Rugby News - Southern Hemisphere

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  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    Donnelly becomes a Crusader

    All Blacks lock Tom Donnelly will move from the Highlanders to the Crusaders for the next Super Rugby season.

  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    Dallaglio: England won't win NZ 2011

    England great Lawrence Dallaglio says this year's World Cup in New Zealand has come too soon for the current squad to lift the Webb Ellis Cup, but has backed them to triumph on home soil in 2015.

  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    World Cup in Antarctica?

    The 15-member winter population of Antarctica's Scott Base - 13 New Zealanders, an Australian and an Irishman - will have the opportunity to watch all 48 matches of the World Cup on television.

  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    Thompson: Johnson just 'laughed' at me

    England hooker Steve Thompson is determined to make the most of being at this year's World Cup in New Zealand having already retired once from the sport.

  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    McKenzie: Drop-goals will be decisive

    Drop-goals will be decisive in close-run games at this month's World Cup, Super Rugby-winning coach Ewen McKenzie said on Thursday.

  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    Some Peter de Villiers pearlers

    Selected quotes of Peter de Villiers since he became Springbok coach almost four years ago.

  • Thursday, 1. September, 2011

    Bok coach needs 'wins, not words'

    Springbok Peter de Villiers is an exception to the rule that results and trophies define coaches.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    South African schools at the World Cup

    The Springboks are not the only South Africans going to the World Cup. There are others, too, playing for Australia, Canada, England, Italy, Namibia and the USA. We look at their schools. There are no marks for guessing which school will have the most Old Boys at the World Cup but there may be a mark for guessing who had second most.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Win a Tag Heuer Springbok Aquaracer

    rugby365.com is offering one lucky reader the opportunity to win a limited edition Tag Heuer Springbok Aquaracer watch.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Pacific power drives All Black dream

    A wave of Pacific Islander players is powering New Zealand's World Cup dream, with almost a third of the All Blacks' 30-man squad boasting Pacific heritage.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Bulls seek consistency

    With the start of the second half of the season, Blue Bulls coach Pine Pienaar said his team will look to find consistency in the Currie Cup, as they prepare to meet the Sharks at Loftus on Saturday.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Eye injury ends young flyhalf's career

    Leinster flyhalf Ian McKinley has been forced into early retirement due to an injury that has resulted in him losing the sight in his left eye.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Mallett fuming over Gower loss

    Italy coach Nick Mallett pointed the finger at the country's two Celtic League clubs, Treviso and Aironi, for landing him with a flyhalf headache as he leaves for New Zealand to take part in the World Cup.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Irish hope for quick reverse in form

    With Ireland having failed to progress beyond the World Cup quarterfinals in six attempts, coach Declan Kidney wanted to use an intensive series of four warm-up tests to build confidence and continuity to take to New Zealand.

  • Wednesday, 31. August, 2011

    Lievremont to end French drought

    Marc Lievremont's contested reign as France coach will come to an end after the World Cup, giving him one last chance to prove he can turn the famously flamboyant but inconsistent French into champions.