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France 24 Italy 5
France rediscovered their flair against Italy to win their second Plate final in three years in the World Rugby Classic at North Field, National Sports Centre, on Saturday night.
The Les Bleus had laboured to a very un-French-like ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
New Zealand 17
Classic Lions 3
Troy Flavell, the All Blacks back-row forward, hailed his side’s World Rugby Classic final win over the Classic Lions as the ‘icing on the cake’ on their return to Bermuda.
After a two-year hiatus, New Zealand won all t...
DATE: Nov 16, 2014
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New Zealand produced a more polished display to sweep Argentina aside last night and book a mouth-watering final date with the Classic Lions tomorrow.
The All Blacks’ excellent all-round performance — based on a first-half defensive masterclass — was...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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It might not have been a performance typically associated with Les Bleus, but France got the job done against Canada with minimal fuss in the World Rugby Classic Plate semi-final at North Field, National Sports Centre.
In the absence of almost any of...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
When Victor Matfield helped South Africa win the World Rugby Classic last year, no one except those closest to him knew what was coming.
Bermuda was, the legendary Springbok lock has now revealed, the first step towards a high-profile international c...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Rugby
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More than 100 students have been put through their rugby paces by the elite of British and Irish rugby.
Students from seven of the Island’s middle schools took part in yesterday’s Junior Rugby Day at the National Sports Centre with a host of Classic ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2014
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Rugby
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Dan Parks kicked two second-half penalties to help the Classic Lions topple South Africa, the defending champions, in an entertaining and often bad-tempered semi-final at the World Rugby Classic.
If there was any doubt about the Classic Lions’ inten...
DATE: Nov 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
United States’ World Rugby Classic is over for another year after they were undone by two errors that were clinically punished by Italy in the first Plate semi-final last night.
In dreadful conditions at North Field, National Sports Centre, US had po...
DATE: Nov 13, 2014
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Rugby
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A trio of Springbok players took time out from the World Rugby Classic to make friends with some of Dockyard’s underwater characters.
South African stars Delarey du Preez, Kees Lensing and Nico Breedt joined Mark Wood, the team’s manager, at Dolphin ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2014
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Rugby
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Dafydd James, the Classic Lions captain, is braced for an improved South Africa in tonight’s semi-final, kick-off 8.45pm.
The Springboks were not entirely untroubled in their 21-7 win over Italy in progressing to the last four, while the Lions hammer...
DATE: Nov 12, 2014
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Rugby
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