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Defiant Deans to soldier on
The Roar - Your Sports Opinion —
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Firmly believing his rebuilding side is on track for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, defiant Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has vowed to fight on come what may in Saturday’s year-ending showdown with Wales in Cardiff. With just two wins from their past 10 Tests, and coming off Australia’s first loss to Scotland in 27 ...2 days ago -
IRB launch World Cup 2010
Letchworth Girls' Rugby —
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The IRB today "launched" the 2010 World Cup, including a dedicated website ( http://www.rwcwomens.com/ ). All games up to the semi-finals will take place at the University of Surreys new (indeed so new its still being built) Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The semi-finals, third place game, and final will be at ...6 days ago -
Well done England
Total Flanker —
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England Women, that is. Catherine Spencers England team beat New Zealand 10-3 at Twickenham on Saturday, thus drawing the two-match series. Englands first win over the Black Ferns since 2001 sets things up very nicely for the 2010 women’s World Cup to be held in England. Something, finally, to smile about.1 week ago -
England: Number 1 in the world?
Letchworth Girls' Rugby —
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Mens rugby has had official international rankings now for years. A fiendishly complex statistical calculation is used, but the result is something that supposedly removes all argument about who is better than who. It also arguably adds an extra spice to games, an extra encouragement to play internationals in order ...1 week ago -
USA Eagles qualify for Rugby World Cup 2011
Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk —
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United States book place at Rugby World Cup 2011 with 276 secondleg victory over Uruguay in Florida.1 week ago -
A perfect taster for the World Cup
Letchworth Girls' Rugby —
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As many of you will have seen, England gained revenge for their defeat in the first test last weekend by beating New Zealand 10-3 this afternoon in front of 12,000 spectators - possibly the largest crowd to ever watch an international in England. Meanwhile on the other side of the Channel the third and fourth ranked ...1 week ago -
Francis Baron announces 2010 retirement date
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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• RFUs chief executive to stand down in July next year • Enables successor to lead 2015 World Cup operating company Francis Baron, the chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, has announced his intention to retire at the end of the current season. Baron, 64, will officially stand down at the RFUs annual ...1 week ago -
Maori Television Ad Free Coverage of the Rugby World Cup Under Consideration
pacificEyeWitness.org —
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NZ Herald reports:Maori Television may run advertising-free coverage of the Rugby World Cup games to woo viewers from its rival commercial broadcasters.Chief executive Jim Mather yesterday said being advertising free could be the channel’s “point of difference” with TVNZ and TV3 in the Government-ordered ...1 week ago -
World Cup draw announced
Letchworth Girls' Rugby —
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The draw for next years World Cup has been releas ed by the IRB : Pool A: New Zealand, Wales, Australia, South Africa Pool B: England, USA, Ireland, Kazakhstan Pool C: France, Canada, Scotland, Sweden So - England will take on the USA, Ireland and Kazakhstan for a place in the final stages? Well, no. ...1 week ago -
Wallabies coach poised to keep the faith
The Roar - Your Sports Opinion —
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Almost halfway through his four-year tenure and Wallabies coach Robbie Deans looks to have finally settled on his first-choice team for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In the surest sign yet that he is close to deciding on his strongest possible line-up, Deans is set to name an unchanged side for only the third time in ...1 week ago -
Invictus News: John Carlin for SA this December
Penguin SA —
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NEWSFLASH: Author John Carlin will be in South Africa from 7- 11 December to promote the big-screen release of Invictus ! This paperback edition of Invictus is a film tie-in version of John Carlin’s Playing the Enemy . The film Invictus , directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson ...2 weeks ago -
How the All Blacks lost the 1991 RWC
The Roar - Your Sports Opinion —
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The All Blacks’ failure to win the Rugby World Cup can be traced back to the 1991 edition, in Britain and France. In 1990, the All Blacks selectors made a decision that would later come back to haunt them by omitting one of the all-time greats of All Black history in Wayne ‘Buck’ Shelford. It robbed the All ...2 weeks ago -
SA Rugby: Now what?
Sports Leader —
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Congratulations to the Australian Rugby Union who against all odds have managed (read carefully and meticulously choreographed) to bring the 15th Super Rugby franchise to Melbourne, especially when ARU has 80 000 registered rugby players and SA Rugby more than 500 000, over 5 times the number of players in ...2 weeks ago -
Ireland Vs Australia, the greatest moment
The Roar - Your Sports Opinion —
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Last year, some friends and I settled in at the Oaks in Neutral Bay preparing to watch a Tri-Nations match over a few lagers. There we sat, the repartee flowing back and forth, and the schooners of sponsors product lubricating the collective tonsils to monumental feats of rugby recall. Every second story began with ...2 weeks ago -
floating hotels for the rugby world cup?
Kiwi travel writer —
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All aboard for Rugby World Cup 2011 06 Nov 2009 Rugby fans opting to stay afloat on cruise ships that will provide accommodation during the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand will find themselves in the heart of the action. Five cruise liners have already been confirmed to provide much needed accommodation for ...2 weeks ago -
On the Playing Fields of Politics: Place of the Year 2009
OUPblog —
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Michelle Rafferty, Publicity Assistant Iris Berger is professor of Professor of History, Africana Studies, and Women’s Studies at the University at Albany and author of Threads of Solidarity: Women in South African Industry, 1900-1980 and South Africa in World History . For many years, she was involved in ...2 weeks ago -
INVICTUS movie will be coming to SA on 11 December 2009
Beautiful Young Things —
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South Africa will be getting the Invictus movie out in local theatres sooner than we expect, BYT has learned that we might be getting it at the same time as the states will be in December this year. Which I think is a fair move from the directors considering it was shot locally.The flick that [...]Related posts: ...2 weeks ago -
Starting gun fired for 2014 World Cup
Letchworth Girls' Rugby —
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Four countries have bid to host the 2014 World Cup, the IRB have announced - the largest number ever, though as this is the first time the IRB have run a public competition to find a host for a Womens Rugby World Cup its is rather difficult to compare it with previous tournaments. In the past the IRB has tended to ...2 weeks ago -
South Africa: Place Of The Year 2009
OUPblog —
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Michelle Rafferty, Publicity Assistant I dare you to watch the trailer for this December’s Invictus —the story of how a newly elected Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to bring his people together—without feeling slight heart palpitation. Particularly in a scene where we see Mandela speaking ...2 weeks ago -
A salute and a tribute to our Singapore Rugby Lionesses
The Singapore Sports Fan Says... —
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The report:This report about the national women’s rugby team – also known as the Singapore Rugby Lions – appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Straits Times:PAIN AND PASSION (The Straits Times, 7 Nov 2009)For the love of rugby, captain Wang and Co will do anything to playBy Lin XinyiHAVING your child attempt ...3 weeks ago
