Lawes and mercurial Welsh centre Gavin Henson hope to seal their World Cup places when the two nations clash at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

  • Friday, 12. August, 2011

    Preview: France v Ireland

    After the best part of two months holed up in training camps, France will finally lose the tackle bags and begin their World Cup warm-up in earnest when they take on Ireland on Saturday.