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After their 44-21 triumph in their United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Cardiff at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town, here’s how the Stormers players performed on Saturday. Stormers player ratings v Cardiff 15 Damian Willemse: Showed some deft touches with ball in hand and delivered a superb offload to Zas, who crossed for a well-taken try in the first half. The double World Cup winner continued to ask questions of Cardiff‘s defence with his excellent skill-set as the match progressed and was a calming influence when Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu was forced off due to injury in the second stanza. 8 14…
Ellery Hanley, Andy Gregory, Jason Robinson, Martin Offiah. The roll call of Wembley heroes for Wigan is almost endless and they now have another name to add to the list as they lifted the Challenge Cup once again.All eyes were firmly fixed on the Wigan bench when it was confirmed their maverick playmaker, Bevan French, was included six weeks ahead of schedule after a hamstring tear. It was all a distraction; by the time French arrived on the scene the final had been decided, in no small part due to the heroics of the man who replaced him.The 20-year-old Jack…
Raheem Sterling has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after he allegedly crashed his car into motorway barriers.The former England winger, who most recently played for Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie, is suspected of crashing his Lamborghini into barriers on the M3 in Hampshire on Thursday morning.The 31-year-old has been released on bail pending further enquiries.In a statement, Hampshire Police said: “Just before 9am on Thursday, we received reports that a Lamborghini was in collision with barriers on the M3 southbound, close to the Minley Interchange.”No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported.”The driver, a 31-year-old man, from…
TOKYO – Kobe Steelers put in a stellar second-half performance to overpower Tokyo Sungoliath 69-23 in the Japan Rugby League One playoff semifinals on Saturday, moving within a win of their first championship. The Steelers, the regular season leaders guided by Dave Rennie who is leaving at the end of the season to take over at the All Blacks, more than displayed their title credentials by amassing 11 tries to two at Tokyo’s Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. “I thought our boys were outstanding today,” Rennie said. “It was a real arm-wrestle first half but we’re really proud of their…
Not exactly a blaze of glory to send off Mark McCall on his last home match, but to win a good old-fashioned London scrap in such a way will no doubt be its own source of satisfaction. All the more so in that it means Saracens attain the top four for the first time since October with one round to play. All the more so given the bonus point that looked for 75 minutes as if it were a distant luxury.Two tries in a crazy last few minutes meant one of those accrued too, to make the sweltering afternoon perfect,…
Listen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.The Canadian women’s rugby sevens team advanced to the Cup semifinals of the HSBC World SVNS event in Valladolid, Spain, after a lopsided win over Japan on Saturday.Olivia Apps opened the scoring and added three conversions in Canada’s 40-5 quarterfinal victory at Estadio Jose Zorrilla.Asia Hogan-Rochester, Florence Symonds, Charity Williams, Savannah Bauder, and Adia Pye each also scored tries for the Canadians, who will next face the U.S on Sunday…
Britain’s Beth Potter claimed her third podium spot of the season as she finished second in the World Triathlon Series event in Alghero, Sardinia as Olympic champion Alex Yee failed to finish the men’s race.Yee was fifth on his triathlon return in Yokohama two weeks ago after focusing on marathon running in 2025.The 28-year-old Olympic champion, who did well to avoid a couple of crashes in the bike phase, started the run a minute and a half back on the leading pack, headed by Alessio Crociani of Italy, and struggled to make any further impact.With the heat searing and the…
Following a 33-21 victory for Glasgow Warriors over Connacht in the United Rugby Championship (URC) quarter-final, here’s our five takeaways from Scotstoun. The top line The top seeds are through to the semi-finals of the competition after seeing off an ever-improving Connacht outfit that had headed into this fixture as the URC‘s form team. Tries from Patrick Schickerling, Kyle Steyn (2), Josh McKay and Olujare Oguntibeju were added to by four conversions from George Horne as the hosts proved too strong. A dominant scrum laid the platform while moments of quality out wide also contributed to Glasgow booking a last-four…
Following a heavy 59-34 defeat to Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific clash at FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday, here are the player ratings for the Blues. Backline struggles 15 Zarn Sullivan: Place-kicking was mixed and, although he made a few metres with ball in hand, Sullivan very much faded after the interval. 5 14 AJ Lam: Managed one try, could have had another only to be denied by a magnificent Josh Jacomb hit, but he missed too many tackles and was unable to influence the game enough, which sums up his season. Lam’s scored plenty of tries in 2026…
Earlier this month, forward Mohamed Salah said the club must return to being a “heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear” after “crumbling” to a defeat at Aston Villa.Much of Liverpool’s success under Klopp – where they won every major trophy – came through this style of play.”The conclusion we have come to is built on a belief that the team’s trajectory is best addressed through a change of direction. That does not diminish the work Arne has done here, or the respect we have for him. Nor is it a reflection of his talents. Rather, it is indicative of…