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• Sharks impress coach at pre-season training - After such a successful 2008, some celebratory indulgence during their brief vacation may have been expected, but the players looked as mean and lean as ever.
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• Who will claim the title of SA flyhalf? - The best display by a South African flyhalf in the northern hemisphere these past 12 months is…
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• Cipriani’s kicking woes lead Wasps to change training - Wasps are so concerned by a technical flaw in Danny Cipriani’s kicking game, one which has resulted in several tries being conceded through charge-downs, that they are to adjust their training routines to rectify the problem.
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• When Magners goes sour… - TRAWLING through the record books for Magners League matches to compare with Munster’s Thomond Park reverse last Saturday really puts the
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• Revamped stadium lacks vital fear factor as Reds struggle on home ground - MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan made some interesting observations in the wake of his team’s startling 37-11 defeat to Ulster in Thomond Park on Saturday night.
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• Lapasset intent on saving game from lure of ‘filthy lucre’ - Removing the selfishness of a ‘me not we’ attitude in rugby union should be paramount among the game’s priorities for 2009, IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset has said.
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• Citations aplenty after weekend ties - THREE players face IRFU disciplinary hearings today to consider citing complaints after a tumultuous weekend of Magners League inter-provincial action, WRITES HUGH FARRELLY.
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• All Blacks to play France in November - PARIS - France will play the All Blacks and Springboks in test matches in November it was announced today.The French will play South Africa on November 14, Samoa a week later and New Zealand on November 28.France have not…
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• Rugby: Mitchell to ‘temper’ behaviour - PERTH - Western Force rugby coach John Mitchell has had his coaching restrictions against him lifted by the club - although an independent review is still to be tabled.Mitchell was back on deck when the Force squads resumed pre-season…
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• Warriors star missing presumed dead - New Zealand Warriors rugby league star Sonny Fai is missing, presumed drowned, after being swept out to sea off a beach near Auckland.
  The 20-year-old forward, who has made 15 appearances for the Warriors since his NRL debut last year, was swimming at Bethells Beach with three others following a training run.
  It is believed they got [...]