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| Fixture | Details |
|---|---|
| All times are local | |
| Aviva Premiership | |
| Saturday , September 4 | |
| London Irish vs Saracens | ![]() |
| Exeter vs Gloucester | ![]() |
| Wasps vs Harlequins | ![]() |
| Sunday , September 5 | |
| Leeds Carnegie vs Bath | ![]() |
| Northampton vs Leicester | ![]() |
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| Top 14 | |
| Sunday , September 5 | |
| Clermont Auvergne vs Montpellier | 15:00 |
| Toulouse vs La Rochelle | 15:00 |
| Castres vs Racing Metro Paris | 15:00 |
| Agen vs Perpignan | 15:00 |
| Bourgoin vs Bayonne | 15:00 |
| Brive vs Toulon | 17:00 |
| Biarritz vs Stade Francais | 20:45 |
| More Top 14 fixtures | |
| The Magners League | |
| Saturday , September 4 | |
| Connacht vs Newport-Gwent D'gons | ![]() |
| Cardiff Blues vs Edinburgh | ![]() |
| Benetton Treviso vs Scarlets | ![]() |
| Munster vs Aironi Rugby | ![]() |
| More The Magners League fixtures | |
| Currie Cup | |
| Friday , September 3 | |
| Leopards vs Pumas | ![]() |
| Lions vs Western Province | ![]() |
| Saturday , September 4 | |
| Blue Bulls vs Sharks | ![]() |
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| ITM Cup | |
| Saturday , September 4 | |
| Manawatu vs Wellington | 14:35 |
| Northland vs Southland | 17:30 |
| North Harbour vs Waikato | 19:35 |
| Sunday , September 5 | |
| Auckland vs Taranaki | 14:35 |
| Otago vs Hawkes Bay | 16:30 |
| Thursday , September 9 | |
| Bay Of Plenty vs Manawatu | 19:35 |
| More ITM Cup fixtures | |
| Fixture | Details |
|---|---|
| All times are local | |
| Aviva Premiership | |
| Friday , September 3 | |
| Sale 35 - 18 Newcastle | |
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| The Magners League | |
| Glasgow 22 - 19 Leinster | |
| Ulster 27 - 26 Ospreys | |
| More The Magners League results | |
| Currie Cup | |
| Griquas 28 - 33 Cheetahs | ![]() |
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| ITM Cup | |
| Canterbury 28 - 9 Bay Of Plenty | |
| Thursday , September 2 | |
| Counties Manukau 23 - 3 Tasman | ![]() |
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| Top 14 | |
| Wednesday, September 1 | |
| Montpellier 22 - 21 Toulouse | ![]() |
| Racing Metro Paris 28 - 17 Clermont Auvergne | ![]() |
| La Rochelle 13 - 15 Toulon | |
| Perpignan 17 - 12 Biarritz | ![]() |
| Stade Francais 40 - 34 Castres | |
| Bourgoin 22 - 15 Agen | |
| Bayonne 19 - 18 Brive | |
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| ITM Cup | |
| Sunday , August 29 | |
| Manawatu 9 - 17 Hawkes Bay | ![]() |
| Bay Of Plenty 39 - 29 North Harbour | ![]() |
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| Top 14 | |
| Saturday , August 28 | |
| Perpignan 6 - 16 Montpellier | |
| Castres 25 - 16 Bayonne | |
| Agen 28 - 23 Biarritz | |
| La Rochelle 20 - 12 Bourgoin | |
| Toulouse 34 - 16 Stade Francais | ![]() |
| Clermont Auvergne 33 - 9 Brive | |
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| ITM Cup | |
| Waikato 39 - 3 Counties Manukau | ![]() |
| Wellington 31 - 28 Northland | ![]() |
| Canterbury 35 - 16 Auckland | ![]() |
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| Tri-Nations | |
| South Africa 44 - 31 Australia | ![]() |
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| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Ireland | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | England | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Wales | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Scotland | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 2 |
Comments
ShaghaiDoc says...
The Village Idiots of rugby will struggle against any SH team and after the tours it will be obvious that GotnoLand is never going to coach the world's premier side.
Posted 09:49 07th November 2009
dutchkiwi says...
The problem with Nortern Hemisphere countries that there are too many foreigners playing for their clubs.
Please note that some clubs have not released players for internationals.
This is completely unacceptable bot will benefit Southern Hemisphere countries where players are contracted to the national body.
I predict a comfortable win for the All Blacks.Please do not call them the Kiwi team.
That name is used by the headhunters aka Rugby League
Posted 20:02 06th November 2009
nikid40 says...
I think Ireland will be the strongest Six Nations side and might have a chance of knocking off the Springboks. If the forwards front up, Paul O'Connel steadies the line-out and Ronan O'Gara has a good day, they are in with a shot. The French could also do it but who knows which French team will show up.
As for the AB's, they will be way to good here. Might be close for the first half but as the match wears on they run away with it. I'm thinking a similar scoreline to last year but more one-sided. If anyone is going to beat the AB's it will be the French but that is the only game they could lose.
Spare a thought for Italy though... toured Australia and New Zealand and now have the two best sides in the world before they even get an 'easy' game.
Posted 12:05 06th November 2009
cliffguy says...
Hey New Zealanders, stop letting it get to you! It's only a game, and the build-up is part of the fun. Fact is, Wales have built up - largely through their own fault - a big psychological block where the ABs are concerned. I'd love to see us win just to get that particular monkey off our backs, then we can go forward. But it'll be hard; ABs don't like losing, and they're not used to it either! let's hope for a great match.
Posted 11:55 06th November 2009
willems says...
Wales will probably be the strongest of the northern hemisphere sides, but the 3 southern hemisphere giants are still going to wipe all Europe clean!
Posted 09:51 06th November 2009
shades says...
All Blacks by at least 20 for sure..Wales shouldn't at all be remembering their form of last year..focus is on the now and what they can do with their current squad and psyche especially against a SH top dog..being NH grand slammers mean nothing if you cant apply that sort of rampaging assault on the All Blacks Australia or South Africa.
the dragons backline look good but even with outside wingers of Jane and Guildford NZ still looks better..i just hope its gonna be an exiting battle up front as well..i'd love to see some other country smashing the All Black forwards
Posted 09:36 06th November 2009
ABenzed says...
Based on the last 10 games between All Blacks and Wales Im picking the score on Saturday to be ABs 40 points Wales 13 .Since 1989 the ABs have scored 402 points to Wales 129 !!!!! With only one of these games in NZ and six in Wales, think what the scorelines would have been if more games played in NZ.!!
I cant wait to see if all the bravado this week from welsh players and Gatland all talking themselves up will be transferred to the actual game....Each and every time ABs play Wales they get the same old stuff before the match, and all the excuses after the game.Think they would learn to do their "talking on the field" as Mils Muliana said the ABs like to do. Talk is cheap , results over 100 years is what counts.
Seems the UK media has spent so much time in past 5 months twisting the truth of the Lions results in SA to suit their own needs, that many of the players now beleive it too( well in Wales anyway)The next 4 weeks will tell lots of stories.
My prediction is will be very similar to 2008 'autumn internationals" when the SH teams won 11 out of 12 Test matches.
Even Samoa has a good chance of knocking off 1 or more of the six nations teams this time around.
Posted 08:05 06th November 2009