Eddie Jones believes the resurgence of Morné Steyn and Victor Matfield has been instrumental to the Bulls’ recent form. After the Bulls lost two of their home games in the opening four rounds, many rightfully began to question the form of some of their senior players, especially Springboks
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Where have the Brumbies been hiding all season? A few of the Brumbies have found their way into the rugby365.com Super Rugby Team of the Week following their win over the Reds. The Brumbies 22-14 victory over the table-topping Reds was the shock of the weekend, while the Bulls ran riot over the Waratahs in Pretoria and earn themselves three places in our team
Matt Giteau and Stephen Moore have explained that there are no leadership issues at the Brumbies despite their on-field spat in the closing moments of their 22-14 win over the Reds in Brisbane.
Toulouse hooker William Servat, who had to go off before the break in Saturday’s Top 14 title success over Montpellier, is suffering from a bruised knee, the Toulouse club doctor said Sunday. The France international injured his left knee, and went off as a precaution ahead of Monday tests, Dr Albert Sadacca explained. Servat, who gave way to Virgile Lacombe on the half hour at Stade de France as Toulouse battled their way back from an half-time deficit to win 15-10, is in Marc Lievremont’s 32-man French squad for the World Cup in New Zealand later this year
It is crunch time in the New Zealand conference this weekend when the Blues set out to stop their slide down the table against a refreshed Crusaders team that have their eye on a home semifinal. The Auckland-based side were on top of the global standings a month ago but three consecutive defeats have left them scratching their heads as the Crusaders set out to replace them at the top of the New Zealand conference in Timaru this weekend.
[unable to retrieve full-text content]All Black inside centre Ma’a Nonu looks set to leave the Hurricanes in a player clear-out at the Wellington franchise and move to Hamilton where he will fill the expected gap in the Chiefs midfield.
Toulouse beat Montpellier 15-10 at Stade de France on Saturday night to win their 18th French Championship.
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Relieved Toulouse coach Guy Noves admitted that he doubted whether his team would be able to fight back and clinch their 18th French league title in their tense final against Montpellier.
Despite the fact that they failed to win a game on their South African tour Waratahs coach Chris Hickey was impressed with the character shown by his team in their bruising encounter with the Bulls. The Sydney-based team will certainly need those fighting qualities in the run in to the play-offs as they face testing encounters with the Highlanders and the Brumbies while they also will need to rely on other results going their way if they are to be there in the knock-out phase of the competition this year.