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IOL News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
On this day: Canada cruise, Scotland rampage and France battle past brave Tonga
Former Canada prop Al Charron. Photo: AFP Image: AFP After the Springboks had spectacularly beaten the Wallabies in the opening match of the 1995 World Cup on Thursday, May 25, several pool matches ensued the next day. South Africa were in Pool A, with Romania, Canada and Australia, and on the Friday it was the turn of the eastern Europeans and the hardy Canucks from North America. Canada had a handy team in that period. The game was still amateur and they could reasonably compete, as the Boks would discover later in the tournament when they had to fight for their lives in Port Elizabeth. Rugby World Cup 1995 | In retrospective Image: Independent Media Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ Canada had world class players — some of whom were based in Europe — in captain and lock Al Charron, prop Rod Snow and the very good flyhalf Gareth Rees. The latter two played for Newport (now the Dragons) in Wales. They also boasted the Western Province centre Christian Stewart. He had been ignored by the Springboks but qualified for Canada via ancestry. The Romanians were mostly tough soldiers. Rugby was big in the army in that part of the world and Romania took some big European scalps in the amateur era. This match took place at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth and 8 000 locals watched the Canadians grind out a 34-3 win. Charron, Snow and No 8 Colin McKenzie scored tries while Rees was in good form with the boot. He kicked two conversions four penalties and a drop goal.
ABC News
22-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Residents take stock of flood damage
More than 100 emergency warnings have been issued as floodwaters inundate towns on the NSW Mid North Coast, leaving thousands of residents isolated by power cuts and road closures. Many residents and business owners are taking stock of the damage from record flooding in the region as rainfall continues. Rod Snow has returned to his butcher shop in a Wingham shopping centre to find floodwaters about a metre high have receded, leaving a muddy mess behind. He spoke with ABC NewsRadio's Sarah Morice.
