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Air NZ Week 11

Week 11 Review: Bay of Plenty’s challenge appears to have come completely off the rails after their 28-7 defeat to tenth placed North Harbour, while Canterbury, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington and Southland all entrenched their positions at the top with comfortable wins. Second placed Hawke’s Bay was the pick as they completed a seven try demolition of bottom placed Counties Manukau. Meanwhile, we also had the rare occurrence of two nil results with both Taranaki and Tasman failing to score against Auckland and Southland respectively. The tables are ...

Monday, 12 October 2009

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HEC Friday night teams

All the team news for Friday night's games.

Friday, 9 October 2009

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Irish 'homecoming' will be toughest test yet - Casey

BOB CASEY believes that London Irish's Heineken Cup "homecoming" will tell his Exiles how good they really are. The Reading men may be riding high in the Guinness Premiership - they are currently second, one point behind Saracens - but tonight's Dublin trip to face European champions Leinster will be the ultimate yardstick. Casey told this week's rfu.com podcast: "It's brilliant to be going 'home', not just for me but for London Irish as a ...

Friday, 9 October 2009

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Gloucester respond to Azam ban

A storm has erupted following the banning of Olivier Azam for 12 weeks by the RFU for accidentally kicking Steve Borthwick in the head. Gloucester Rugby have issued a statement highlighting the following key findings from the ...

Thursday, 8 October 2009

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Air NZ Week 10 Review

The big story  this week is BoP going down 19-22 at home to play-off rivals Hawke's Bay. The slip-up allowed Tasman to vault over them into fourth place. Wellington did themselves a favour with a comprehensive 43-15 victory over Manawatu and Canterbury maintained a consistent winning streak by overcoming bottom place Counties Manukau to retain the top ...

Monday, 5 October 2009

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Carl Hayman named in Falcon's side to face Sarries

Newcastle Falcons have made just two changes for the visit of Guinness Premiership leaders Saracens to Kingston Park on Sunday (kick-off 3pm). Club captain Carl Hayman is named in the side after missing last Friday's draw with Harlequins, while the only other change to that team also comes in the pack as Ed Williamson returns to the back row following a bout of gastroenteritis. As he prepares to host an unbeaten Sarries side, Falcons director of rugby Steve Bates said: "Their record this season speaks for itself, and we know what sort of a test we are in for this ...

Friday, 2 October 2009

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