Patience paying off for Frisby

    Nick Frisby was flat out just getting a game in his favoured position last year – now he’s being talked of as a Wallabies contender, if a few things fall his way. Frisby will earn his 50th Super Rugby cap when the Reds face the Crusaders on Friday night in Christchurch. It’s been a long…

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      Finegan: Weekend at Bernie's still a smash hit

      Stephen ‘Bernie’ Larkham was the best player I ever played with, slightly nudging George Smith, who at 35, is still dominating for the London Wasps.   The nickname ‘Bernie’ seems a little odd nowadays, but it certainly suited him at the time.    It originated from the 1989 movie ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ due to his…

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        Rebels keeping Super season in perspective

        One week on top of the Aussie conference is not enough for the Melbourne Rebels. Rebels coach Tony McGahan was quick to bat away the possibility that they were reading anything into their current position in the Australian conference, one point clear of the Brumbies. Explaining his reluctance to get carried away with their position,…

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          Austrian kills ex, her family and new boyfriend

          Vienna: An Austrian man killed his ex-girlfriend, three members of her family and her new boyfriend in a pre-dawn shooting spree Sunday at an upscale ski resort, police said. ### The 25-year-old man then gave himself up to police, they said. ### His relationship with the 19-year-old had ended two months earlier, but at around…

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            Italian mafia boss pays €10,000 to buy a baby

            Rome: Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into a Naples mafia boss suspected of having given 10,000 euros (Dh40,331.59) to one of his men to buy a newborn baby, a paper reported Sunday.Italian mafia boss suspected of having helped buy baby ### The boss from the Camorra, the neapolitan mafia, is thought to have offered the…

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