Maka fronts new breed of Tongans eyeing England
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Sport: Tonga's No8 Finau Maka explains why the time is right to produce a World Cup shock.
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THE Australian Rugby Union has been swamped with inquiries from high-profile players here and overseas interested in joining the new Super 14 franchise in 2006.
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France fly-half Frederic Michalak has said he decided to leave Toulouse to play in South Africa in order to test his talents against the top teams in the Super-14 from the southern hemisphere.
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England scrum-half Andy Gomarsall hopes he can navigate his way around the Stade de la Beaujoire in a manner reminiscent of a chess grandmaster when the struggling world champions face Samoa in Nantes on Saturday.
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West Indies&#39; Australian coach Bennett King is relishing the prospect of facing the world&#39;s best side Australia in his first tournament in charge.
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The Socceroos&#39; chief crowd-puller Harry Kewell has been given the green light to play his first international on home soil in three years tonight.
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In an age when religious and tribal sensitivities are on the rise, can rugby afford to let the highest-ranked squad in the world make a throat-slitting gesture in public during their pregame haka dance?
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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¦
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England have drafted uncapped London Irish wing Topsy Ojo into the squad ahead of Saturday&#39;s second Test against South Africa in Pretoria.
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Tonga is making its last preparations to bury King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, with foreign dignitaries arriving to pay tribute to the man who ruled the Pacific island nation more than four decades.
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ANDY ROBINSON, the man who would be king, has pledged to put the &quot;spark and buzz&quot; back into England&#39;s misfiring rugby union team.
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England coach Brian Ashton says his side can still be a danger if they can emulate the balanced performance that downed Samoa.
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ENGLAND&#39;S rugby league brigade as Jason Robinson and Henry Paul are called up to face Canada. JOE LYDON (backs coach): Ex-GB star who was brought in to try to put potency back into England&#39;s sterile back division post World Cup.
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Sport: Rugby union: Jake White has declared his interest in coaching England after South Africa.
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CARDIFF, Wales -- All Blacks coach Graham Henry has named two new caps in the New Zealand side to face Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
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Everyone has been talking of the proposed "London Tribe", the squad of South African exiles who have rich financial backers looking to buy out an English rugby club with the aim of getting into the Premiership.
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England and Chelsea captain John Terry has said he would one day like to become the country's international manager.