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Despite much speculation that Springbok coach Peter De Villiers is about to lose his job he will undergo a performance review.
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Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder was thrilled with his team's opening Aviva Premiership performance when they beat champions Leicester Tigers 27-19.
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Bath coach Steve Meehan says that he is not happy with his team's performance even though they beat Leeds and earned a bonus point.
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Northampton Saints upset last season's Champions with 27-19 victory at Franklins Gardens in their Aviva Premiership opener.
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Bath opened their Aviva Premiership campaign with a 16-32 bonus point victory over Leeds Carnegie at Headingley
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New Zealand Women's Rugby team the Black Ferns beat England Women 10-13 to retain the Womens Rugby World Cup.
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Champions Clermont rebounded from Wednesday's defeat by Racing-Metro to beat in-form Montpellier 27-10 on Sunday in the French Top 14.
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Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill says that the Wallabies victory over the Springboks in South Africa is one for ths history books.
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A year out from defending their World Cup crown, South Africa looked in disarray when they completed a dismal Tri Nations campaign with a 41-39 defeat against Australia on Saturday.
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Wallabies reserve hooker Saia Faingaa has been banned for two weeks after being found guilty of a dangerous tackle on Flip van der Merwe.
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Australian match-winner Kurtley Beale said he didn't know until the last moment that he was going to take the penalty kick which clinched a 41-39 Tri Nations win over South Africa.
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Australian match-winner Kurtley Beale said he didn't know until the last moment that he was going to take the penalty kick which clinched a 41-39 Tri Nations win over South Africa.
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Cardiff Blues gave Dan Parks a dream Magners League debut against his Scotland team-mates by beating Edinburgh 34-23 at Cardiff City Stadium.
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London Wasps director of rugby Tony Hanks has left his players in no doubt about his anger about the team not securing a victory from their clash with Harlequins.
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Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Baxter says that he is thrilled with his team's performance which gave them a victory in their first ever Premiership match he won't be getting carried away.
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Wallaby and Reds star Quade Cooper is likely to stay in Rugby Union for the Super 15 and the Rugby World Cup.
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Saracens coach Brendan Venter has blamed the second half sin-binning of Alex Goode for Saracens' 33-16 loss to London Irish at Twickenham on Saturday.
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Harlequins bounced back after trailing at half time to draw 29-all with London Wasps at Twickenham in their Aviva Premiership opener.
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London Irish started their Aviva Premiership campaign at Twickenham with a 33-16 victory over last season's runners up Saracens.
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Exeter Chiefs got a dream start to the Aviva Premiership with a home 22-10 victory over one of the Premiership big guns Gloucester.
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Benetton Treviso shocked the Scarlets in their Magners League opener defeating them 34-28 at Stadio Comunale di Monigo.
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Munster proved too strong for Italian Magners League newcomers as they beat Aironi 33-17 at Thomond Park.
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The Blue Bulls retained their place among the top four on the Currie Cup table, breaking a seven-match unbeaten run for the Sharks as the hosts secured a 40-34 victory over the log leaders at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night.
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Connacht started their Magners League campaign with a 40-17 victory over Newport Gwent Dragons at the Sportsground.
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Danny Cipriani's agent says that he is still headed for Melbourne next month and that his new employers expect him to report for duty as agreed.
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