Follow @RedefinedRugbyNew Zealand edge out France XV New Zealand managed to claim a 28-23 victory over a France XV in an entertaining contest at Parc Olympique Lyonnais on Tuesday. Crossings from Liam Squire, Matt Duffie, Patrick Tuipulotu and Ngani Laumape got the All Blacks the victory but they held on in the end. For France,…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Australia will be eager to avoid a Bledisloe Cup whitewash when they face New Zealand in the third and final game at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday. In the second Bledisloe Cup Test, the All Blacks bounced back from 17-0 down to beat the Wallabies 35-29 in Dunedin and retain the trophy.…
Follow @RedefinedRugby The Crusaders claimed their eighth Super Rugby title and first since 2008 with a 25-17 victory over 14-man Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday. The record-breaking 62 000 capacity crowd were silenced as their Lions heroes were denied a maiden Super Rugby title and coach Johan Ackermann was a denied what would have…
Follow @RedefinedRugby The Cheetahs and Stormers will hope to hit the ground running when they return to action, after the Test break, in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Although the Stormers are sitting pretty at the top of the Africa 1 Conference table and the Cheetahs are a whopping 14 points adrift in second place, this is…
Follow @RedefinedRugby New Zealand cruised to a 78-0 thrashing of Samoa at Eden Park on Friday, running in 12 tries in their warm-up for the Lions series. Tries from Anton Lienert-Brown, Beauden Barrett, Ardie Savea and Sonny Bill Williams gave New Zealand a comfortable 28-0 lead, at the end of a first half where Samoa…
Follow @RedefinedRugby The Waratahs claimed only their third victory of the season on Saturday as they got the better of the Reds, winning 29-26 at Suncorp Stadium. Bernard Foley kicked 19 points for the visitors to go with tries from Nick Phipps and Michael Hooper as they came from behind to edge out their traditional…
Follow @RedefinedRugby ROUND 1 PREVIEW 2017 ITALY v WALES Italy’s 41-17 victory over Japan in their most recent fixture in World Rugby U20 Championship last June ended a nine game losing streak at this level. Italy U20 have not won in the Six Nations since overcoming Scotland in February 2014. Wales U20 are defending the…
Follow @RedefinedRugby Despite Werner Kok scoring in the last seconds with England down to six men, a missed conversion from Justin Geduld ensured Simon Amor’s side won their first Cup since Tokyo 2015. England captain Tom Mitchell said: “It was a tough tournament but I am so proud of the boys. We trained all summer…
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The countries smallest union has done it again They have defied their size in the Mitre 10 Heartland Championship and qualified 3rd to make the Meads Cup playoffs. Despite only having four senior clubs in their catchment, all of whom fight tooth and nail to get a side…
Follow @RedefinedRugby 19 vs 13 Two second half penalties from the Springboks saw them beat Ireland 19-13 to clinch the three-match Test series in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The Boks’ clinical set pieces throughout the opening 40 allowed them to advance deep into Ireland’s half and with only 33 percent possession, it was a pretty…
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