June 2 (Reuters) – Waikato Chiefs (New Zealand) 41 beat Auckland Blues (New Zealand) 34 (halftime 20-20) in their Super Rugby match at North Harbour Stadium in Albany on Saturday. Scorers: Chiefs – Tries: Asaeli Tikoirotuma (4), Sonny Bill Williams; Conversions: Aaron Cruden (5); Penalties: Cruden (2) Blues – Tries: Francis Saili, Lachie Munro, Rudi [...]

June 2 (Reuters) – Asaeli Tikoirotuma scored four tries as the Waikato Chiefs all but secured a Super Rugby playoffs berth with a 41-34 victory over an Auckland Blues side that refused to roll over at North Harbour Stadium in Albany on Saturday. The victory consolidated the Chiefs’s lead at the top of the Super [...]

June 2 (Reuters) – Wellington Hurricanes(New Zealand) 33 beat New South Wales Waratahs (Australia) 12 (halftime 13-9) in their Super Rugby match in Sydney on Saturday. Scorers: Hurricanes – Tries: Julian Savea, Motu Matu’u, Conrad Smith, Chris Eaton; Conversions: Beauden Barrett (2); Penalties: Barrett (3) Waratahs – Penalties: Berrick Barnes (4) (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; [...]

June 2 (Reuters) – Replacement hooker Motu Matu’u, captain Conrad Smith and scrumhalf Chris Eaton scored second-half tries as the Wellington Hurricanes beat the New South Wales Waratahs 33-12 in their Super Rugby match in Sydney on Saturday. The win kept alive the Hurricanes’ slim playoff chances as they moved to 45 points, though several [...]

JOHANNESBURG, June 2 (Reuters) – The Lions beat the Sharks 38-28 (halftime 32-11) in an all-South African Super Rugby match on Saturday. Scorers Lions – Tries: Grant Hattingh, Derick Minnie, Lionel Mapoe, Deon van Rensburg; Conversions: Elton Jantjies (3); Penalties: Jantjies (4) Sharks – Tries: Lwazi Mvovo, JP Pietersen, Odwa Ndungane; Conversions: Patrick Lambie (2); [...]

JOHANNESBURG, June 2 (Reuters) – The Lions upset the odds by stunning the Sharks 38-28 in an all-South African Super Rugby clash on Saturday. The Lions began the match rooted to the bottom of the table with one win in 12 matches while the Sharks were in sixth position and in the hunt for a [...]

June 2 (Reuters) – The Stormers beat the Bulls 19-14 (halftime 9-11) in an all-South African Super Rugby match in Pretoria on Saturday. Scorers Stormers – Try: Bryan Habana, Conversion: Peter Grant Penalties: Grant (4) Bulls – Try: Pierre Spies, Penalties: Morne Steyn (3) (Compiled by Ken Borland, editing by Tony Jimenez) © Thomson Reuters [...]

By Mark Lamport-Stokes DUBLIN, Ohio, June 1 (Reuters) – American journeymen Scott Stallings and Spencer Levin survived tough, windy conditions to hold an early share of the second-round lead at the rain-hit Memorial tournament on Friday as the temperatures plunged. Overnight pacesetter Stallings carded a one-over-par 73 and Levin a 72 on a soggy, ultra-long [...]

* Federer survives second-set loss to win * Djokovic reaches fourth round easily * Women’s third seed Radwanska goes out By Clare Fallon PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic faced fired-up Frenchmen and partisan crowds at Roland Garros on Friday, and took differing routes to negotiate safely past them into the [...]