It's no bluff: Tahs really can defy the odds
AS SOON as Tah Man leapt several metres out of a Black Hawk helicopter onto the middle of the Sydney Football Stadium, breaking his fall with a forward roll, you just knew this was going to be a special night.
Waratahs dominate to set up dream decider
THE Waratahs have promised for weeks that their best is yet to come. And last night they showed how much more they felt they really have to offer with an emphatic semi-final win over the Sharks to book a start in the Super 14 final.
Rumours of Steyn's removal clearly won't wash with Sharks coach
ACCORDING to some, Sharks superboot Francois Steyn is not playing in tonight's Super 14 semi-final against the Waratahs at the Sydney Football Stadium. But anyone who was at the ground yesterday for the Sharks' final training session would be putting their last dollar on Steyn appearing in the centres tonight.
McKenzie got the best out of Benn … by sacking him
THE career of Waratahs prop Benn Robinson came to a crossroads when coach Ewen McKenzie called him into his Moore Park office two days after NSW lost to the Chiefs in round two to tell him he was dropped.
NSWRU board's kamikaze attacks
THE NSW Rugby Union board must have a death wish, behaving with all the blind passion of a squadron of kamikaze pilots, hell-bent on bringing the Waratahs down with them in the Super 14 tournament.
Steyn remover needed as Tahs eye final
THE Waratahs must spend as much time as possible in the Sharks' half if they are to stifle the danger of Francois Steyn's kicking in their Super 14 semi-final at the Sydney Football Stadium tomorrow night.
Waugh racks up ton for Tahs
The flanker will join one of rugby's most exclusive clubs when he
leads the Waratahs on Saturday.
Venter rates Palu No.1 on his hit parade
AFTER Waratahs No.8 Wycliff Palu executed a bone-crushing hit on AJ Venter, laying the Sharks back-rower flat in Sydney last month, the question most fans were left asking was: "How would that have felt?"
Sharks win one, lose one
THE Sharks are hopeful their matchwinning utility back Francois Steyn will play on Saturday night, but are preparing to stay onside with one of their least favourite referees, New Zealander Bryce Lawrence.
Steyn may still play
Boom centre an outside chance of playing for the Sharks against the
Waratahs.
Relax - this Beast is just a wrecking ball at heart
TO ANYONE who has played against Tendai Mtawarira, it could answer
a few questions. To anyone who hasn't and plans on daring to do so,
it could scare the living daylights out of them. This Sharks prop,
known since he was nine as "Beast", is a reformed schoolboy bully.
Tahs keep faith with wobbly Beale
Teenage NSW playmaker Kurtley Beale will enter his maiden Super 14 finals campaign under immense pressure with serious question marks over his right boot and defence.
Cards fall perfectly for Waratahs
The Super 14 cards have fallen perfectly for the NSW Waratahs who enter the semi-finals with a massive opportunity to break their title drought.
Sharks to play Waratahs
The Sharks qualified for the Super 14 finals in dramatic fashion
with a win over the Chiefs.
Michalak to return to France
France fly-half will sign a three-year deal with his former club
Toulouse, says L'Equipe.
Sharks snap losing streak
The Sharks collected a crucial five points to keep alive their
hopes of reaching the semifinals.
Crusaders hold off Sharks
The Crusaders, with a try each to the fat boys up front, inflicted a third straight Super 14 defeat on the Sharks with an 18-10 Friday night Super 14 victory in Christchurch
No surgery for Michalak: agent
France flyhalf Frederic Michalak does not require knee surgery, his
agent said on Wednesday.
Michalak out for season
The Super 14's highest-profile international recruit has almost
certainly played his last game.
Waratahs maul Sharks and circle home semi
THE Waratahs made enormous inroads into securing a home semi-final
- and raised hope they might win their first Super 14 title - by
beating the Sharks to take second place on the Super 14 ladder last
night.
We can exploit Steyn switch, says McKenzie
World Cup hero Francois Steyn is back at his preferred
inside-centre position for the Sharks.
Exposed: the real Michalak
The French star is taking a break from celebrity, writes Rupert
Guinness.
Sharks terminate Taione
The Sharks have terminated their contract with the Tongan World Cup
star.
Michalak gives new laws his blessing
FRENCH World Cup star Frederic Michalak believes the new experimental law variations on trial in this year's Super 14 should be introduced to international rugby as soon as possible.
Sharks' bombs will rain down on us, says McKenzie
WET weather is not forecast for Saturday's Super 14 clash between
the Waratahs and Sharks in Sydney but NSW still expect a heavy
downpour - of footballs rather than raindrops.
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