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Sports, Six Nations Rugby: England win ugly, France with style, Wales with heart

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:28:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com MURRAYFIELD, SCOTLAND – England achieved a rare win in Scotland, 4 February, but it did little convince the fans that there will be much attractive rugby coming from the team. The one try was from a clearance kick being charged down by Charlie Hodgson, while Scotland wasted many scoring chances with careless handling. The game [...]

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Sports: Canada outs Tonga at Rugby World Cup

Laila Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:16:32 +0000

GenevaLunch.com AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Canada produced the first shock of the Rugby World Cup as they ousted Tonga from the Cup, 25-20 during a game on 14 September. Few had given the Canucks much of a chance against the Pacific islanders. Tonga and Canada, ranked at 12 and 14 respectively, have a long World Cup [...]

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England beat France in Six Nations (update)

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:11:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com International sports, Six Nations rugby Twickenham, London (GenevaLunch) – The England rugby team took a giant leap towards a possible Grand Slam in the 2011 Six Nations with a solid 17-9 win over France Saturday 26 February. The first half was even, with each side scoring three penalties but England went ahead with a try [...]

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England, Ireland and France win in Six Nations

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:05:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com International sports, Six Nations rugby Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales (GenevaLunch) - England started their quest for the Six Nations trophy with a win in Cardiff Friday evening 4 February. Two tries by Chris Ashton and a masterful performance by stand-off Toby Flood set up a 19-26 victory that could have been greater had England maintained [...]

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N.Zealand tribe wants its haka back

Sean Ecker — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:46:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The famous haka performed by the All Blacks rugby team may become a trademark of the Ngati Toa iwi of New Zealand whose ancestors invented it to intimidate enemies before going into battle. The Maori tribe are in talks with the New Zealand Rugby Union, the sport’s governing body, which sees the haka as the [...]

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S Africa watches rugby murder plot unroll

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:54:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com South African media have been keeping people informed of the blow by blow developments in the love triangle murder plot against 21-year-old rugby play Deon Helberg. Helberg, who plays for the Blue Bulls, was dating Jalien Reyneke, but he was also reportedly seeing her mother Manda, age 47. The mother said in a Pretoria court [...]

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Former Springbok star has leg amputated in Zurich

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:55:53 +0000

GenevaLunch.com International sports, rugby Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Syd Nomis, 69, who played 25 successive Tests for the Springboks from 1966-71, becoming a legend in South African rugby, has had a leg amputated during a visit to his son Gary and family in Zurich. The former sports star came down with pneumonia, then developed blod clots [...]

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International sports, Six Nations rugby: France beat England and win Grand Slam

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:23:25 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Stade de France, Paris (GenevaLunch) - Saturday’s international between France and England was another game where one side tried to play attacking rugby and the other side relied on forward power and kicking penalties. The unusual feature was that it was England that scored the only try of the game, while France scored four penalties [...]

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International sports, Six Nations rugby: France dominate

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:17:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Stade de France, Paris (GenevaLunch) – France beat Italy 46-20 Sunday 14 March to make it clear to all which team is the top of the northern hemisphere. Only England can stop a French Grand Slam and the English team is looking dull and undisciplined after a try free 15-15 tie with Scotland. Ireland beat [...]

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International sports, Six Nations rugby: Ireland, France and Italy win

Nicholas Bates — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:59:40 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Twickenham, London (GenevaLunch) – France dominated the first half of their game in Cardiff to take a 0-20 lead at half time. Wales responded with another spirited recovery but it was not enough and France ended with a 20-26 win. The French have now won their first three games: they face Italy and England for [...]

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