Rugby
Lions’ final roar
No team has a pre-determined right to victory but it would be fitting if the
Lions could round off their tour by beating South Africa in the third Test
at Ellis Park this afternoon (2pm).
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Peter Bills: Lions are mere cubs compared to hosts
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Whatever the outcome of today’s final Test between South Africa and the
British & Irish Lions, let there be no doubt about one thing.
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Just get off our Bakkies, says Smit
Saturday, 4 July 2009
South Africa captain John Smit has slammed the “ludicrous” decision that means
Springboks hard man Bakkies Botha will miss today's final British and Irish
Lions showdown.
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Four Irish players in Lions team for final test
Friday, 3 July 2009
Four Irish players are set to line out in tomorrow's final test on the Lions tour of South Africa.
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Eyes now on O’Gara
Friday, 3 July 2009
The war of words between the Lions and South Africa after the ferocious second
Test in Pretoria last weekend took a bizarre twist yesterday when Springbok
centre Jaque Fourie claimed he was eye-gouged, implicating Ireland out-half
Ronan O'Gara in the process.
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No apology from Burger who claims: ‘I’m no rugby thug’
Friday, 3 July 2009
South Africa forward Schalk Burger has reacted to his eight-week suspension by
insisting: “I am not a rugby thug.”
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Face of rugby that we don’t need
Friday, 3 July 2009
South African rugby coach Peter de Villiers and former Chelsea Football Club
manager Jose Mourinho have two things in common. Although both are winners
they win in a manner which detracts massively from their successes.
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South Africa and Lions coaches fail final Test
Friday, 3 July 2009
If you needed proof that this tour is dead in the water, the respective Test
selections for the Lions and South Africa provided it yesterday.
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Teams for Third Test to be Announced Today
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Both teams will be announced today for the Third Test of the Lions Tour of South Africa.
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We won’t take it Lion down
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The Lions announce their team for Saturday's third Test today but the fall-out
from last weekend's series-ending defeat in Pretoria continues to dominate.
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Ferris is on road to recovery
Thursday, 2 July 2009
All three of Ulster Rugby’s most seriously injured players are expected to be
fit for the start of the new season.
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So far, so good for Ulster boss McLaughlin
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Brian McLaughlin’s first morning as Ulster rugby's new head coach found him
working on rucking alongside two of his assistants, Jeremy Davidson and
Peter Sharp, forwards and defence overseers respectively.
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Munster’s future will centre on De Villiers
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Munster are believed to have secured Springbok World Cup winning centre Jean
de Villiers on a two-year contract.
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Brian O'Driscoll has expressed his outrage at comments by South Africa coach Peter de Villiers on eye gouging.
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
The Springboks coach backed Schalk Burger - who was banned for eight weeks for an attack on Luke Fitzgerald - and claimed it was just part of the game.
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O'Driscoll slams de Villiers' comment on gouging
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Brian O'Driscoll has slammed comments by South Africa coach Peter de Villiers condoning the practice of eye-gouging.
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O'Driscoll blasts "despicable" de Villers
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Brian O'Driscoll has blasted South Africa coach Peter de Villiers following
controversial comments that suggested the Springboks boss condoned
eye-gouging.
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Tyrone Howe: Rugby bosses have to open eyes on gouging
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
I’m not bothered about admitting it. I am still annoyed, hurt — however you
want to put it — about the Lions game last weekend.
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Springboks sticking to their guns over Botha
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
South Africa attack coach Dick Muir admitted he “fears what the game is coming
to” as the Springboks confirmed they had lodged an appeal against Bakkies
Botha's two-week ban.
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Be a rugby star of future
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Ulster Rugby Academy coaches will host two summer camps at the University of
Ulster, Jordanstown.
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Teamwork the key: Humph
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
With July 1 2009 the starting date of Brian McLaughlin’s two-year contract as
Ulster rugby’s head coach, today marks the launch of a new dispensation.
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O'Driscoll not done yet
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Brian O'Driscoll's Lions career has produced incredible highs and crushing
lows but, while everyone (including the player himself) assumed the 2009
tour to South Africa would be the 30-year-old's last, there may yet be
another chapter to this story.
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