Rugby World Cup 2011 By Dinouk Colombage South Africa capped off their group stage in the World Cup with a hard fought 13-5 win over Samoa. The win also saw the Sprinkboks book a place in the quarter finals, while the pacific island was forced to head back home. A try from Bryan Habana [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 By Dinouk Colombage The 2011 Rugby World Cup has moved in to week three and is reaching the business end of the tournament. The players are acclimatised and the teams aqre pushing for places in the knockout rounds. Last week saw a collection of minnow nations push for a surprise berth [...]
By Dinouk Colombage England’s final group match against Scotland saw the six nation champions go into the game without the services of assistant coach Dave Alred and fitness coach Paul Stridgeon. The pair was suspended following the controversy that took place during their 67-3 victory over Romania. According to reports, the coaches had been spotted [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 By Dinouk Colombage Australia put behind their shock loss to Ireland last week as they emerged easy victors over a spirited USA team. Eleven tries in total, including a hat-trick to Adam Ashley-Cooper saw the Wallabies run away 67-5 winners over the Eagles. Australia opened the scoring early on in the [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 New Zealand’s All Blacks sounded an ominous warning to other cup hopefuls with a crushing 83-7 win over Japan in Hamilton on Friday. Despite fielding a virtual second string side, the hosts and favourites for the trophy turned in a superlative performance to blow away their opponents. From the moment Conrad [...]
Focuss, a fully owned subsidiary of Emerald international was appointed the official casual and formal wear provider for the Sri Lanka Rugby and Football Union (SLRFU) recently. Focuss specialises in casual wear and has a personality similar to rugby, and the move will not only dress our national rugby teams in more professional and attractive [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 Hosts New Zealand kicked off their World Cup challenge with an emphatic 41-10 win over Tonga in the opening game of the 2011 Rugby World Cup 2001 in Auckland on Friday. The All Blacks – hot favourites to win the Cup – were simply irresistible in the first half, with some [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 By Dinouk Colombage The Rugby World Cup is finally upon us, and the opening games have been played. The top contenders have stepped onto the field and shown us what they are worth. As with all World Cups, picking a clear favourite this early on is too tough, as a host [...]
Rugby World Cup 2011 By Hafiz Marikar Kavinda Jayasena former Trinity College – 2nd Row Lions man and son of Late George Jayasena of Kandys Sports Club and Sri Lanka wing three Quarter the best in that era, together with his team mates with the club colors of pink shirts with Chocolate Brown stripes made [...]
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