[ad_1] RG Snyman put in a towering performance to help defending champions Munster overpower Ospreys and progress to the Vodacom URC semi-finals on Friday night. Jack Crowley kicked 13 points as the Red Army overcame the eighth-place finishers 23-7 at Thomond Park, and move on to host either Glasgow Warriors or the DHL Stormers next week. Niall Scannell’s maul try and a Crowley penalty gave Munster a 17-7 half-time lead,
[ad_1] A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss has hailed his young team’s togetherness and backed their ability to kick on from this season’s Super Rugby quarterfinal exit.The Reds were smashed 43-21 by the Chiefs in Hamilton, going behind early and never giving themselves a shot.It was a contest that will have proven sobering viewing for
[ad_1] Ospreys prop Nicky Smith is obviously not ready to leave his home region just yet.Smith is joining Leicester next season and this would have been his last game if Ospreys had not reached the play-offs.His two-try haul earned him the player-of-the-match accolade and helped set up a trip to Munster next Friday.Ospreys captain Justin Tipuric described his front five as "awesome" and Smith was the heartbeat of that.Smith is
[ad_1] Six years ago, Dietrich Roache was just like any other rugby fan. After playing league for a bit as a teenager, Roache fell “in love” with rugby sevens after attending the 2018 World Series event at the Sydney Football Stadium in Australia.Roache, who spoke with this writer before the SVNS season, worked intensely for two years as the Sydneysider chased his rugby sevens dream with both purpose and passion.Now,
[ad_1] The Blitzboks went down to Ireland to end a disappointing weekend in the Spanish capital for South Africa on the final day of the Sevens Grand Finale on Sunday. Tries from Zac Ward and Harry McNulty, plus a Hugo Lennox conversion, powered the Irish into a 12-point half-time lead at the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium before surviving a fightback from the South Africans to secure a 12-7 win. ICYMI –
[ad_1] A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Gilbert Enoka, the bare-footed New Zealander who reinvigorated the All Blacks, has emerged as Michael Maguire’s secret weapon for the Blues’ mission to reclaim the State of Origin shield from Queensland.Enoka, who describes himself as a mental skills coach, has a 21-year history with the All Blacks and is credited for playing a
[ad_1] Cardiff lock Seb Davies has added to Wales' summer second-row headache after being sent off in their 33-29 defeat by Ospreys.Davies was shown a red card for a shoulder to the head of Wales centre Owen Watkin in the second Welsh derby of Judgement Day's regional double-header at the Cardiff City Stadium.He will now await the results of a disciplinary hearing to see if he will miss the chance
[ad_1] Within seconds of sitting down with Jonny Wilkinson, it became abundantly clear that milestones and achievements in his stellar rugby career are things that are very much past tense.It’s 10 years ago this very weekend when he last laced up, guiding Toulon with aplomb around the Stade de France to see off Castres and complete the Top 14/European Heineken Cup double he took with him into retirement.A decade retired.
[ad_1] The Bulls face Benetton in Pretoria, before the DHL Stormers lock horns with the Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium next week in the Vodacom URC quarter-finals. Munster will face Ospreys at Thomond Park on Friday night in the opening clash of the final eight, and the defending champions will host the Grand Final should they qualify having earned the top ranking after a dramatic ending to the regular season
[ad_1] A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size In real life you’d take a good bloke with no luck over a s–t bloke who’s a jammy bastard every time. But coaching pro sports teams isn’t real life.Super Rugby lost, at least for now, one of its very best blokes when Darren Coleman bowed out as a wooden-spoon coach in another one-point
