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McKenzie boots Chiefs into Super semi-finals
MELBOURNE : The Waikato Chiefs fended off a brave challenge from the Queensland Reds to reach the semi-finals of Super Rugby Pacific with a bruising 29-20 win in Hamilton on Saturday.
Injury-hit Crusaders set up Blues showdown in Super semi-finals
:The Canterbury Crusaders thumped Fijian Drua 49-8 in Christchurch on Saturday to set up a semi-final showdown against the Auckland Blues but the Super Rugby Pacific champions were left counting the cost of a huge injury toll.
Coleman frustrated after Waratahs' Super Rugby season ends in heavy loss
New South Wales Waratahs coach Darren Coleman was left to rue a deflating end to a Super Rugby Pacific season that had shown glimmers of promise only to end with a quarter-final exit at the hands of the Auckland Blues on Friday.
Give it a 'try': Corner Brook athletes hope rugby showcase brings new faces to sport
Rugby players in Corner Brook are ready to showcase the sport this weekend, hosting the first sanctioned matches in the city in over 30 years.
Former footballers three times more likely to suffer dementia, study finds
LONDON: Former professional footballers are almost three-and-a-half times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than the general population, according to a study commissioned by the English Football Association (FA) and Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).
RDS to lodge plans for new Anglesea Stand for Ballsbridge arena
A planning application is to be lodged in the coming days by the Royal Dublin Society (RSD) for a new Anglesea Stand at its arena in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Former players much more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases - FA study
Former professional footballers were found to be 3.46 times more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases and are more at risk of being diagnosed with dementia, a study commissioned by England's Football Association said.