Author: Matt Tewhatu
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Sam Burgess leaves Bath to return to the NRL
LONDON – Former Bath Rugby flanker Sam Burgess has officially left the club and will return to play for his old team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.
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A slightly different take on the Rugby World Cup Semi Finals
OPINON – Now it’s pretty safe to say that we’re approaching the time that Sir Alex Ferguson often liked to refer to as “squeaky bum time”.
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All Blacks show it’s not all about the Rugby World Cup
It may be extremely hard to admit but after a comfortable demolition of France in Cardiff last Saturday, New Zealand have shown that they are by far and away the team to beat in the final fortnight.
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Pocock & Folau miss out on quarter final
LONDON – David Pocock and Israel Folau will miss the Wallabies’ quarter final clash against Scotland in a significant blow to their Rugby World Cup campaign.
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Schmidt gambles with Sexton for Argentina clash
LONDON – Ireland Coach Joe Schmidt has shaken off mid-week media gossip and named star fly half Johnny Sexton in his starting lineup to play Argentina on Sunday evening.
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Cotter makes four changes for Wallabies clash
LONDON – Scotland Coach Vern Cotter has made four changes to the side that beat Samoa for Scotland’s crunch quarter final clash against Australia at Twickenham on Sunday.
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Quarter Final #2 Preview – New Zealand v France
It was the quarter final everybody wanted and it’s the quarter final everyone received.
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France recall Parra, drop Bastareaud for All Blacks
LONDON – France Coach Philippe Saint Andre has recalled scrum-half and ever reliable kicked Morgan Parra for quarter final clash against the All Blacks.
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‘Shags’ sticks to tried and tested for France QF
LONDON – All Blacks’ Coach Steve Hansen has stuck to what he knows in selecting his All Black team to play France in their quarter final in Cardiff on Saturday evening.