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Australia bounced back from their humbling defeat against USA with a comfortable 26-12 win over France last night to reach the World Rugby Classic Plate final.
The Wallabies will take on Canada, who last night brushed aside Italy 19-14, in tonight’s ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2013
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Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
More than 100 students from seven of the Island’s middle schools took part in a Junior Rugby Day at the National Sports Centre yesterday as part of this week’s World Rugby Classic.
Players from the Classic Lions partnered RenaissanceRe to host the ev...
DATE: Nov 14, 2013
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Rugby
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Strong winds forced organisers to postpone tonight’s World Rugby Classic matches at the National Sports Centre due to safety concerns.
Organisers made the decision in the afternoon after winds threatened to cause damage to the Members Tent which was ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Victor Matfield’s insistence that South Africa are not the team to beat at this year’s World Rugby Classic wasn’t all that convincing even before Australia’s shock defeat to USA.
With the Wallabies, the defending champions, now facing the ignominy of...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Bermuda’s rugby sevens national team exceeded expectations at last weekend’s Caribbean Championships after advancing to the first round of the 2016 Olympic qualifiers.
The Islanders finished seventh overall, fifth in the Caribbean, and came within a ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Australia 12 USA 15
An emotional Mike Harvey struggled to fight back the tears after helping USA pull off a herculean upset against defending champions Australia in the World Rugby Classic.
Perhaps the most unexpected result in the Classic’s 25-year ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Classic Pumas are capable of repeating their title-winning feat of 2011 at this year’s World Rugby Classic, says the team’s manager Rodolfo Ventura after his team’s comfortable victory over Canada.
Argentina were in determined mood against the Canadi...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
The annual World Rugby Classic kicks off today with a double-header at the North Field of the National Sports Centre (NSC).
Argentina and Canada will get the ball rolling when they lock horns in the tournament’s opening contest (7:15pm) while Classic...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Bermuda have sent a men’s and women’s national team to compete in the Caribbean Rugby Sevens Championships in Cayman Islands this weekend.
The championships are the first round of the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers, where rugby sevens will make its Summ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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John Kane, the World Rugby Classic president, doesn’t like making predictions, and for good reason.
So bad is Kane’s track record of tipping a winner he now refuses to do so, believing it will put the “kiss of death” on whichever team he chooses.
But...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Rugby
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
