All Blacks rest captain
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New Zealand made the rare move of resting its captain, and Wales named three changes for their rugby Test at Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
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Aaron Mauger and Sitiveni Sivivatu score two tries each as New Zealand record a comfortable win over France.
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Full-back Iain Balshaw ousts Mathew Tait, while Luke Narraway makes his debut for England for their Six Nations opener with Wales.
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LONDON : Saracens captain Hugh Vyvyan has been called up to the England replacements&#39; bench for Saturday&#39;s Test match against Canada at Twickenham as a result of an injury to back row forward Joe Worsley.
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Harlequins' Dave Strettle is called up by England after Jason Robinson injures his neck in training.
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Saracens flanker Richard Hill has had knee surgery which is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season in a blow to England boss Andy Robinson as he prepares for the autumn Tests.
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A young All Blacks side ended its northern hemisphere tour with a comfortable 47-19 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham yesterday.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: South Africa flanker could be banned for Friday's showdown with England.
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Kolkata: South African skipper Graeme Smith suffered an injury to his left foot in a minor accident near the team hotel here today.
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By staff writers. IT was a bad day for the Kiwis at the Adelaide Oval yesterday but an even worse one for a pair of seagulls. No hope ... New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming decides against mouth-to-beak resuscitation / Reuters.
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South Africa drop Percy Montgomery for Saturday's Tri-Nations match against New Zealand.
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The England head coach Andy Robinson&#39;s midfield problems worsened yesterday when Will Greenwood was ruled out of the Six Nations Championship after an operation on his shoulder, enhancing the prospect of Jonny Wilkinson returning to the side at centre.
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The Springboks take on the All Blacks in the second match of this year's Tri-Nations in Durban.
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Morgan Turinui will start as centre and Elton Flatley returns as fly half for Australia&#39;s rugby match against England at Twickenham on Saturday as coach Eddie Jones rearranges his side to deal with injuries.
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Sport: Six Nations: England count cost of defeat to Wales as four key players are ruled out with injury
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New Zealand&#39;s cricketers were restricted to 67-2 at lunch on day one of the their two-Test series against Australia after choosing to bat first at Brisbane.
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Richard McCaw will captain the All Blacks against Wales on Sunday morning, with Wellington&#39;s Piri Weepu set to make his test debut at halfback.