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The Herald
a day ago
- Sport
- The Herald
Foote wants Junior Boks to rise to the occasion in U-20 Champs final vs NZ
Pead has scored six tries in four games, the most by any player so far this year, while also providing numerous assists for teammates. Moyo has racked up 50 points in his four appearances, placing him at the top of the points scoring chart. Just like South Africa, New Zealand are not pushovers as they are unbeaten in the tournament, having topped Pool B before dispatching a dangerous French side in the semifinals to set up an exciting final showdown with the Junior Boks. SA team to face New Zealand in Rovigo: 15 Gilermo Mentoe, 14 Cheswill Jooste, 13 Demitre Erasmus, 12 Albie Bester, 11 Jaco Williams, 10 Vusi Moyo, 9 Haashim Pead, 8 Wandile Mlaba, 7 Bathobele Hlekani, 6 Xola Nyali, 5 JJ Theron, 4 Riley Norton (capt), 3 Herman Lubbe, 2 Siphosethu Mnebelele, 1 Simphiwe Ngobese Replacements: 16 Jaundré Schoeman, 17 Oliver Reid, 18 Jean Erasmus, 19 Jaco Grobbelaar, 20 Matt Romao, 21 Stephanus Linde, 22 Ceano Everson, 23 Dominic Malgas
BreakingNews.ie
6 days ago
- Sport
- BreakingNews.ie
Ireland thrash Portugal 106-7 to break rugby records
Rampant Ireland ran in 16 tries as they crushed tier-2 Portugal 106-7 in Lisbon on Saturday, the biggest victory in their 150-year history and also their first time beyond 100 points. The 99-point winning margin tops their previous best when they thumped the United States 83-3 in 2000, while they had never previously managed 16 tries in a game either. Advertisement Ireland were missing 16 of their regular players who are on tour in Australia with the British and Irish Lions, and have stand-in coach Paul O'Connell leading the team, but were far too quick and powerful for the Portuguese. "I feel sorry for Portugal but we were very clinical and took our chances," O'Connell told Virgin Sports. "It is a unique summer tour given the Lions tour is on at the same time but I am very happy with how our squad applied themselves. "It is great to get some guys capped and scoring tries and training in an international environment." The visitors fielded three debutants and all crossed for tries – winger Shayne Bolton and centre Hugh Gavin both scored twice, while flanker Alex Kendellen also got on the scoresheet. Advertisement Ireland had 11 different try-scorers, not including a penalty try, with wing Tommy O'Brien and number eight Cian Prendergast both scoring twice, while backs Stuart McCloskey, Craig Casey, Calvin Nash, Ciaran Frawley and Ben Murphy also scored. Prop Thomas Clarkson was the only other forward to get a try as Ireland kept the ball in hand and bamboozled their hosts with some scintillating running rugby. Flyhalf Jack Crowley kicked 11 conversions to cap an excellent personal performance, though it is hard to know exactly how much they will take out of a game where they were never unduly tested by their hosts. The friendly was the final fixture of the season for Ireland, who defeated Georgia 34-5 last weekend.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lewis Martin's big Hull FC ambition as 10-year claim made and home win relief shared
Lewis Martin entered the 2025 season not knowing if his place in the team was guaranteed, never mind playing all 21 games to date and, in the process, scoring an impressive 20 tries. But if anything can sum up the 20-year-old's whirlwind career so far, it's that. Martin, the Hull-born flyer who continues to go from strength to strength, just doesn't take a backwards step. Advertisement Debuting at St Helens in the final game of 2023, he has missed just three of Hull's 50 games since, clocking up 47 appearances and 30 tries, his latest: Hull's matchwinner in a 16-10 victory over Wakefield Trinity on Thursday night. READ MORE: 'Enormous' Hull FC talents lead way as Jordan Rapana criticism addressed READ MORE: Hull FC notebook as player burns sage on pitch and Aidan Sezer lauded for big moment And for Martin, formerly of Hull City before switching his allegiance to rugby league and Hull FC, the sky is the limit. Setting his sights high, the young gun is thriving, with the speedster believing he and teammate Harvey Barron can go on to be the club's wingers for the next ten years. And by his own admission, why not? Advertisement Speaking to Hull Live, Martin said: "It felt good to score, but I'm even happier about the win. I just wanted to win. We talk about working for each other and hanging in there, and I think we did that." And on his growth in the Hull team, with Barron too excelling in the side this season, Martin knows what is expected of them and what they have to do. He continued: "It's just good to see it happening, me on one wing and Harvey on the other. That's what we want for the future, and why not? Me and Harvey on the wings for the next ten years. "It's clearly working now, and we've been trusted to go out and do it on the field. We're showing it week in and week out. It feels really good. We've got our sights on the play-offs, and me and Harvey know we have got a big job coming out of the backfield, and