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- Rugby: Plan A for the Rugby World Cup semifinals doesn’t include…
- Rugby: France revels in rugbymania
- John Lewis sales hit by England-Australia rugby match
- Soccer-McClaren inspired by England rugby team – Soccer
Rugby: Plan A for the Rugby World Cup semifinals doesn’t include…
International Herald Tribune – Oct 12, 2007
In the beginning a touchdown was worth nothing. It earned an attempt to kick a goal that is why it was called a try. Rugby had split with soccer but it still thought of itself as football. The only way to score was with the boot.
Rugby: France revels in rugbymania
New Zealand Herald – Oct 12, 2007
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John Lewis sales hit by England-Australia rugby match
Forbes – Oct 12, 2007
Sales at the 26 department stores fell by 0. 4 pct — excluding the newly opened food hall in xford Street — to 51. 78 mln stg in the week to ct 6 with the rugby last Saturday pushing sales down by 8 pct on the day as customers swapped shopping for their sofas. ‘The rugby match was inconveniently timed’ John Lewis said in statement today.
Soccer-McClaren inspired by England rugby team – Soccer
ESPN – Oct 12, 2007
The defending champions meet hosts France in the firstsemi-final in Paris on Saturday after playing poorly against theUnited States then losing 36-0 to South Africa in the groupstages before upsetting Australia in the quarter-finals. McClaren told a news conference before England play two Euro2008 qualifiers over the next few days against Estonia andRussia that he was full of admiration for the way the worldchampions had rallied. “If you are involved with England it doesn’t matter whatsport it is whether it is rugby cricket athletics orfootball then you know what is involved. You know the enormityof it” McClaren said.