The News Review:
- Major changes to All Blacks for rugby Canada Test
- lympics may include rugby
- No place for Castaignede in France World Cup rugby squad
- Rugby to assemble in Arusha for Super 16
- Dispatch nline – Your premier Eastern Cape news site
- Renegade rugby team features local stars
Major changes to All Blacks for rugby Canada Test
Brisbane Times – Jun 14, 2007
We use an id here to be able to jump to this section. –> Major changes to All Blacks for rugby Canada Test. –> June 14 2007 A raft of disruptions before a rugby Test may frustrate many coaches but All Blacks mentor Graham Henry has welcomed the challenge of revamping his All Blacks to play Canada on Saturday. Injuries paternity leave blooding new internationals and the need to create depth have resulted in 12 changes to the side that thrashed France a week ago. Canada at their best are still a step down from the third-string unit France sent to New Zealand allowing Henry the chance to experiment with his squad and test their mettle ahead of the World Cup later this year. “It’s these sort of challenges that bring out the character of the side if they’ve got character” he said. “It’ll be interesting to see how much steel is there.
lympics may include rugby
RTE.ie – Jun 14, 2007
2007 | 17:03 lympics may include rugby Rugby union’s efforts to have sevens included in the lympics have taken a giant step forward after the sport was shortlisted for inclusion in the 2012 Games. It is understood that a letter has been sent to the international federations of five sports – also including golf squash karate and roller sports – from lympic Games executive director Gilbert Felli and sports director Kelly Fairweather telling them that they have been nominated for further evaluation for inclusion in 2012. Chris Rea head of communications at the International Rugby Board (IRB) told the Press Association “We are very confident that rugby meets the criteria required for the lympics. “Sevens is ideally suited. It can be held over a three-day period the format is fast- moving and spectacular it has been a proven success in other multi-sports Games and it attracts big crowds.
No place for Castaignede in France World Cup rugby squad
Turkish Press – Jun 14, 2007
Stade Toulouse’s Clement Poitrenaud considered a true specialist in the position was preferred to the 32-year-old Castaignede who missed the World Cup in 2003 but had been an outside bet for the squad which was announced by France manager Jo Maso alongside team coach Bernard Laporte. “It was a difficult decision to make leaving Thomas on the sidelines” said Maso who based his decision on the performances of other players on the recent tests in New Zealand. “But our decision wasn’t based on his performances in New Zealand it was based on the performances of other players. Poitrenaud admitted the race had been tight.
Rugby to assemble in Arusha for Super 16
IPPmedia – Jun 14, 2007
The regional tournament will be played from June 26 – 30 in Arusha. The Tanzania Rugby Union (TRU) vice president Chris Hatt said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the team comprising 27 players would train at the Fredkin Recreation Centre grounds. He said the team would next weekend shift to Dar es Salaam for further training. Hatt named the players who form the team as John Kraft John LIoyd Ake Lindstrom Caleb Simonson Mike Beckner Justin Trappe Aart Koster Ethan Kinsey Graham Wood Dom Lever Jackson Charles Joshua Peterson liver Valente Simon Lishman and Jason Bergman.
Dispatch nline – Your premier Eastern Cape news site
Dispatch nline – Jun 14, 2007
White a regular partner to controversy in off-the-field affairs has hogged the sports spotlight this week first with allegations around his involvement in an altercation with a tabloid journalist and the pressman’s later assault in a bar’s toilet. Then the Bok coach was skipping on hot coals as SA Rugby Union bosses tried to get him to call off a meeting with President Thabo Mbeki where apparently the Luke Watson selection saga was due to be discussed. As we reported yesterday White was cleared of any misconduct charges relating to the reporter-bashing incident and was asked not to continue with the Mbeki meeting. This newspaper has been Saru’s kindest critic but in this instance it is correct in trying to dissuade White from having his sit-down with the president. It is hard to imagine what useful role Mbeki could play if he were to meet with White tomorrow as scheduled. By organising this meeting White has opened a door which will discomfort those who advocate that politicians should keep an arm’s distance from the running of sport… It would only serve to weaken White’s hand and simply highlights his political isolation within rugby at the moment. Telling tales to the president about his nasty colleagues won’t help him. We would guess that if the Rugby World Cup were not months away White would no longer be sitting on the coach’s bench. White should heed the message coming from rugby’s headquarters. If he presses ahead with the meeting he may discover that he has crossed a bridge too far. The likes of Saru vice-president Mike Stofile and Hoskins are not men to be trifled with. They would not entertain a public slap in the face and the Mbeki meeting would be exactly that.
Renegade rugby team features local stars
Lake swego Review – Jun 14, 2007
The Renegades which are based in West Linn but feature several Lake swego and Lakeridge players won that title game by a 30-10 score. The Renegades then advanced to the national tournament where they beat Canby again and wound up with a No. 9 national ranking.