there's a big emphasis on that. "That's our job at the end of the day, and we know what we have to do. We have to do it. There's no shying away from it. We have to take those tough carries. We earn our respect from our teammates by doing that, and we pride ourselves on those carriers. That gets us the tries at the other end." Advertisement Speaking of tries, the winger's latest matchwinner came off a slick catch and pass from another Hull young gun, Davy Litten. Meanwhile, Martin, in his own words, was buzzing. But there's also an element of modesty. He knew he faced a battle to get in the side this year, but he hasn't looked back with the sort of mental and skill-related traits that will do him the world of good as his career goes on and on. "Probably not," Martin replied when asked if he imagined such figures this year. "I didn't think I'd play every game of the year. I always backed myself at the start to play, but there was a toss-up at the start of the year. "But I said to myself, 'When I do get in that team, I keep my spot.' I think I've done that with my performances. It's been good in recent weeks, and my carries in the backfield—that's the most important thing—my work rate and my involvement, getting us going. I just want to push on towards the end of the year and keep my form up. Advertisement "It's great to look at the tries, but I want the team to win. I'm just buzzing. All of the boys are. To get that monkey off our back, it's great, but it's just good to get the win." After 12 months, Hull finally have a home win, with the victory over Wakefield being their first in 355 days and coming at the 12th time of asking. They put a poor first-half performance behind them to rally in the second half, with a strong display after the break seeing Hull steamrolling their opposition and getting the job done. "It was really frustrating," Martin said about the first half. "Again, we were just our own worst enemies. It wasn't anything we were doing system-wise; it was just simple errors. We spoke about it all week, so that first half was disappointing; it was frustrating, but we had a chat at half-time, and we switched our mentality. It showed in the second half." And there was no secret who the win was for, with Martin paying tribute to the club's supporters as the side now hunts a play-off finish with nine rounds of the regular Super League season to go. Advertisement "We spoke before the game about doing it for them, and they deserved that," Martin added. "They travel across the country supporting us loud and proud. For the fans who don't get to travel away, they haven't seen us win this year, and it has been a long time. "We know fans pay their hard-earned money to come and watch us, and we don't realise it when we're playing, but their lives revolve around us, and it was really good to get that win for them. They fully deserve it. They backed us throughout the full game, and they're a big part of the win. "I just love playing at home in front of these fans, so hopefully we can make it a bit of a fortress now and get teams fearing coming to us. We just want to kick on and make those play-off spots. "We targeted this game as an important one. We had a big block, and we didn't win the last two, so this was probably a decider in our season. If we want to make the play-offs and play finals football, we had to win this one. We are taking it week by week, but we know as a team what we want to achieve."
BBC News
08-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Listen RUW: Top 10 Lions Test tries...
George North in 2013 or Sean O'Brien in 2017..?Rugby Union Weekly is back with episode three of the Top 10 series as Matt Dawson and Jamie Roberts compile their list of the best tries in a Lions Test the former Lions got it right or have they missed out on an obvious Top 10 contender?Listen to the latest episode here.
The Herald
06-07-2025
- Sport
- The Herald
Bok coach Erasmus hints at changes for second Test against Italy
'I guess it's a positive we scored six tries, but we are frustrated. I didn't pick up in the week this was the way we were going to perform but it's all fixable — but it's definitely frustrating. 'It was a very frustrating game. We knew they would man up, and they certainly manned up in most departments — scrums, mauling, defence, attack. It was a proper Test match. 'When we were 28-3 up and we scored that try that was disallowed for obstruction, I thought we might have them, but then we lost some momentum. I don't think we have too many excuses and it certainly makes the selection for next week interesting — they could easily have come back into it at the end. 'They performed really well — we definitely tried to impose our game on them and they didn't allow it. The frustration was not only about not dominating, but also that the game was stop-start, stop-start. It felt like we didn't get any intensity in the second half. 'The positives are that we won, that we scored tries — even with a maul that didn't function, even with a breakdown that wasn't great on attack, even with a counterattack that wasn't awesome, we still scored six tries.'
