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United Rugby Championship

Bok-laden Sharks edge out Stormers to claim third successive win

Siya Kolisi (c) of South Africa during the South Africa men's national rugby captain's run at Merchiston on November 09, 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
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Sharks made it three successive United Rugby Championship victories by beating Stormers 21-15 in Durban.

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Tries from Ethan Hooker and captain Siya Kolisi, both converted by Siya Masuku, put them 14-0 ahead inside 17 minutes before Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s drop goal got Stormers on the board.

Leolin Zas crossed for Stormers to reduce the deficit further but Andre Esterhuizen went over for Sharks’ third try, Masuku again adding the extras, before the visitors were awarded a late penalty try to claim a losing bonus point.

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Locke 15 minutes ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

Holland will start alongside Darry. I wouldn’t regard this as an uncertainty, it’s a must.

PT still struggles for consistency and is better coming off the bench.



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NH 29 minutes ago
One thing Les Kiss will like about his first Wallabies win - and three he won’t

If you look at NZ bazz, they are doing things in a similar vain where they play high risk footy, but i think they accept that errors will happen, just hopefully the positives outweigh the negatives. Converting 6/10 chances is better than 4/5 so to speak.

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unknown 55 minutes ago
'I shouldn't be wasting it': Why Nomsa Mokwai balances rugby with full-time nursing

Fantastic attitude

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Brett McKay 1 hour ago
One thing Les Kiss will like about his first Wallabies win - and three he won’t

Definitely..

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

FFS… I WANT LOVE AT 10. LOVE IS FROM THE HURRICANES. GET IT???

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

Nah not fact SORRY. Didint you see the Sky channel vote mate. 80% dont want Mounga. THATS 80%… So in other words it’s ONLY Cantabrians ( 20% ) who want Him

Facts!



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Bazzallina 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

Haha not far off but him and Dmac used to alternate between 10 and 15 ( jersey number included) in u20s then some of his early games for Cantabs but not Saders as I remember injury meant he got the 10 jersey early killed it and the rest is history as they say

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Bruiser 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

No Jacomb….easy call

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Bruiser 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

Makes sense in the big picture. DMac is our 15 who can paly 10. BB is there for insurance. Jacomb is not ready for a world cup. We have a year to get ready for RWC so RM in now learning the systems is vital. Our 2 tens for RWC are logically RM and RL. Lets not get hung up on having so many 10s on tour. BB will be vital on this tour as a 15 backup if DMac doesnt recover

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

Please tell us why NZR made those EXCEPTIONS?

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

We all believe there is major major doubt. Love is finally showing a future we never once saw with mounga.

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

You want the most promising 10 we have seen in years to move to 15 to accomodate a guy who was couldn’t nail the spot in 5 years of trying?

Possibavly one of the most backward steps Rennie could make and it would be a very unpopular choice. We finally see a future. It ain’t Mounga.



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BH 1 hour ago
Two starting debuts and two timely returns for All Blacks against Bulls

That isn’t NZ’s strongest team so far. They played against the Sharks.

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cnw 1 hour ago
Two starting debuts and two timely returns for All Blacks against Bulls

It’s puzzling because 6-2 also fits the high intensity game the ABs want to play. The risk of not doing so is also very significant. How many teams have learnt the lesson and yet still no evolution by the ABs.

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

When Bazz? U15s? No pro games at 15.

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KwAussie 1 hour ago
Maddison Levi ‘excited’ to bring sevens skillset and winning mindset to Wallaroos

If RA paid them enough she’d probably stay but they’re too busy spending money on league wannabees who aren’t anywhere near good enough

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KwAussie 1 hour ago
Maddison Levi ‘excited’ to bring sevens skillset and winning mindset to Wallaroos

This is an awesome move. Maddi’s one of my favourite 7’s players and it’ll be great to see how she goes in the XV game, especially without the space she is used to. She’s got some great skills and I think she’ll be a star as much as she is in 7’s.

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

I dont have Darry starting. I have Holland and PT.

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Red and White Dynamight 1 hour ago
'Bit unfair': Bulls boss Johan Ackermann's vow before All Blacks clash

“kicked out”. Safas clutch so desperately to their string of victim pearls that excuses are always at the ready to explain away their own poor management decisions. SARU threatened their SANZAR partners for years that ‘because of viewership numbers’ that they were owed a bigger slice of the broadcasting rights pie. Aus and NZ quite rightly told them to FO, SANZAR was an equal partnership. Notwithstanding that each partner brought their own strengths and weaknesses, certainly a winning record completely escaped SA teams as part of their ‘package’. OFS were chopped, and early, despite being 1 of the more attractive SA teams to watch. Still the concentration of SA players from 5 teams to 4 had little discernible improvement on teams performance. In fact, SA teams were - by far - the least successful partner. Only 1 Champion SA club whereas all 3 origin Aus teams won and all 5 NZ teams have won. SA teams had a 22% win rate in NZ - so noone was turning up to watch them - whilst NZ teams had a 50% win rate in SA. When Covid pandemic hit the entire World and, NZ for 1 closed borders in and out, obviously this impacted an International competition and whilst a trans-Tasman lite-Super comp returned eventually, SARU used this opportunity to scream “we’ve been kicked out”. The reality was a temporary solution that would have soon corrected itself. Of course everyone knows the Safas innately clutch desperately to being a victim - ‘noone likes us, we dont care’ - and everyone outside of SA knows that the truth is found elsewhere. After only a few seasons of turning up to matches with teams full of development players in the URC/Champions Cup, those partner nations and their fans are already sick of the moaning and whinging that inherently accompanies all things Sth African. SARU are probably still kidding themselves that they will enter the 6Nations and that they will be “kicked out” of the Rugby Championship. What a bunch of big babies.

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Over the sideline 1 hour ago
Richie Mo'unga receives long-awaited All Blacks call-up

Why would you move a 10 with the best future we have seen for years to go back to one of the very players that failed to nail a start at 10 for 5 years?

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