Moroka Swallows earned maximum points away from home when they beat Manning Rangers by 2-1 in a dull Castle Premiership game at Chatsworth Stadium on Wednesday night. The score was 1-0 at the interval to Rangers thanks to a 12th-minute goal by Alton Meiring.

Wits University romped to an easy 3-0 win over 10-man Golden Arrows in a one sided Castle Premiership clash played at Milpark on Wednesday night. Arrows were reduced to 10 men two minutes into the second half when referee Morne Daniels sent off Lucky Sibeko for a foul on Ryan Hodgskin.

The English Football Association has thrown the book at Arsenal and, to a lesser extent, Manchester United over the clashes that erupted at the end of their goalless draw at Old Trafford on Sunday. Arsenal took the brunt of the blame for the chaotic scenes that followed a dramatic finale to the match.

Western Province centre Jean de Villiers has been ruled out of the South African Rugby World Cup team. De Villiers, who was called up to the Springbok World Cup squad last Thursday, sustained a serious shoulder injury during Tuesday night’s warm-up match against the Falcons in Springs.

Australia’s special forces will be on hand and may be called out if a terrorist incident occurs during the upcoming Rugby World Cup, Defence Minister Robert Hill said Thursday.

Fiji’s World Cup squad have been gagged from speaking to the media by team management, local daily the Fiji Times reported Thursday. This was done after team management felt that players were being incorrectly quoted in media reports.

All Black great Colin Meads fears the All Blacks and the Wallabies have relinquished the edge to their northern hemisphere rivals by not playing any World Cup warm-up matches. And he picks England to win the tournament.