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These are some of the rugby headlines on Sunday May 15
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Rugby - Crusaders end Brumbies winning streak as Blues stay clear at summit
(Reuters) - Canterbury Crusaders brought the ACT Brumbies' winning streak against New Zealand sides to an end as Scott Robertson's side secured a 37-26 win in Canberra that moves them level on points with the Australians in the Super Rugby standings.
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Crusaders end Brumbies winning streak as Blues stay clear at summit
Canterbury Crusaders brought the ACT Brumbies' winning streak against New Zealand sides to an end as Scott Robertson's side secured a 37-26 win in Canberra that moves them level on points with the Australians in the Super Rugby standings.
Andrew Symonds: Australian all-round great loved by teammates
Symonds, who died on Saturday night in a car crash aged 46, was instantly recognisable on the cricket field with a mop of dreadlocks poking out from his baggy green cap and lips gleaming with white zinc cream. A hulking presence at 6ft 2in (1.87m) with a grin as broad as his shoulders, he was a supremely talented all-rounder equally at home bowling spin or lively medium-pace.
Cricket - Moody defends playing out-of-form Williamson as opener
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has defended playing captain Kane Williamson as an opener despite the batsman's ongoing run drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
IPL 2022: Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody defends playing out-of-form Kane Williamson as opener
Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has defended playing captain Kane Williamson as an opener despite the batsman's ongoing run drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Williamson's tally of 208 runs from 12 matches has come at a strike rate of 92.85, the worst among batsmen with a minimum of 100 runs this season. In Saturday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders, the New Zealand captain managed just nine off 17 balls, but Moody said he was against tinkering with the Hyderabad middle order, which had been working well for them. "Rahul Tripathi has batted exceptionally well at number three and (Aiden) Markram has been one of the leading batters in the tournament at four," Moody said after their defeat by Kolkata in Pune. "So, we felt why change something that's working for something that's not working. We have trusted Kane with his quality, there's no question of his world-class quality. So, that's why we haven't made that move because as we have seen throughout the tournament where the batting has been functioning really well."
Moody defends playing out-of-form Williamson as opener
MUMBAI : Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has defended playing captain Kane Williamson as an opener despite the batsman's ongoing run drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL).