Rugby Union: running on empty
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Sport: Tour of South Africa in danger of descending into disarray as quartet are ruled out of Saturday's game.
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A wonderful result for what had become, because of injury and retirement, a beleaguered rugby nation. England began in control, they never lost that control and both the squad and their new coaching set-up will take fantastic heart from it all.
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When Roma and Real Madrid took to the field Wednesday at the 82,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Rome, they walked into an empty stadium.
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A major row threatening coverage of the rugby World Cup by leading international media groups remained unresolved on Friday with only hours left to the tournament's opening game.
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Ulster keep alive their slim Heineken Cup hopes and dent Gloucester's qualification chances at Ravenhill.
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The Wallabies are regrouping for next weekend's Tri-Nations Test with South Africa after narrowly failing to keep the Bledisloe Cup series alive against mighty New Zealand.
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Charlie Hodgson's kicking earns Sale a narrow victory over Saracens at Edgeley Park.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: A raft of injuries and the captain's suspension have left England in tatters.
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The lights were on at Murrayfield but nobody was home. In one of the most bizarre internationals of recent times, Scotland conceded two tries to interceptions, scored one themselves
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The Welsh Rugby Union defends its ticketing after thousands of seats were left empty at the South Africa clash.
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AS Australia ends its woefully lopsided Test series against New Zealand with victory at the Adelaide Oval today, there is only one piece of good news for fans - it&#39;s free to get in.
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TORONTO -- Precious few professional athletes leave their sport on their terms. Even fewer depart having won a championship in their final game. Injuries, diminished skills, and burnout can cut short careers.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: England had to toil to see off Samoa and get their campaign back on track.
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Andy Robinson has lost his job as head coach of the England rugby union team here with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced he was standing down with immediate effect.
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It used only to be Australians who suffered from dead-rubber syndrome  that most infuriating of conditions whereby a dominant side could write off a failure to complete a clean-sweep by claiming that the match never mattered anyway. Now, however, it is ...
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Sport: The All Blacks made a rampant start to their World Cup campaign, beating Italy by 76-14 in a match which was over after less than 20 minutes.
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Tiny Pacific islands target TinyURL territory Imagine you're a dignitary from a tiny, isolated, rugby-obsessive Pacific island group. Wouldn't it be marvellous if the UK launch of your new internet economy could be timed during the Rugby World Cup in France?â¦