VB NSW CUP TV MATCH POSTPONED - UPDATED

The NRL has today postponed the VB NSW CUP match between the Wests Tigers and Newcastle Knights. The game will now be played tomorrow at Campbelltown Sports Stadium with kick-off at 1pm.

The scheduling changes follow an inspection of Leichhardt Oval this morning and a commitment to providing the best possible playing surface for tonight’s Telstra Premiership match between Wests Tigers and Melbourne.

The Telstra Premiership match between Wests Tigers and Melbourne Storm will proceed as scheduled at 5.30pm.

NSWRL Chief Executive, Mr David Trodden, and NRL General Manager of Football Operations, Mr Nathan McGuirk, today thanked the clubs and broadcasters for their support in facilitating the changes.

This match will now be played on Monday night, the 15th of July at 7pm at North Sydney Oval.

VB NSW CUP TV MATCH POSTPONED - UPDATED

Rugby World Cup Sevens: Wales and England make quarter-finals

Holders Wales reached the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow by topping Pool E.

Having already

disposed of Uruguay 33-5 on Friday,

Wales beat Tonga 28-19 and then edged Fiji 19-14 in a thriller.

England


went through to the last eight as the winners of Pool F following a 38-7 win over Hong Kong and a hard-fought 14-12 victory over Argentina.

In Pool B,
Scotland


were eliminated from the main competition after they were thumped 41-0 by South Africa.

Wales were behind at half-time against Fiji thanks to a Levani Botia converted try after Adam Warren had been sin-binned early on.

But tries from Alex Webber and Lee Williams, added to Gareth Davies’s first-half effort, proved just enough despite a late Fiji fightback.

Earlier in the day, Wales defeated Tonga in a tough match with tries from Rhys Jones, Davies, Webber and Warren.

Wales will face tournament favourites and Pool D winners New Zealand in the quarter-finals.

Dan Norton led the way with two tries for England as they strolled to a emphatic victory over Hong Kong.

Mat Turner, Tom Mitchell, Tom Powell and John Brake also crossed the line for England while Yiu Kam Shing scored Hong Kong’s only try.

Norton was the key man in the later game against Argentina as a try from him and one from Turner, allied to Christian Lewis-Pratt’s kicking, helped England establish a 14-0 lead at half-time.

Argentina rallied after the interval and reduced the deficit to two points, but England held on and will meet Australia in the last eight.

Scotland defeated hosts Russia 21-5 in their early game thanks to a try apiece for Andrew Turnbull, Mark Robertson and Jim Thompson to set up a pool decider against
South Africa.

However, Scotland’s players were no match for a powerful South African side as Cheslin Kolbe ran over a hat-trick of tries while Cecil Afrika and Sampie Mastriet both went over twice.

South Africa, who beat Japan 33-0 earlier in the day, were paired with Fiji in the draw for the knockout stages.

New Zealand


cruised to a 26-7 win over Georgia but did not have it all their own way in a 26-19 success against the United States.

Elsewhere,
Australia


finished top of Pool A on try difference after their group decider with
France


ended in a thrilling 17-17 draw.

The French qualified for the knockout stages as the best second-placed team and will play Pool C winners Kenya.

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all take place on Sunday.

Rugby World Cup Sevens: Wales and England make quarter-finals

Rugby Union Beale grateful for Wallabies reprieve

His actions might not always show it, but troubled star Kurtley Beale insisted he is fully aware how fortunate he is to be back in the Wallabies fold after a tumultuous few months.

Beale’s commitment to the Wallabies cause was called into question again last week following his 4am visit to Hungry Jacks with team-mate and fellow ‘Amigo’ James O’Connor.

The 24-year-old spent two weeks in rehab for alcohol-related issues in May but was rushed into the squad for the first two Tests against the British and Irish Lions and started at full-back in Saturday’s 16-15 victory in Melbourne.

He had a mixed night in Australia’s narrow win but has vowed to repay the faith in the series decider in Sydney next weekend.

“I’m a very lucky man to be back here as a part of this special group,” Beale said.

“To be a part of it’s just amazing, I’m very grateful and now it’s just up to me to be actually just doing my role within the team and try and help out wherever I can.

“Obviously it’s a big game next week.”

Asked if he was worried his latest early-morning venture would cost him his spot in the squad, Beale replied: “No not really, I mean I didn’t break any protocol or anything like that – maybe with the nutritionist – but I was fine.

“We had the day off the next day and continued on with preparation.”

Coach Robbie Deans, sitting alongside Beale and O’Connor at a press conference on Sunday, leapt to Beale’s defence.

“The group’s lucky to have Kurtley as well, as much as he’s lucky to be here we’re lucky to have him,” Deans said.

“He’s a quality bloke within the group who has some unique capabilities.

“Everyone’s got different things going on in their life, but Kurtley’s has been very public, so to stand up to that sort of scrutiny and also perform on a very public stage is a very good effort.”

Beale added when asked how he handled the disappointment of missing two potentially match-winning kicks late in the first Lions Test in Brisbane: “I just had to obviously keep moving on, I couldn’t let my role within the team affect the guys around me.

“I had to keep upbeat and keep my body language up, and I felt I did that.

“Obviously it did affect me a little bit but in life you’ve got to go forward and it’s the same in rugby.

“You’ve got to bounce back and we had a great opportunity last night.”

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Roos defeat fast finishing Bulldogs

The Wyong Roos notched their fourth win of the season on Sunday holding off a gallant Canterbury Bulldogs comeback to prevail 26-24 at Kanwal.

A frenetic opening half saw a deluge of points as eight tries were racked up despite the slushy surface.

