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Kirchner signs new Bulls deal
South Africa full-back Zane Kirchner has pledged his future to the Bulls by signing a new three-year deal.
The 25-year-old, who made his Springbok debut against the British and Irish Lions in July this year, joins fellow defender Tiger Mangweni as the latest players to extend their stays in Pretoria.
Mangweni has inked a new one-year contract.
Kirchner [...]
Smith dropped and new back three for Wallabies
Former stand-in skipper George Smith has been dropped and there are three other personnel changes and one positional alteration in the Wallabies starting side for Saturday’s historic Bledisloe Cup Test against New Zealand in Japan.
Wingers Digby Ioane and Peter Hynes, centre Ryan Cross and No.8 Wycliff Palu are the new faces from the run [...]
Kidney unveils Ireland squad
Ireland head coach Declan Kidney has named nine uncapped players in his 39-strong squad for the November Tests against Australia, Fiji and South Africa.
Connacht duo Sean Cronin and Brett Wilkinson and Leinster pair Cian Healy and John Forgarty will all be hoping to force their way into the reckoning for a place in the [...]
Three new faces in England squad
England team manager Martin Johnson has included three uncapped players in his revised EPS squad for the autumn internationals, as well as recalling World Cup winners Steve Thompson and Jonny Wilkinson.
Bath prop David Barnes, Leicester Tigers lock Richard Blaze and Northampton’s versatile forward Courtney Lawes are the three new faces in the 32-strong squad.
Barnes [...]
Gatland slams quality of Premiership
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has slated the standard of play in this season’s Guinness Premiership.
The New Zealander has included just one England-based player in his 29-strong squad for the autumn Tests, Sale’s Dwayne Peel, and did not pull any punches when it came to explain exactly why.
“I think the Guinness Premiership, having watched [...]
Sheridan may be out for 6 months
A top orthopaedic surgeon has disputed Sale Sharks‘ claim that prop Andrew Sheridan will only be out of action for four months.
Sheridan dislocated his shoulder during his club’s Heineken Cup clash with Cardiff Blues on October 16 and it was subsequently confirmed that the England international requires a full reconstruction of the joint.
Sale claimed that [...]
England 34-12 France
England scored 30 points without reply in a one-sided second half to beat France 34-12 in their opening Gillette Four Nations campaign.
Teenage scrum-half Richie Myler helped spare England’s blushes with a brace of tries, to add to the hat-trick he scored in their 66-12 win over France in June, but Tony Smith’s men will need [...]
Johnson: “Human nature” to push limits
England team manager Martin Johnson says that it is “human nature” to push the boundaries towards outright cheating.
Johnson said the ‘Bloodgate’ scandal involving Harlequins and director of rugby Dean Richards, who told a player to fake a blood injury, was the final result of over-competitiveness.
Johnson told the Global Sport Summit in London: “How did we [...]
Will Genia commits to AFU
Scrum-half Will Genia has re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union and the Reds for a further two years.
Injury cut Genia’s 2009 Super 14 season short, but he showed enough form before that to be selected in Robbie Deans’ Wallabies side for the Tri-Nations series.
The 21-year-old made his Test debut as a substitute against New Zealand [...]
Sinfield wary of physical French
Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield is warning his England team-mates to be ready for a tough physical challenge against France.
England are launching their Gillette Four Nations campaign against France at Doncaster’s Keepmoat Stadium.
England ran in 12 tries against the French in their mid-season international in Paris but coach Bobbie Goulding will have a stronger side out [...]