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Grounded wings, soft Sharks: five talking points in Super Rugby
Coastal Sharks will lack two injured Springbok front rowers, prop Tendai "The Beast" Mtawarira and hooker Akker van der Merwe, against the Lions as they seek to improve a dismal home record.
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Folau to fight on after missing sacking appeal deadline
Israel Folau was on Friday given 72 hours to appeal, which would have triggered another hearing with a new panel, but he has opted against that course of action.
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Wallabies star Israel Folau sacked by tribunal over anti-gay comments
Wallabies star Israel Folau sacked by tribunal over anti-gay comments.
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Carter laughs off suggestions of World Cup comeback
The 37-year-old has not played for the All Blacks since the 2015 final and is not contracted to New Zealand Rugby, but a season-ending injury to Damian McKenzie has seen concerns mount about who will be the third flyhalf heading to Japan.
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SA refs Peyper and Jonker to officiate at Rugby World Cup
World Rugby has revealed a 21-man match official roster for the 2019 Rugby World Cup to hosted by Japan in September.
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Inclusion and religion face off in Folau hearing
A three-member panel will weigh whether Folau, a fundamentalist Christian, breached Rugby Australia’s code of conduct for writing a post on social media that said hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers” and others.
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Folau row splitting Wallaby dressing room: reports
Rugby Australia wants to sack the devoutly Christian Israel Folau over a social media post that said "hell awaits" gay people and the matter will be heard at a code of conduct hearing on Saturday.
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Springboks reveal Rugby World Cup jersey
The Springboks have revealed their 2019 Rugby Cup jersey that they will play in, in Japan in September.
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Folau 'hurt' Waratahs: teammate Foley
The deeply religious star fullback is fighting to save his career over anti-gay social media posts last week, with an upcoming code of conduct tribunal to determine his fate after Rugby Australia decided to sack him.
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Folau fights Rugby Australia sacking over anti-gay comments
Rugby Australia responded last week by announcing its intention to terminate Folau's multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract to play for the Wallabies and Super Rugby's NSW Waratahs.
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Crotty to leave All Blacks for Japan after World Cup
Crotty, who will turn 31 during the tournament, said that after 11 years with the Canterbury Crusaders Super Rugby club it was time for a change.
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Australia ‘not million miles off’ World Cup win, insists rugby boss
Scott Johnson was recruited to the newly-created role from a similar position with Scotland after mounting criticism of under-siege coach Michael Cheika.
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Sunwolves cull a blow to Asian rugby before World Cup
The axe will fall on the Tokyo-based franchise after next season following a chastening first three years in the southern hemisphere's elite competition.
