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Broncos to join Sharks in World Club Series as 2017 fixtures released

1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.au

The schedule for next year’s rugby league World Club Series has been released, with the Cronulla Sharks to take on the Wigan Warriors and the Brisbane Broncos matched up with the Warrington Wolves. The...

Monday Afternoon Round Up

1 decade ago by Ultimate Rugby

Glasgow sign Waikato lock   New Zealand-born lock Brian Alainu'uese has joined Glasgow Warriors from Waikato for the rest of the PRO12 season.   The deal is subject to a visa and medical,...

Newcastle prop Taione Vea forced to retire after temporary paralysis on pitch

1 decade ago by The Guardian

• Tonga international injured during Premiership opener against Sale• ‘I was left paralysed for five or six minutes on the field,’ says 27-year-oldThe Newcastle prop Taione Vea has been forced...

Newcastle Falcons prop Taione Vea forced to retire

1 decade ago by Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle Falcons prop Taione Vea has been forced to retire from rugby as a result of the spinal injury he suffered in the Premiership opener against Sale Sharks on September 2.   “I took...

Ford: Plenty of work to do

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

REACTION: Mike Ford says there is still "plenty of work for us to do" after he saw his RC Toulon side get back on track in European Cup Pool Three with a 15-5 win at Sale Sharks.

Currie Cup heroes called to Boks

1 decade ago by Super Sport.com

Young Cell C Sharks flanker Jean-Luc du Preez will be one of four uncapped players who will undertake the three-test match tour of the United Kingdom and Italy next month with the Springboks.

New Zealand break record for consecutive wins

1 decade ago by Super Rugby

New Zealand’s All Blacks have extended their record to 18 matches unbeaten having thumped Australia’s Wallabies 37-10 at Auckland in the Bledisloe Cup. The All Blacks had gone 17 matches unbeaten...

Stringer starts for Sale hours after saying last goodbye

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Peter Stringer mourned the untimely death of his friend and former team-mate Anthony Foley in Killaloe yesterday before flying back to Manchester to start Sale Sharks' Champions Cup game.

Victory for sluggish Toulon

1 decade ago by Super Sport.com

Toulon bounced back from last week's home defeat to Saracens as they edged Sale Sharks 15-5 on Friday.

Toulon below par but still have too much for battling Sale

1 decade ago by The Guardian

• Sale 5-15 Toulon• French side recover from defeat against Saracens in previous outingToulon are up and running in this season’s European Champions Cup but did so far from convincingly after beginning...