The News Review:
- S African rugby team named for game with Scotland
- Aussie rugby’s classic case of deja vu
- Rugby fans can kick off an account to help the game
- Rugby: Collins the answer to enforcer’s prayer
S African rugby team named for game with Scotland
æ°åç’ – Aug 24, 2007
23 (Xinhua) — South Africa’s national rugby coach Jake White has named the team to play Scotland in a Rugby World Cup warm-up game at Murrayfield Edinburgh on Saturday. Victor Matfield will again captain the Springboks in the absence of John Smit who will miss his fifth match in a row. Should South Africa win on Saturday it will be a record sixth successive win against Scotland since the loss in 2002. The Springboks have played 12 Tests at Murrayfield winning nine with no draws. ne of these Tests was against Spain during Rugby World Cup 1999.
Aussie rugby’s classic case of deja vu
Stuff.co.nz – Aug 24, 2007
But this is what is happening with John ‘Neill’s autobiography It’s nly A Game. The book details ‘Neill’s career in running the Australian Rugby Union being sacked re-establishing Australian football as a major sport and then coming back to the ARU as the prodigal son. For rugby people particularly it’s a fascinating read with its many accounts of insider wheeling and dealing over money players and power. New Zealanders will get a sense of how poorly New Zealand rugby was served by many officials (but all of them) before the new regime of Jock Hobbs and Chris Moller was installed at the New Zealand Rugby Union. What happened to Australian rugby after ‘Neill left on and off the field provides a classic lesson to all rugby countries that poor administration leads almost automatically to poor results for the national side. ‘Neill details many occasions of boorish rude and arrogant behaviour from New Zealand officials before the Hobbs-Moller regime took over… But this is what is happening with John ‘Neill’s autobiography It’s nly A Game. The book details ‘Neill’s career in running the Australian Rugby Union being sacked re-establishing Australian football as a major sport and then coming back to the ARU as the prodigal son. For rugby people particularly it’s a fascinating read with its many accounts of insider wheeling and dealing over money players and power. New Zealanders will get a sense of how poorly New Zealand rugby was served by many officials (but all of them) before the new regime of Jock Hobbs and Chris Moller was installed at the New Zealand Rugby Union. What happened to Australian rugby after ‘Neill left on and off the field provides a classic lesson to all rugby countries that poor administration leads almost automatically to poor results for the national side. ‘Neill details many occasions of boorish rude and arrogant behaviour from New Zealand officials before the Hobbs-Moller regime took over. He was hit on the head continually when the Wallabies were thumped by the All Blacks at Athletic Park in 1996.
Rugby fans can kick off an account to help the game
Telegraph.co.uk – Aug 24, 2007
The Chelsea Rugby Regular Saver account requires savers to pay in a minimum of £10 a month and they will earn interest of 4. 8 per cent gross a year. No more than two withdrawals can be made from this account within any 12-month period. The Chelsea Rugby Call-Direct account which can be opened with an investment of £250 pays 3.
Rugby: Collins the answer to enforcer’s prayer
New Zealand Herald – Aug 24, 2007
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