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Rugby Union in Australia has the highly popular Super 14 competition where the emphasis is on strong, attacking rugby with bonus points given to any team scoring four tries or more in a game. The Crusaders have been the most successful Super 14 team, having won seven times throughout the 12 year competition.
The Rugby World Cup is the pinnacle tournament in rugby union and is a tournament for men that takes place every four years between the very best national rugby union teams. The last World Cup held was in 2007 with South Africa becming world champions after winning the tournament held in France. Major international competitions in the northern and southern hemisphere are the Six Nations Championship and the Tri Nations Series, respectively.
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The latest Rugby Union news from Sportal.com.au
- Etihad scrubs up well
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:01:00 GMT - Rocky Elsom insists he has played on far worse surfaces than the controversial Etihad Stadium, after the Wallabies completed their captain's run without a hitch ahead of Saturdays' blockbuster clash against the All Blacks.
- Record means 'nothing'
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:10:00 GMT - Australia is a tougher opponent than South Africa and the peachy record the All Blacks hold over their trans-Tasman rival means 'nothing'.
- Joseph heads south
- Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:47:00 GMT - Jamie Joseph will step down as Wellington Lions coach to take on the Highlanders in the Super 15 next season, the New Zealand Rugby Union confirmed on Friday.
- De Villiers faces charge
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:56:00 GMT - Outspoken South African coach Peter de Villiers has been hit with a 'misconduct' charge and will appear at a Sanzar judicial hearing within the next week.
- Horne's slice of history
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:42:00 GMT - Ten years ago Rob Horne was a face in the world-record crowd that saw a trans-Tasman encounter widely regarded 'the greatest rugby game ever' at Sydney's Olympic Stadium - this Saturday he wants his own piece of Bledisloe Cup history.
- Photographer banned
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:13:00 GMT - The All Blacks have banned the photographer responsible for taking the shot of New Zealand's team tactics from attending their remaining sessions.
- De Villiers gets backing
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:44:00 GMT - Peter de Villiers has been given a vote of confidence by his employers at the South African Rugby Union and assured that his job is safe.
- Preview: Wallabies v All Blacks
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:10:00 GMT - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Sat July 31, 8:00pm (AEST)
- Wallabies won't look
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:19:00 GMT - Wallabies assistant coach Jim Williams says he 'probably' won't even look at the controversial photograph that captured the All Blacks' game plan for Saturday night's trans-Tasman encounter in Melbourne.
- Cooper appeal fails
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:31:00 GMT - Star playmaker Quade Cooper will miss the Wallabies' two upcoming Bledisloe Cup Tests against New Zealand after his dangerous-tackle appeal was dismissed on Wednesday afternoon.
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