Month: October 2024

Bulls director of rugby Jake White will assume head coaching responsibilities of the Pretoria-based outfit’s Currie Cup side after Edgar Marutlulle agreed to step down from the position. According to a Bulls press release, White and Marutlulle had a meeting and it was agreed that the best course of action was to allow the latter […]

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A hard-fought Champions Cup round-of-16 tie between Leicester Tigers and Edinburgh on Friday evening was crying out for a hero, and Jasper Wiese delivered, scoring the game’s only try in a man-of-the-match performance. Wiese was named on the bench for the Tigers but came off the pine at half-time to steer the Premiership side into […]

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Springbok fly-half Handre Pollard sparkled for Leicester Tigers in their 46-24 win over Bristol Bears on Saturday. The pivot scored 19 points, including a stunning solo try, as the defending champions scored six tries en route to their bonus point victory. Julian Montoya, who touched down twice, Ben Youngs, Anthony Watson and Charlie Clare also […]

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Speaking to reporters in the post-match press conference following Nice’s 2-0 loss to Napoli in the Champions’ League qualifier 2nd leg tie, which ensured that Les Aiglons would be playing Europa League football again this season, Lucien Favre took aim at Italian striker Mario Balotelli. “It came a bit early for Sneijder, and Mario was […]

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France started their Women’s Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought 22-10 win over Italy at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi in Parma. Gabrielle Vernier, Carla Arbez and Caroline Boujard’s tries were added to by points off the tee from Pauline Bourdon and Jessy Tremouliere on Sunday. Giada Franco and Alyssa D’Inca scored Italy‘s tries with Michela Sillari […]

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