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SportsTalk Special – How good is Cheslin Kolbe?
South Africa all but secured their spot in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup with a 49-3 win over Italy in their penultimate pool match. Buhle Madulini, John Robbie and Robbie Kempson dissect the performance against the Azzurri, where the Springboks still need to improve and look ahead to the match against Canada.
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Bokke eat Italian for lunch
South Africa kept their hopes of moving into the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup well in hand with a 49-3 win over Italy on Friday. South Africa will take on Canada in their next match on 10 October.
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Kolbe stars as Boks thrash 14-man Italy
South Africa kept their hopes moving into the next round of the Rugby World Cup well in hand with a 49-3 win over Italy.
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Unconvincing Ireland too strong for Russia at Rugby World Cup
But Ireland's display was not akin to their 62-12 thrashing of Russia at the 2011 World Cup or indeed reigning champions New Zealand's 63-0 rout of Canada on Wednesday.
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England's Watson wary of Puma kicking threat
Despite England’s nine-match winning run against Argentina, winger Anthony Watson said he is aware of the need to be vigilant against the South Americans, saying that their kicking accuracy could cause problems in Tokyo.
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Bok defence coach Nienaber wary of Italian threat
The Springboks and Italy have played each other 14 times over the years with the Italians winning just once. That win came in 2016 when the Boks went down 20-18 in Florence.
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Weber at the double in All Blacks' nine-try rout of Canada
All three Barrett brothers - Jordie, Beauden and Scott - scored tries as the All Blacks totted up four before half-time and added another five in the second period.
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Ireland star Sexton shakes off injury for World Cup return against Russia
The 34-year-old fly-half missed Ireland's shock 19-12 defeat by hosts Japan in Shizuoka on Saturday, which threw Pool A wide open, with a knock he suffered in the opening 27-3 win over Scotland.
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World Rugby apologises to Georgia for playing Russian song after win
World Rugby forced to apologise to the Georgian Rugby team following post match song error.
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Scotland too strong for 14-man Samoa at Rugby World Cup
Victory was all but assured after a burst of 17 points in eight minutes late in the first half left Scotland 20-0 ahead at the interval.
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Wales hold off Australia to edge Rugby World Cup thriller
The Welsh were 23-8 ahead at half-time but they had to withstand a furious second-half onslaught when Australia fought back to within a point late in the game.
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Tropical storm could hit Rugby World Cup schedule - organisers
Tropical Storm Mitag could bring high winds and heavy rain to the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Wednesday, when France play USA in Fukuoka, World Rugby said.
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Tough love: All Blacks centres best of frenemies
Sonny Bill Williams calls it being honest with each other when they put their competitiveness aside to analyse each other's performance in Tests and training.
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Springboks thrash Namibia 57-3 at Rugby World Cup
The Boks, the overwhelming favourites in this match, opened the scoring in the 10th minute when Bongi Mbonambi crashed over the line from a driving maul.
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'Doesn't get any bigger than playing England for RWC quarter-final - Ledesma
Saturday's success was badly-needed by the Pumas, whose campaign in Pool C -- the tournament's 'group of death' because it features three major sides -- started with an agonising 23-21 loss to fellow heavyweights France.
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Hosts Japan stun Ireland 19-12 at Rugby World Cup
In a shock result that rivals their "miracle of Brighton" defeat of South Africa at the 2015 tournament, the Brave Blossoms took the lead through a Kenki Fukuoka try halfway through the second half and hung on desperately with a courageous defensive effort.
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Scotland change entire back-row for critical Samoa clash
Magnus Bradbury, Jamie Ritchie and Blade Thomson come in for John Barclay, Ryan Wilson and flanker Hamish Watson, who has flown home after a tournament-ending injury.
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All Blacks warn no let up against minnows Canada, Namibia
The three-times world champions have beaten Canada comfortably in the three times they've met in previous World Cups and whipped Namibia 58-14 when they met for the only time at London's Olympic Stadium four years ago.
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Argentina beat Tonga 28-12 at Rugby World Cup
The more fancied Argentina capitalised on some Tongan handling errors in the first half to race to a quick lead and resisted a brave fight-back from the underdogs in an entertaining match at the Hanazono Rugby Stadium.
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Cheika swings axe for Wales clash at Rugby World Cup
Dane Haylett-Petty starts in place of Kurtley Beale at fullback and there was no room in the matchday 23 for Christian Lealiifano, Australia's starting fly-half in the 39-21 win over Fiji.
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Japan's Matsushima wary of Irish 'three-tonne truck'
The flying winger scored a sizzling treble as the host nation beat Russia 30-10 in last week's Pool A opener, prompting gushing praise from Japan coach Jamie Joseph.
