Fraser McReight reflects on special Test with ‘brother’ Harry Wilson
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Fraser McReight reflects on special Test with ‘brother’ Harry Wilson

[ad_1] You could almost see it in the way they linked up on Saturday. Backrowers Fraser McReight and Harry Wilson have played a lot together over the years but they’ve finally been able to experience another “special” rugby moment.McReight and Wilson have played together for teams including club side Brothers in Brisbane and the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby Pacific. As part of their ascent through the grades, they also
All hail Joe Schmidt – why it’s time to be positive about the Wallabies again
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All hail Joe Schmidt – why it’s time to be positive about the Wallabies again

[ad_1] The Wallabies backed it up. That’s not something that you hear all that often as a rugby union supporter nowadays in Australia, but as a loyal Wallabies fan and devotee of rugby, it is something that I’m sure many others in Australia could certainly get used to. Having now won two successive matches against the Welsh, and held off Georgia, there is no doubt that Australian rugby fans around
Scotland: Gregor Townsend expects new caps to ‘come through strong’
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Scotland: Gregor Townsend expects new caps to ‘come through strong’

[ad_1] Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend expects some of his emerging players to "come through strong" after making their international debuts during the summer tour.Forwards Gregor Brown, Will Hurd, Ewan Johnson, Robbie Smith, Dylan Richardson, Nathan McBeth and Max Williamson, and backs Harry Paterson, Ross McCann, Arron Reed and Gus Warr have appeared during the first three Tests.Victories over Canada, the United States and Chile have preceded next Saturday's final
Scotland see off battling Chile for third win on tour
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Scotland see off battling Chile for third win on tour

[ad_1] BY JOE SANTAMARIA Chile…………………………………………………11 Tries: Escobar 50 Penalties: Videla 11, Salas 27 Scotland……………………………………………52 Tries: Bayliss 22, Rowe 29, 65; Dobie 34, 45; Currie 58, Richardson 73, Steyn 79 Conversions: Healy 23, 30, 36; Hastings 59, 66, 80 Scotland overcame a defiant Chile side to triumph 52-11 in Santiago on the penultimate stop of their summer tour. Having lost their four World Cup matches by a combined score of 215-27, fans might have expected Chile to provide little resistance. That
‘They were very good in the World Cup’
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‘They were very good in the World Cup’

[ad_1] Gregor Townsend has challenged Scotland to finish their summer tour of the Americas with a clean sweep of victories next weekend.The Scots followed up wins over Canada and the United States with an eight-try 52-11 destruction of Chile in Santiago on Saturday night in which both Kyle Rowe and Jamie Dobie scored doubles and Josh Bayliss, Matt Currie, Dylan Richardson and Kyle Steyn also crossed the whitewash.Townsend’s side conclude
Ten-try WP snap drought in style
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Ten-try WP snap drought in style

[ad_1] Debutant Jonathan Roche scored a hat-trick of tries as DHL Western Province thrashed the Griffons in Welkom on Sunday for their first win of the 2024 Currie Cup. WP raced into a 33-10 half-time lead, and notched 10 tries in a bonus-point 64-15 victory at North West Stadium, following two defeats in rugby’s oldest competition this season. Left winger Qamani Kota drew first blood for the hosts with a
Ex-All Black reveals retirement thought ahead of 50-year first by playing for Wallabies
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Ex-All Black reveals retirement thought ahead of 50-year first by playing for Wallabies

[ad_1] As a kid, Alex Hodgman’s father raised his Australian passport, waved it in front of him, and told him one day it would come in handy.He wasn’t wrong.On Saturday afternoon, Hodgman joined one of rugby’s most exclusive clubs by becoming the fourth player – and first in half-a-century – to play for the Wallabies and All Blacks. He joined Ted Jessep, Des Connor and Owen Stephens.Just as extraordinarily, it
Scotland score eight tries to beat battling Chile
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Scotland score eight tries to beat battling Chile

[ad_1] Chile: Warnken; Game, D Saavedra, S Videla, Garafulic; Salas, Berti; Carrasco, Bohme, Dittus, C Saavedra, Eissmann, Sigren (c), Martínez, A Escobar.Replacements: D Escobar, Lues, Gurruchaga, Pedrero, Milesi, Torrealba, B Videla, Larenas.Scotland: Rowe; Dobie, Steyn, Tuipulotu (cc), Reed; Healy, Warr; McBeth, Richardson, Hurd, Craig, Johnson, Brown, Ritchie (cc), Bayliss.Replacements: Harrison, Schoeman, Sebastian, Williamson, Darge, Hastings, McDowall, Currie. [ad_2] Amazon Rugby Most Wished For
2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick
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2027 World Cup is closer than you think, says Borthwick

[ad_1] ■ By ADAM HATHAWAY Boss: Steve Borthwick STEVE Borthwick admits he faces a race against time to get England up to speed as he turns his sights to the 2027 World Cup. The England head coach was ruing a missed opportunity when he flew from New Zealand last week after running the All Blacks close twice. In Dunedin and Auckland the tourists were within a single score of the