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STOCKTAKE: What state will overseas Boks arrive home in? News24 19 May 2021, 19:10 GMT+10 Foreign-based Springboks returning for Test service next month are likely to still be heavily drawn from the RWC 2019 squad. Some will have several weeks' advantage over others in terms of rejuvenating time off ahead of the Georgia series. The rehab status of Boks currently inactive through injury like Lood de Jager and RG Snyman will be of special interest to Jacques Nienaber. Prime example of "tough gig": the Springbok brains trust trying to keep suitable tabs on their far-and-wide, collective playin...

Aussies aim for semi-finals in Japan AAP 3 hrs ago Matt McIlraith © Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is eyeing a place in the Japanese Top League semi-finals. Sean McMahon and Harry Hockings might be getting an additional breather, but there will be plenty of other Australians in action when three Top league quarter-finals are played in Japan this weekend. The Australian pair, along with their injured countryman Samu Kerevi, received a free pass into next week's semi-finals when Damien Hill's Ricoh Black Rams were forced to withdraw from Sunday's qu...

Beauden Barrett and his Suntory Sungoliath marched on to top spot in their Japan conference. Kiwis Robbie Deans and Milton Haig, the only coaches with head coaching experience in test rugby in the Top League, are in pole position for the playoffs after the Panasonic Wild Knights and Suntory Sungoliath won their respective conferences in Japan at the weekend. The Wild Knights needed to beat Yamaha Jubilo in order to stay above the Kobelco Steelers in the white conference and achieved the assignment comfortably, with the Hunterville-born former Wales international Hadleigh Parkes scoring two o...

Beauden Barrett of the Suntory Sungoliath tiptoes clear of the defence once again. Beauden Barrett’s Suntory Sungoliath are alone with a perfect record in the 16-team Japan Top League, after the All Blacks first five-eighth rescued his side in the final moments for the second week running. On the same day his Super Rugby side the Blues toppled his old team the Hurricanes, Barrett lived up to his star billing again as Suntory beat Ryan Crotty’s Kubota Spears 33-26. Suntory appeared to be cruising when they led 26-7 with less than half-an-hour to play before Kubota mounted a brave fightba...

Rugby: Barrett scores 25 as Suntory remain class of Top League March 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Lui Neata scores a try for Kobe Kobelco Steelers in their win over Hino Red Dolphins in Kobe on March 6, 2021. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett scored a try and banged over 10 conversions in the Japan Rugby Top League on Saturday, helping lift Suntory Sungoliath to a 75-10 win over Munakata Sanix Blues. The bonus point win at JIT Recycling Stadium in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, kept Sungoliath on top of the Red Conference with 15 points from three rounds. Hen...