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World Rugby U20 Championship: Ireland beat South Africa to reach final as France crush England
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Sunday, 09 July 2023 13:40
Ireland beat South Africa 31-12 to reach the World Rugby Under-20 Championship final, but England missed out after a 52-31 loss to France.Tries from James Nicholson (2), Brian Gleeson and Sam Berman put the Irish, yet to win the competition, into the final for the first time since 2016.Imad Khan and Coetzee le Roux scored South Africa's two tries in…
Rugby World Cup Rewind: Betting, beers and Bryan Robson - Wales' first World Cup
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Sunday, 09 July 2023 02:41
From gambling at pool and sleeping in cold motel rooms to boozing with Bryan Robson, Wales' experience of the first World Cup was colourful if chaotic.Yet 36 years on and that inaugural and slightly ramshackle tournament in 1987 remains Wales' most successful.Third place in New Zealand would prove to be the start of a steady decline.In the first of a…
How Stuart Hogg became Scotland's first rugby rock star before retirement
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Sunday, 09 July 2023 08:30
Stuart Hogg sprung a surprise in March when announcing his intention to retire from rugby after the World Cup.Like all those bemused victims of his footwork and pace across the span of his 11 years as a Test player, no-one saw it coming.The update on Sunday that the end is now rather than nigh was less of a shock. Last…
Stuart Hogg: Scotland & Exeter Chiefs full-back announces immediate retirement
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Sunday, 09 July 2023 05:18
Former Scotland captain Stuart Hogg is retiring from rugby "with great sadness" at the age of 31.The full-back had intended to stop playing after this year's World Cup.Hogg, who joined Exeter Chiefs from Glasgow Warriors in 2019, won 100 Scotland caps and toured three times with the British and Irish Lions."I fought with everything I had to make the Rugby…
South Africa 43-12 Australia: Kurt-Lee Arendse's hat-trick helps Springboks thrash Wallabies
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Saturday, 08 July 2023 11:28
Eddie Jones' return as Australia head coach ended in a chastening defeat as Kurt-Lee Arendse's hat-trick led South Africa to an opening Rugby Championship victory in Pretoria. Arendse's tries either side of half-time were added to by Pieter-Steph du Toit late on and two penalty tries.Overall there were few positives for Jones in his first match back in charge of…
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