Baltimore takes the Superbowl despite power failure ROME, ITALY – Italy blew open the Six Nations rugby tournament by beating favourites France 23-18, 3 February. The Italians dominated the game with their driving forward power against a dispirited French team. In the Saturday games England comfortably beat Scotland and Ireland beat the 2012 Grand Slam [...]
Sports, Six Nations Rugby: Grand Slam glory for Wales
March 17, 2012 by
MILLLENIUM STADIUM, CARDIFF, WALES – The Welsh team completed their Grand Slam, which involves winning all the Six Nations matches in a season, with a 16-9 win over France, 17 March. It was their third slam in eight years and brought comparisons with the great 1970s team led by Mervyn Davies,who died the previous day. [...]
Sports, Six Nations Rugby: England win ugly, France with style, Wales with heart
February 5, 2012 by
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 [...]
Sports: Canada outs Tonga at Rugby World Cup
September 14, 2011 by
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 [...]
England beat France in Six Nations (update)
February 27, 2011 by
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 [...]
England, Ireland and France win in Six Nations
February 6, 2011 by
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 [...]
N.Zealand tribe wants its haka back
December 17, 2010 by
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 [...]
S Africa watches rugby murder plot unroll
November 23, 2010 by
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 [...]
Former Springbok star has leg amputated in Zurich
September 28, 2010 by
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 [...]
International sports, Six Nations rugby: France beat England and win Grand Slam
March 21, 2010 by
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 [...]
