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          5dReuters

          World Rugby abandons Nations Championships

          World Rugby has abandoned its plans to create a Nations Championship after failing to gain support from unions, the sport's ruling body said on Wednesday.

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          14dESPN

          SA Rugby announces de-centralised player contracting model

          The model also ensures the unions and the Springboks work in partnership to develop "players of national interest", and younger players will be offered "commitment clauses" that will reward them for staying in South Africa.

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          71dESPN

          South Africa Blitzboks win Singapore Sevens

          South Africa produced a remarkable comeback to defeat Fiji in the HSBC World Rugby Singapore Sevens, overcoming a 19-0 halftime deficit to win the Cup final 20-19.

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          77dAndy Withers and Susan Ninan

          South African sides can place more trust in back-three - Botha

          "I think sometimes we need to trust the players a little bit more," Springboks legend Naas Botha tells ESPN. "Certain guys, certain cultures, prefer the game-plan more than the player. I'm a kind of guy who prefers player to game-plan."

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          77dAAP

          Rugby Australia considers new comp options

          Rugby Australia is working on other options if the mooted world league doesn't go ahead, with a more meaningful Rugby Championship on the SANZAAR agenda.

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          88dSam Bruce

          The domino effect: Who will take Wallabies beyond 2019?

          The biggest year of his coaching career is still to play out, but Michael Cheika's pending replacement at Australia's helm is as much a talking point as the Wallabies' Rugby World Cup fortunes themselves.

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          90dCraig Dowd

          SANZAAR made right call to return to 14-team competition

          SANZAAR made the right decision to drop the Sunwolves from Super Rugby and revert back to a 14-team competition, while the introduction of new trial 'laws' could see rugby move back towards traditional rucking, Craig Dowd writes.

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          95dESPN

          SANZAAR officially axe Sunwolves

          SANZAAR have announced they will officially drop the Sunwolves from Super Rugby from 2021 in a statement on Friday.

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          111dReuters

          SA Rugby to be strict with overseas clubs over players - Erasmus

          Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has reiterated that South Africa Rugby will rigorously enforce World Rugby Regulation 9 from 2020 in a bid to soften the impact of the growing flood of top players plying their trade abroad.

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          114dReuters

          Schalk Brits enjoying new lease of life with Bulls in Super Rugby

          The veteran hooker has been eased into the side, after sustaining a calf injury, but he was superb in the Round 1 defeat of the Stormers and then was immense in the Bulls' 30-12 victory over the Lions at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday.

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          118dESPN

          Super Rugby Round 3 team lists

          Three big trans-Tasman clashes headline Round 3 of Super Rugby, including a double-header to get us started on Friday evening. Read on for all of this week's team lists.

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          124dESPN

          Cheetahs player banned for filthy act

          Cheetahs centre Nico Lee will sit out 13 weeks of Pro 14 action after he was suspended for clearing "the contents of his nose" on Connacht's Colby Fainga'a during their clash last weekend.

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          125dESPN

          Super Rugby Round Two team lists

          In Super Rugby round two we see two trans-Tasman clashes as well as a New Zealand derby. Read for all of this week's team lists.

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          138dAndy Withers

          Super Rugby South Africa conference preview

          The Super Rugby season is once again upon us. Here, we analyse the South African conference, and ESPN columnist Greg Growden offers his thoughts on each of the five franchises.

          2018 RankingsRugby Championship

          • SA2nd
            TRIES SCORED 1st New Zealand : 33 Tries Scored
            NZL1st
            21
            33
          • SA2nd
            POINTS DIFFERENCE 1st New Zealand : 93 Points Difference
            NZL1st
            6
            93

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