Hawke’s Bay drops Super rugby bid
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- Hawke’s Bay drops Super rugby bid
- Boks retain Steyn for Australia rugby Test
- Report: Mathieu Bastareaud faces long ban from French rugby team
Hawke’s Bay drops Super rugby bid
Brisbane Times
We use an id here to be able to jump to this section. –> Hawke’s Bay drops Super rugby bid. –> August 6 2009 – 4:39PM Hawke’s Bay have pulled the plug on a short-lived bid to become Super Rugby’s 15th franchise but not before a little dig at the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU). Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union (HBRU) chairman Richard Hunt said on Thursday the union had been afforded too little time to put up a credible case. HBRU also had received a strong signal from the NZRU that its bid was unlikely to succeed. “We are unsure of the reason for this” he added. Hunt also released a copy of a letter the union wrote to NZRU chairman Jock Hobbs late last month outlining its discomfort over the whole exercise.
Boks retain Steyn for Australia rugby Test
AFP
The South African recipe for success against the All Blacks was brutally simple: apply constant forward pressure to force opposition into conceding penalties and leave rest to the boot of Steyn. De Villiers calmed instant media worship of Steyn by saying the fly-half can improve his game considerably including getting the backline away quicker and creating more space. “That he has a brilliant foot must not blind us to think that he can deliver total rugby. There are still a lot of things that he can improve” stressed the coach. Australia surrendered a 10-point advantage when losing 22-16 to New Zealand in the opening match of the annual southern hemisphere championship in Auckland and name their team Thursday. South Africa (15-1)Francois Steyn; JP Pietersen Jaque Fourie Jean de Villiers Bryan Habana; Morne Steyn Fourie du Preez; Pierre Spies Juan Smith Heinrich Brussow; Bakkies Botha Victor Matfield; John Smit (capt) Bismarck du Plessis Tendai MtawariraReplacements: Chiliboy Ralapelle Jannie du Plessis Andries Bekker Danie Rossouw Ricky Januarie Ruan Pienaar Adrian JacobsCopyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved.
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Report: Mathieu Bastareaud faces long ban from French rugby team
The Canadian Press
Francois Alguacil the president of the French Rugby Federation’s disciplinary committee said in an interview with French daily Le Parisien that the FFR is unlikely to be lenient when it delivers its verdict next month. “This was offensive to the French team but also to the governments of New Zealand and France” Alguacil told Le Parisien. “I think he will be banned from the (France) squad for between one and three years. “Bastareaud 20 suffered a suspected broken eye socket and needed stitches to close facial cuts following a late night incident after France’s 14-10 loss to New Zealand in the second test of France’s southern hemisphere tour.
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