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1. South Africans survive torrid time in rare draw against Australians

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PERTH: South Africa survived having two men sent to the sin bin in the second half, to earn a 14-14 draw with Australia in an uncompromising Tri-Nations test in Perth yesterday.

2. Johnson hits out at Irish Lions’ team management

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LONDON: British and Irish Lions captain Martin Johnson has criticised the team management of this year’s controversial Lions tour to Australia and said he would have quit if scrum-half Matt Dawson had been sent home.

3. Leinster and Ulster reach Celtic League semi-finals

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LONDON: Irish provinces Leinster and Ulster became the first sides to book their places in the inaugural semi-finals of the Celtic League yesterday, both going going through at the expense of Welsh clubs.

4. Unimpressive Springboks made to sweat by United States

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HOUSTON: South Africa’s Springboks beat the United States 43-20 yesterday but delivered another faltering performance that did nothing to boost coach Harry Viljoen’s stock at the end of a disastrous northern hemisphere tour.

5. New Zealand face hefty fine if they name Fijian player in team

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SUVA: The New Zealand Rugby Football Union faces a hefty fine if it fields Fijian Seru Rabeni in its IRB World Sevens Series squad next year, the Fiji Times reported yesterday.

6. Wallaby coach calls for unified global season

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SYDNEY: Former Wallaby coach Rod Macqueen has added his voice to the growing chorus of rugby officials calling for a unified global season.

7. Six Nations format to change from 2003

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PARIS: The Six Nations rugby union championship is to be condensed into a seven-week tournament from the year 2003, the tournament’s bosses revealed here yesterday.

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8. All Blacks display fine form

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SANTIAGO: Reigning champions New Zealand and South Africa were in hot form yesterday as they raced into the quarter-finals of the second leg of the IRB World Sevens competition.

9. England demolish Scotland

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EDINBURGH: Two early Jason Robinson tries and a series of missed kicks and handling errors by the home side helped England to open their Six Nations campaign with a solid 29-3 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield yesterday.

10. Welsh Union official says Henry has lost the plot and should go

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LONDON: Pressure grew on Welsh rugby union coach Graham Henry to resign yesterday in the wake of Sunday’s 54-10 thrashing by Ireland as a vice-chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) said he should resign.

11. Johnson let himself down~ says coach Woodward

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LONDON: England coach Clive Woodward said yesterday his captain Martin Johnson had let himself down by punching Saracens hooker Robbie Russell during a Premiership game last weekend.

12. England destroy Ireland with early blitz; Scotland beat Italy

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LONDON: England blasted away the memory of last year’s painful Dublin defeat by thrashing Ireland 45-11 in a blistering Six Nations display yesterday that established them officially as the best team in the world.

13. France beat England to go on top of Six Nations championship

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PARIS: Flyhalf Gerald Merceron and number eight Imanol Harinordoquy scored superb first-half tries as France beat England 20-15 to go top of the Six Nations yesterday.

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14. O’Driscoll confident of victory

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PARIS: Brian O’Driscoll is confident Ireland can defeat France and deprive them of a Six Nations grand slam on Saturday.

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15. Johnson comes to defence of Tune after drugs row

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SYDNEY: England captain Martin Johnson says that no disciplinary action should be taken against Ben Tune after it was revealed the Australian winger had been prescribed a banned drug.

16. Battle between Umaga~ Lomu for Kiwi spot

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CHRISTCHURCH: Tana Umaga in, Jonah Lomu out. That’s the decision the All Black selectors will live or die by after naming their side for Saturday’s prospectively conclusive finale to the Tri-Nations championship, and the Bledisloe Cup for 2002.

17. ‘The Great One’ says he is playing only to keep health

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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona: Phoenix Coyotes managing partner Wayne Gretzky yesterday shot down rumours that he was planning to return to the ice.

18. Australia lift Bledisloe Cup in Sydney thriller

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SYDNEY: Matthew Burke landed a pressure-laden penalty with the last kick of the match to secure a 16-14 victory as Australia retained the Bledisloe Cup and drew level with New Zealand in the Tri-Nations rugby series here yesterday.

19. Lomu in All Blacks squad for trip to South Africa

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SYDNEY: Blockbusting winger Jonah Lomu has been added to New Zealand’s expanded squad which left here yesterday to play South Africa in a crucial Tri-Nations rugby Test next weekend.

20. Australia’s unshakeable resolve translates in win

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SYDNEY: Australia’s unshakeable resolve to stick with their game plan led to another heartbreaking loss at the death for their fierce trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in the Tri-Nations rugby Test here on Saturday.

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