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Fans turn out to watch Wilkinson
A 5000-strong crowd turned out to watch England star take partin
his first training session for his new club Toulon.
Beasties monster Woodies to cement top-six spot
EASTERN SUBURBS are no longer positioned precariously in the top six of the Shute Shield thanks to their round 13 away win against Eastwood at the weekend.
Slip galvanises Greens' shoots of recovery
NO Drew Mitchell, no worries. Randwick continued their march
towards the Shute Shield finals series with a hard-fought 19-13
victory over an impressive Warringah outfit yesterday.
Mitchell shows the way for Randwick
The gold might have been missing from his jersey but someone forgot
to tell Drew Mitchell he wasn't playing for the Wallabies at a
swamp-like Coogee Oval yesterday.
Tahs won't be last to miss Smith: Norton-Knight
SAM NORTON-KNIGHT has some advice for anyone planning to watch
Northern Suburbs back up against Warringah this Saturday after
their upset Shute Shield victory over West Harbour.
Waugh vows to force way back into the selection mix
WALLABIES breakaway Phil Waugh says he has been given no indication
of how long he will be confined to playing in Sydney club rugby
during the domestic Test season, which starts today.
Off-contract Beau leads Rats from the front
WARRINGAH captain Beau Robinson has been far from out of place leading the Rats as they have scrambled to stay in touch with the top six in the Shute Shield ladder this year.
I don't need any propping up: Ben
PROP Ben Alexander would be within his rights to expect of a little
bit of compassion from Wallabies coach Robbie Deans during the
national squad's first day of training today.
Wallabies come back to earth in test of character
ROBBIE DEANS was not looking for the slick passes, sharp running lines, swashbuckling tackles and other flashes of individual flair from Wallabies Lote Tuqiri and Timana Tahu as they played for West Harbour against Southern Districts on Saturday.
Perpignan into Top 14 final
LYON, France - Perpignan toppled Mark Gasnier's Stade Francais 25-21 on Saturday to set up a Top 14 play-off final against Clermont next week.
Tuqiri and Tahu help Pirates to the booty
WALLABIES stars Lote Tuqiri and Timana Tahu fought through a wave of early opposition pressure in their comeback to club rugby with West Harbour to combine and produce a decisive second-half try that helped the Pirates to clinch their sixth win in a row yesterday.
Rapp's concerns over Test Pirates
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS coach Tim Rapp has questioned whether Wallabies stars Lote Tuqiri and Timana Tahu will be able to lift for their return to club rugby this afternoon.
Sydney clubs ready to trial Twenty20 rugby
RUGBY'S version of cricket's Twenty20 - in which players leave the field during a game to create space and attacking opportunities - will be trialled soon at Sydney club level.
Dunning out of the running but gets courtesy call-up
MATT DUNNING was surprised when Wallabies coach Robbie Deans
telephoned him last week before his comeback in the Shute Shield
for Eastwood after nearly six months out.
Unbeaten Manly jump ahead of the pack
MANLY became the first team in the Shute Shield to get a jump on the rest of the pack by remaining undefeated at the weekend with their round-six win over Southern Districts.
Harrison cited for 'incident' on Borthwick
Former Wallabies forward Justin Harrison was cited on Wednesday for
allegedly making contact with the eyes or eye area of England
captain Steve Borthwick.
We need to nurture our domestic comps
WITH Australian rugby standing at a fork in the road, there's one important issue that we can't afford to overlook: the value of developing a strong feeder competition to provide players for the future.
Rampant Randwick's fond farewell
HOURS before Shawn Mackay's life was celebrated with applause in
Canberra on Saturday - and miles from the limelight of live
television coverage - the former Brumbies forward was honoured by
his grassroots clubmates in their own way.
Mackay name will live on at Randwick
SHAWN MACKAY has been lost to the club he loved so much - Randwick.
But in his younger brother, Matt, the proud Galloping Greens will
have a living legacy on their side.
Then there were four … tragedy tears hole in a very tight five
STEPHEN HOILES has been officially and proudly noted in the rugby
record books as Shawn Mackay's captain at both the Brumbies and at
the Randwick club in Sydney.
Avast me Harvey - Highlanders sink Pirates
FULLBACK Dave Harvey's 26-point haul catapulted Gordon to a stunning come-from-behind win over West Harbour in yesterday's last game of round two in the Shute Shield.
Jonny watches as Toulon lose
Toulouse defeated Castres 26-11 on Saturday to return to the summit of the French Top 14 while big-spending Toulon, watched by England star Jonny Wilkinson, were beaten 32-29 by second-placed Perpignan courtesy of a last-minute drop goal.
Umaga out for two weeks
Struggling Top 14 side Toulon will be without their New Zealand player-coach Tana Umaga for two weeks due to a groin injury he sustained against Bourgoin last Friday, the club revealed on Thursday.
Umaga injured as Toulon win
Stade Francais suffered a blow to their hopes of finishing top of the Top 14 championship on Saturday when they went down 26-11 to Brive.
Saracens set for South African invasion: BBC
All Black star Chris Jack is set to be released along with 14
teammates at English Premieship rugby club Saracens and they'll be
replaced by mainly South African players, according to the BBC on
Tuesday.
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