British and Irish Lions

Rugby and Adelaide make unlikely bedfellows when the International Rugby Sevens series stops off in the City of Churches on its global tour this weekend at the Adelaide Oval.
The tournament has found a niche audience in Adelaide thanks to the support of the state government – who were instrumental in bringing the event to [...]

The NSW Waratahs surged into the Super 14 top four with a hard-fought 14-10 triumph over Western Force in Perth on Saturday night.
The Waratahs trailed 10-8 at half-time but regained the lead courtesy of two penalties from five-eighth Daniel Halangahu, who took over the kicking duties from the wayward Berrick Barnes after the break.
The Force [...]

The Crusaders were made to work harder than expected to beat the hapless Lions 46-19 in their Super 14 clash in Christchurch on Saturday.
The win, their fifth from six outings, kept the seven-time champions on course to again make the playoffs while the Lions remain without a win.
But despite the 27-point margin the contest was [...]

Joe Pietersen scored 13 points and Springboks centre Jaque Fourie grabbed his third try for his new team as the Stormers beat the Cheetahs 21-8 in an all-South African match in the Super 14.
Pietersen kicked two early penalties and converted his own try on Saturday to help the Stormers to a third successive win and [...]

The Sharks finally broke their duck with a 30-16 Super 14 rugby win over the Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday night.
It marked the first victory in six matches for the South Africans this season at the expense of a Highlanders team now boasting a similarly mediocre 1-5 win-loss record.
The result was only confirmed two minutes [...]

Unbeaten Australia advanced to the quarter-finals of the Adelaide Sevens and an encounter with Fiji after beating England 17-12 in a spirited final pool match on day two.
The result eliminated England from the cup competition, punishment for an upset loss to the USA on opening night.
Kimami Sitauti ran in two tries for the home side [...]

France won the Six Nations even before playing Saturday’s final match of the tournament after defending champions Ireland slumped to a surprise loss to Scotland.
Ireland needed to beat Scotland by a healthy margin at Croke Park to have any chance of overhauling France at the top of the standings, but were unable to capitalise on [...]

Ireland’s faint hopes of retaining the Six Nations rugby title evaporated with a 23-20 defeat to Scotland on Saturday.
Ireland needed to beat Scotland by a healthy margin at Croke Park to have any chance of overhauling France at the top of the standings but couldn’t convert large amounts of possession and territory into points.
Ireland fought [...]

Wales scored three second-half tries to end the Six Nations rugby tournament with a morale-boosting 33-10 win over Italy on Saturday.
Stephen Jones kicked four first-half penalties at Millennium Stadium before James Hook touched down twice against an increasingly ill-disciplined Italian side.
Shane Williams got his ninth try in eight games against Italy and Jones finished with [...]

The result of the game against the Force has seen the Tahs move into fourth place. As a fan of the team this should be great news. What this round has shown us is that this is the most open super season we have all seen for a very long time, but things don’t look [...]