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Latest Articles
Top spots open up for BCS Championship football
14 Nov 2012Before the weekend, all the talk was about who deserved to be Alabama’s opponent in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship game. There were the Oregon Ducks, whose high-powered offence has been smashing scoring records this season, led by De’Anthony Thomas and freshman quarterback Marcus Mariota. There was quarterback Colin Klein, the favourite for this [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Crusaders preview
3 Nov 2012The Crusaders will look to build on a strong 2012 season in 2013. 2013 saw the Canterbury boys finish fourth on the overall table, narrowly losing to eventual premiers the Chiefs in the preliminary final. The Squad Front Row: Corey Flynn, Owen Franks, Wyatt Crockett, Ben Funnell, Nepo Laulala, Joe Moody, Codie Taylor Locks: Luke [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Chiefs preview
2 Nov 2012We’re six months out, but someone needs to strike while the crystal ball is untouched by other pundits. A look at the Chiefs in 2013. Aside from the local derbies, it is a reasonable draw for the Chiefs. They hit the road early with a round four encounter against the Stormers, which shapes as their [...]
Super Rugby 2013: Highlanders Preview
1 Nov 2012The Highlanders finished in eighth position on the overall Super Rugby table in 2012. They’ll be looking to build on the progress that was made last season. The Squad Front Row: Liam Coltman, Andrew Hore, Jamie Mackintosh, Ma’afu Fia, Chris King, Brayden Mitchell, Tony Woodcock Locks: Josh Bekhuis, Brad Thorn, Joe Wheeler Loosies: Tim Boys, [...]
Super Rugby crunch round preview
5 Jul 2012Although there is another week of Super Rugby to come after this round, this is the week where everything will be sorted for the finals. Every game this round shapes as a hotly contested encounter, at both ends of the table. At the top of the ladder, finals contenders are squaring off against each other [...]
Baby Boks win Junior World Cup; Wallabies eighth
23 Jun 2012Last night, before a packed Newlands Stadium, South Africa’s Baby Boks beat New Zealand’s Baby Blacks at the Under 20 World Cup. The final margin was 22 – 16 to the host but could easily have been more. It was a fitting end to a tournament that was the most evenly contested yet, with every [...]
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