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Gollings to lead England team at Commonwealth Games Sevens

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Ben Gollings will lead England’s Rugby Sevens team at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month. The 30-year-old from Bournemouth makes his third appearance at the Games after appearing at Manchester in 2002 and winning a silver medal at Melbourne in 2006. Gollings is arguably the world’s greatest Sevens player, having scoring 2,374...
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SANZAR gives the prize franchise to Melbourne

SANZAR has announced Melbourne as the 15th Super Rugby Team to join the competition when expansion occurs in 2011. An Expert Determination Panel was asked by the SANZAR Executive Committee to decide on the location of the 15th Super Rugby team.  The Experts were former Rugby World Cup-winning captain David Kirk and retired New...
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Australia: Smith starts, Ioane at centre – squad announcement

The return of George Smith to the starting XV, and the selection of an entirely new midfield combination featuring Digby Ioane and Quade Cooper, are the key changes to the Qantas Wallabies starting line-up that has been named today for Saturday’s Cook Cup Test against England in London. Smith, the game’s fifth most capped...
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SANZAR Executive Committee decides that the 15th Super Rugby Team decision is to go to Arbitration

The SANZAR Executive Committee met today to consider the applications from Melbourne and the Southern Kings to be the 15th Super Rugby team. Following discussion it was clear that the Executive Committee would not reach the required unanimity with the ARU expressing its support for Melbourne and SA Rugby expressing its support for the...
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