The Rebels are preparing for a physical battle when they take on Samoa on Thursday night. It’will be the first time the Rebels will field a close to full-strength squad, a fortnight after their opening trial against the Blues in Auckland. Flanker Sean McMahon will captain the side in his first match since last year’s…
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Different Force a step forward
The scoreline mightn’t have changed much but Force coach Michael Foley said Friday night’s performance against the Bulls was worlds apart from their loss a week earlier. The Force competed for three-quarters of the match before being blown away but snatched a late try to give them minor consolation. Foley pointed to that intent as…
Force united and ready to fire: Foley
Western Force coach Michael Foley is adamant his squad remain united, saying no one’s sooking in the corner despite the team’s six-match losing run. Pressure is mounting on Foley and the Force following their 1-7 start to the year, with the team desperate to bounce back from last week’s 49-13 Super Rugby hammering at the…
Rebels go down fighting
Melbourne Rebels have slumped to their 11th successive Super Rugby loss in South Africa, going down 45-25 to the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The defeat means the Rebels have never won in South Africa and it was a disappointing display on the back of last week’s encouraging round one win over the Western…
Waratahs all but lock in 2017 roster
The Waratahs have all but finalised their 2017 squad, with the announcement of a 35-man playing roster on Tuesday. NSW has one spot open on its squad, after releasing lock Leon Power for knee surgery, but have locked 35 players down. Eight of them are new to the squad, including Aussie Sevens star Cam Clark…
Stormers vs Brumbies: Five things we learned
1. Brumbies human after all They headed to South Africa, looking invincible but the Brumbies have been brought back to earth. While internally they might be keeping the hype down, this loss will certainly change the perception of some external observers.Their usually intimidating lineout was wobbly and they couldn’t crack the Stormers pressure. 2. Control…
USA Softball announces 2020 Olympic roster
OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball announced its 2020 U.S. Olympic Softball Team roster on Sunday morning. The 15-person roster and three replacement players led by head coach Ken Eriksen will compete next July at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan. “This has been an incredible process that has taken years of evaluation about great people that play…
Real Madrid's next manager? Germany boss Low tipped to take over by Schuster
Click:微信号检测工具 Click:Invitation Printing South China The former Santiago Bernabeu player and coach says he recommended the World Cup winner taking over to president Florentino Perez Former Real Madrid player and coach Bernd Schuster has tipped Germany coach Joachim Low to take over in the summer. Although the Champions League holders only recently hired current boss Santiago Solari…
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes surpass a record 8,000; Top-10 team GPAs announced
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Over 8,000 student-athletes (8,161), a first in NFCA history, were named 2019 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes, the Association announced on Wednesday afternoon. Missouri Baptist University (NAIA) captured the top team GPA amongst college programs, while Frankfort Community High School (Ill.) and Santa Gertrudis Academy (Texas) posted the top marks in the weighted and unweighted…
‘Man City are a small team that basically got lucky’ – Liverpool legend takes aim at champions
Pep Guardiola’s side may be Premier League title holders, but John Aldridge says they will never stand alongside rivals from Anfield and Old Trafford Manchester City are “a small club that has basically got lucky”, says John Aldridge, with the Premier League champions never going to enjoy the same global standing as Liverpool and Manchester…