Hong Kong – New Zealand came from behind to beat Australia 19-14 in their Bledisloe Cup rugby union match in Hong Kong on Saturday. [...]
Posts tagged with: Match Reports
AB’s take the spoils
Warriors lose at home
A 10-minute burst, which included three tries, helped Harlequins to a deserved set of five points with a 30-23 win in their Guinness Premiership clash at the Sixways Stadium on Thursday. [...]
Double blow for Newcastle
Gloucester left it late to claim a morale-boosting five-point 39-23 victory over Newcastle on Tuesday, who lost Jonny Wilkinson to injury at Kingsholm. [...]
Sharks come out on top
8 Sep 08 13:20 by blackshark - the lurker | Bulls, Currie Cup, Original Content, Sharks | 71 Comments
The Sharks claimed the top spot in the Currie Cup after an emphatic 34 –25 victory over their rivals, the Blue Bulls. The match that was billed a humdinger during the build-up certainly lived up to expectation and set a new tone for the local competition. [...]
Bulls back on top
The Blue Bulls went to the top of the Currie Cup log with a hard fought and drawn out 41-12 victory over Griquas at Loftus Versfeld on Friday. [...]
A Big Fish out of Water
This herewith is the chronicle of me, Magnus Piscis:
Bright was the evening and high our hearts when we proceeded to the Lands that were New, to witness the battle between the Chondrichthyes and the Lilliputians.
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Cheetahs stuff sad Sharks
The Free State Cheetahs bounced back into play-off contention when they smashed a sloppy Sharks team 31-9 in their Currie Cup Round Five match in Bloemfontein on Saturday. [...]
Magnificent Valke hang on to win
The Falcons, reduced to 14 men for the last 30 minutes of the match, handed Western Province their second successive Currie Cup defeat when they edged the Cape Town side 38-32 in an enthralling encounter in Brakpan on Friday. [...]
Bulls vs. Sharks, an independent review
It must be the best game of the weekend, but that is not to say the other games were good at all or that it was a close race for the best game of the weekend. [...]
ABs outsmart brave Boks
Dan Carter was the man everyone thought could prove the difference between the All Blacks and the Springboks, and so it proved as the hosts scored a comprehensive 19-8 win in the Tri-Nations opener in Wellington on Saturday. [...]
WP stay awake long enough to pip Cheetahs
The tried and tested boot of flyhalf Willem de Waal saw Western Province triumph 9-3 over reigning Currie Cup champions Free State Cheetahs at Newlands on Saturday afternoon. [...]
Bulls stuff Sharks in display of pedantic non-reffing
The Blue Bulls kept abreast with their adversaries in the Absa Currie Cup with a perfectly implemented game-plan as they laboured to a 35-14 victory over the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday. [...]
WP too good for brainless Bulls
Vodacom Western Province dramatically overturned a 14-3 halftime deficit to run out thrilling 26-17 winners over the Blue Bulls in an Absa Currie Cup match at Newlands on Saturday. [...]
Still no luck for Loffie’s Lions
The Lions were denied a possible Currie Cup win over the Free State Cheetahs when referee Christie du Preez blew the final whistle with the two packs ready to scrum down for the final scrum. [...]
Sharks leave it late in downing Boland
The Sharks had to rely on their prodigious mauling abilities as well as the lethal finishing of star flank and man-of-the-match Jacques Botes to overcome a valiant Cavaliers 38-13 on Friday night. [...]
