Rugby

Marika Koroibete was the hero as Australia got their Rugby Championship campaign back on track with a 25-17 win over South Africa at the Adelaide Oval on ...

'I'm very proud of the effort we showed today,' Australia captain James Slipper said. The halfback was yellow-carded after clipping the head of his opposite Nic White. The Fijian-born flyer pulled off a miracle try-saving move in the first half and scored a try in the second as the

'Disgrace': Boks star can only laugh at yellow as Aussie torched for 'killing a piece of rugby's soul'

But to come here in front of an Adelaide crowd, Adelaide stadium, very proud of the effort we put in.” “We’re very proud of the effort we showed today. Theatrics may win you a penalty but they are a blight on the game. “You are trying to go for the ball, but you’ve clearly got it wrong and struck someone directly in the face. But it a poor advert for the game. It’s just about consistently performing and that’s probably our biggest challenge now is to back that effort up next week in Sydney.

Former Springboks flyhalf Butch James has gone in hard on Wallabies scrumhalf Nic White following South Africa's Rugby Championship loss.

That’s an all-time bit of scrum-half play by Nic White. “That’s an all-time bit of scrum-half play by Nic White. Squidge Rugby described it as a classic piece of scrumhalf skullduggery. Fellow panelist Nick Mallett pointed out that De Klerk has set himself for a fall by making contact in the first place. “Nic White should have been carded for that Oscar … Well-known South African sports pundit Mark Keohane said White should have been sent off, not de Klerk.

Ken, a proud member of Greystones RFC where he served as President, played for Munster Rugby and was hooker on the team that famously beat Australia in 1967. In ...

He was well known to those in Leinster Rugby in that role as Team Manager, retiring in 2004, but to many many more, across Leinster and beyond, he was a brilliant story-teller and brilliant company and was never short a story or two. With Leinster Rugby, Ging was chairman of the senior selectors and chairman of the under-20 selectors, before joining as Team Manager under Mike Ruddock. Ken, a proud member of Greystones RFC where he served as President, played for Munster Rugby and was hooker on the team that famously beat Australia in 1967.

A South African news publication has launched a remarkable attack on referee Paul Williams after his officiating of the Australia v Springboks match. The South ...

White has [come under fire for his theatrical reaction](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/australia-v-south-africa-incident-24869251) in the de Klerk incident, dropping to his knees and grasping at his face after what looked only the slightest of contact. The referee has made the decision and we have to live with it. "It's hard work when the team is not, sort of, at 100 percent every week. They were once again beaten – the story of 2022." It's a first for me too, I've never won a Test match in New Zealand. The All Blacks were stunned 25-18 by Argentina in their own back yard barely a week after coach Ian Foster just clung onto his job, with Joe Schmidt brought in alongside him to help steer the ship. "The malaise runs much deeper. "Williams has brought shame onto the game of rugby with one of the worst officiating displays in modern rugby. "I am going to try and stay clear of that,” Nienaber said on the incident. The yellow came at a bad time, they capitalised nicely on it. We can only look at ourselves. De Klerk was subsequently sin-binned, with

Wallabies star lifts lid on Hooper texts after stunning South Africa showing.

It is entirely possible Hooper might, at the very least, do away with the captaincy to focus on himself. we’re two different players, obviously, but yeah, being his apprentice and learning from him has been wonderful for me.” This time it came from Hooper, who, like all observers, had been impressed by the Queenslander’s starring role and tries. “Who knows, I’m doing a job for a team at the moment and I just want to, like I said, do him proud, do the jersey proud and do the team proud,” he said. 7 jersey became clear when captain Michael Hooper withdrew from the Wallabies’ Rugby Championship opener for personal reasons. “He’s a soldier of the game, a great at the game, and to see how he goes day to day and how he backs up from game to game (has been important).