Daily Archives: October 8, 2019

England coach glad of Cipriani return

Danny Cipriani’s return home has been welcomed by Stuart Lancaster but the interim England coach has warned the fly-half he will face a tough fight to regain his Test place. Cipriani will leave the Melbourne Rebels at the end of the FxPro Super Rugby season to take up a three-year contract with English Premiership club […]

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WA duo embracing learning opportunities

Breaking into a Super Rugby side is never going to be easy, but try sitting in a queue behind a captain and a current Wallaby. That’s the situation that WA duo Kane Koteka and Richard Hardwick find themselves in at the Force, with Matt Hodgson and Ben McCalman both well entrenched in their back row […]

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Waratahs scrum problems start at training

Veteran NSW Waratah Benn Robinson says his team’s scrum woes and inconsistencies have started on the training track and carried into games and the whole squad isn’t performing. The scrum has been a potent weapon for the Tahs in recent seasons but the forwards have struggled for consistency in that part of the set piece […]

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Reds not dwelling on poor fortune

Click:microsatellites Reds captain James Slipper says they won’t be getting down in the dumps over yet another run of poor injury luck. The past two seasons have been injury carnage for Queensland and their luck has turned again in recent weeks, with backrower Jake Schatz and new recruit Caleb Timu both ruled out with long-term […]

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Tidier Tahs expected for round two

NSW Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson says his team has some cleaning up to do ahead of its second round hit-out against the Brumbies. While the Waratahs had a comfortable win over arch rivals the Reds on Saturday night, most of their advantage came in the first half hour of the game. The two sides played […]

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Wallabies winger welcomes Hayne's code switch

Jarryd Hayne’s intention to play rugby union has been welcomed by Wallabies winger Rob Horne, even though his NSW Waratahs side aren’t interested in the former NRL star. Hayne has retired from the NFL to try to make the Fijian sevens team for the Rio Olympic Games but, if successful, that would make him ineligible […]

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Dortmund warn off Sancho suitors with claims England winger is guaranteed to stay for one more season

The Bundesliga side are adamant that an exciting teenage talent will form part of their immediate future despite mounting interest in his services Borussia Dortmund have sought to fend off any interest in Jadon Sancho, with the Bundesliga outfit adamant that the 18-year-old will “certainly play with us next year, come what may”. The talented […]

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