Rugby News - Southern Hemisphere

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  • Thursday, 8. September, 2011

    Paterson makes it a four-peat

    Chris Paterson will become the first Scottish player to appear at four World Cup tournaments after he was named to face Romania in Invercargill on Saturday.

  • Thursday, 8. September, 2011

    Armitage answers England's call

    Delon Armitage will start a Test on the wing for the first time, after Mark Cueto was ruled out of England's World Cup opener against Argentina in Dunedin on Saturday through injury.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Bulls must 'adapt quickly'

    Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar feels his team does not have a discipline problem, but they just need to "adjust quicker" to referees.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Another injury blow for England

    England's World Cup campaign was dealt another crippling injury blow, with reports that veteran wing Mark Cueto has been ruled out of their tournament opener.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    2010's SA U18 Players - progress report

    A year has gone by since the 2010 SA Schools and High Performance Under-18 teams were announced. To date, two of the players, Steven Kitshoff and Johan Goosen have exceeded expectations.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    @lantic reaches Uitenhage

    The Eastern Province leg of the @lantic Sevens rugby competition will be held at Die Brandwag in Uitenhage on Saturday, 10 september 2011. This leg was won by Grey PE last year and they will be back to defend their title against some stiff competition this year.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    RWC teams at a glance - Part 1

    With the World Cup team news coming thick and fast, we will also be grouping our team announcements - along with our regular team announcement stories - to ensure that nothing slips through the net during RWC 2011.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Size no obstacle for Glenwood

    Glenwood High School may not have had the physical stature of some of the schools they squared up to this season, but this did not stop them from picking up KwaZulu-Natal's Traditional Rugby School's award for the fourth consecutive time.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    How Boks will avoid the breakdown blues

    South African vice-captain Victor Matfield said the Springboks will be on the alert for any attempt by Wales to illegally slow the ball at the breakdown in their opening Pool D World Cup match in Wellington on Sunday.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Pumas pack primed for Poms

    While every team at the World Cup will feel the weight of expectation, England will face another kind of pressure when they lock horns with the Argentine scrum.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Catrakilis blow for WP

    Western Province suffered a huge blow ahead of their Currie Cup encounter with the Leopards on Saturday, with the news that star flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis has been ruled out for a month.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Apostol answers Romanian SOS

    World Cup organizers have confirmed Romanian wing Catalin Fercu has withdrawn from the tournament, saying he has been diagnosed with pneumonia.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Politics, sport bring the rich and famous

    United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon and British royal Zara Phillips head a host of dignitaries expected to attend the World Cup in New Zealand over the next six weeks.

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Samoan tirade: IRB chiefs stand firm

    International Rugby Board chiefs Wednesday refused to water down their national eligibility rules for Pacific players, despite a tirade from Samoa's prime minister, who labelled them "unfair".

  • Wednesday, 7. September, 2011

    Welwitchias ready to bloom

    Namibia coach Johan Diergaardt has made seven changes for his team's opening World Cup match against Fiji on Saturday from the lineup which lost to Georgia in the European Nations Cup in June.