The first of these four pointers arrived early in proceedings when Jono Ford sent Etu Uaisele over for the simplest of tries after the Bulldogs left edge ran short on numbers.

Four became eight when Wyong winger Arthur Brown cashed in on a tricky Matt Nelson grubber to score the Roos second in quick succession.

Canterbury began the game conceding a number of penalties and the Roos took full advantage, extending their lead to 14-0 when Ford hit Grant Nelson with a flat ball from 10 metres out for Wyong’s third try of the afternoon.

The Dogs were desperate for a change of momentum and a dropped ball from the kick off invited them back into the contest with Kris Keating spreading the ball left for Brett Lane to claim the Belmore teams opening try.

The Roos lead was cut to four minutes later when Keating and Joel Romelo combined to send Paul Carter over for the Dogs second.

A superb 40/20 from Jono Ford gained momentum for Wyong, and a Mitch William’s grubber out of dummy half saw Todd Wilson win the race to the in-goal for the home side.

Wyong extended their lead further when Williams put Leivaha Pulu away down centre field and the big forward found Brock Molan backing up for a spectacular team try.

Things were looking grim for Canterbury, however a second try to winger Lane in the final minute of the half following a clever cross field kick from Keating narrowed the margin with Wyong ahead 26-14 at the break.

A rejuvenated Bulldogs team grabbed the initiative early in the second half when Keating and Lafai combined to send Paul Carter over to reduce the deficit to eight.

Wyong seemed to have lost their spark when Jack Littlejohn put a rampaging Makahesi Makatoa over beside the posts, However Wyong dug deep during the final fifteen minutes to record a nail biting 26-24 win.

The Roos will face the North Sydney Bears in Round 17 of the VB NSW Cup, whilst the Bulldogs will host the second placed Newcastle Knights.

Wyong Roos 26 (E Uaisele, A Brown, G Nelson, T Wilson, B Molan tries; M Nelson 3 goals) def. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 (B Lane 2, P Carter 2, M Makatoa tries; T Lafai 2 goals) at Morry Breen Oval.

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Roos defeat fast finishing Bulldogs

New Zealand Beats England in Final of Rugby World Cup Sevens

Tim Mikkelson scored two of New

Zealand’s five tries as the Kiwis beat England 33-0 in the final

of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow.

There were also tries for Tomasi Cama, Waisake Naholo and

Gillies Kaka as New Zealand followed up its quarterfinal and

semifinal wins over defending champion Wales and Fiji,

respectively.

It was the last global championship before the sport makes

its Olympic Games debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The

International Rugby Board said June 12 that the next edition

will take place in five years’ time in order for the tournament

to be integrated into the Olympic cycle.

To contact the editor responsible for this story:

Christopher Elser at

celser@bloomberg.net

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England’s Rob Vickerman, left, tackles New Zeland’s Tomasi Cama, right during the final match of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament between New Zealand and England at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on June 30, 2013.

England’s Rob Vickerman, left, tackles New Zeland’s Tomasi Cama, right during the final match of the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament between New Zealand and England at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on June 30, 2013. Photographer: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images

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Rugby - New Zealand demolish England to lift Sevens World Cup

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Vulcans defeat high flying Sharks

The odds were firmly stacked against the Auckland Vulcans heading into their match against the Cronulla Sharks at Mt Smart Stadium, but it counted for little as they out-muscled the ladder leaders to win 18-16.

Auckland came into the match with four players making their VB NSW Cup debuts and lost a huge amount of experience during the week with the likes of Bill Tupou, Suaia Matagi, Pita Godinet and Agnatius Paasi unavailable for the Vulcans.

A mistake by debutante winger David Fusitua gave Cronulla a set in attacking position, which they made full use of with Pat Politoni racing away under the posts.

A short time later the Sharks were in again, this time a swift right hand shift seeing Stewart Mills cross out wide to make it 10-0.

The Vulcans produced some nice play down the right flank with a classy offload leading to a Steve Waetford try which centre Siosiua Taukeiaho converted to make it 10-6.

Three consecutive sets on their own try line had the Vulcans exhausted with only minutes remaining in the first half, before Ngani Laumape picked up a loose ball and ran 80 meters to dot down, with the conversion giving Auckland an unlikely lead heading into the break.

The first 20 minutes of the second half saw the two forward packs go head to head in a battle for yardage and despite having their share of chances the Vulcans were unable to convert it into points.

The Sharks produced the first points of the half with Kirisome Auva’a scoring out wide to re-assume the lead at 16-12.

The Vulcans were held up over the line several times as they desperately pushed to retake the lead and in the end it was Tangi Ropati who broke the visitors down.

After Alehana Mara had come up short on a dummy half dart, Ropati scooped up the Steeden and dotted down.

With the game tied and minutes remaining Laumape was given the unenviable task of trying to add the extras, after first choice kicker Taukeiaho had sustained an ankle injury, but he didn’t disappoint putting it over the black dot to give his side a two point advantage.

The last few minutes were nail-biting with the Sharks throwing everything they had at their opposition.

After a big break down field the Sharks created a three on one and looked certain to score but a miracle tackle from fullback Tangi Ropati saved a possible match winning try.

With ball in hand the Vulcans worked the clock down and became the first team to beat the Cronulla Sharks all year.

The win holds extra importance for Auckland who now have a long break due to a bye and the VB NSW Cup Representative round while the Cronulla Sharks will face the Windsor Wolves at Henson Park.

Auckland Vulcans 18 (T Ropati, S Waetford, N Laumape tries; S Taukeiaho 2, N Laumape goals) def. Cronulla Sharks 16 (S Mills, P Politoni, K Auvaa tries; C Townsend 2 goals) at Mt Smart Stadium.

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Vulcans defeat high flying Sharks