Author: Steve Lenthall

Canberra born and bred Rugby fan brought up on Canberra Kookaburra and ACT Brumbies Rugby.

The Vikings have continued their unbeaten season with a 42-16 win over the Rising to set up a mouth watering clash with the also undefeated Brisbane City next week. The score didn’t truly reflect the closeness of the game with three yellow cards to the Rising costing them any chance of victory. The Match The opening quarter of the game was played at a frantic pace but neither team could trouble the scorer and it took until the 23rd minute when for the deadlock to be broken with the Vikings going to their strength of the rolling maul off a…

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The Wallabies have announced their 31 man squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup and there are a couple of surprises names coming in and names heading out. Sean McMahon and Toby Smith make the squad despite not having played in The Rugby Championship, whereas Nic White and James Horwill who did have big roles to play in the lifting of the trophy will go to Chicago, but no further. 31-Man Wallabies World Cup Squad 2015 Wallabies Forwards: Hookers Stephen Moore – C (96 Tests) Tatafu Polota-Nau (53 Tests) Props Greg Holmes (17 Tests) Sekope Kepu (56 Tests) Scott Sio (9…

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Richie McCaw and Dan Carter have crashed the Brumbies party and ended their Crusaders careers with a 37-24 win over the Brumbies, with Carter contributing 17 points off the boot. It was a game that saw big hits in defence, the obligatory rolling maul tries from the Brumbies and even two penalty tries awarded by Jaco Peyper. The result sees the Brumbies finish in sixth place on the ladder with a nervous wait to see if they will travel up the Hume or across the Pacific for next weeks game. The Match It didn’t take long for the Brumbies to…

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