The News Review:
- The 5-Minute Interview: Jonah Lomu Rugby player
- Rugby men have nothing to fall back on
- Samoa through to rugby league World Cup
- Ref living happily with Rugby World Cup decision
- Rugby: Italy can emulate Pumas claims new rugby coach Mallett
The 5-Minute Interview: Jonah Lomu Rugby player
The Independent – Independent – Nov 15, 2007
He came to prominence in the 1995 tournament and was known for his ability to boost attendance at any match in which he played. Having recovered from a kidney disorder Lomu is set to return to the game. He came to prominence in the 1995 tournament and was known for his ability to boost attendance at any match in which he played.
Rugby men have nothing to fall back on
Independent nline – Nov 15, 2007
This is just one of the findings to emerge from a survey by the SA Rugby Players’ Association (Sarpa) among their members. Sarpa represents all professional players in South Africa and the survey – on a wide range of topics – was conducted among 328 players from all 14 unions. ‘Have your say’According to the survey which will be released today 5775 percent of professionals do not know what they are going to do after rugby. A staggering 71 percent of the players polled at Eastern Province answered “no” to the question about whether they’d thought about their future once their rugby-playing days were over.
Samoa through to rugby league World Cup
The Age – Nov 15, 2007
Having coaxed a host of stars to change their allegiances fromNew Zealand the Nigel Vagana-captained Samoans beat Lebanon 38-16at Chris Moyles Stadium after leading 28-8 at halftime. nly a couple of years ago the 13-man game was pronounced deadin Samoa and Warriors assistant Ackland said the hard work now hadto begin off the field. “The challenge now it is to look at our administrative structureand it would be good to get that right” he said after thesix-tries-to-four win. “We’ve got 12 months to prepare now and we’ll be getting intoit I can tell you.
Ref living happily with Rugby World Cup decision
stuff.co.nz – Nov 15, 2007
The rugby world held their collective breath for over three minutes last month before television match official Dickinson ruled Cueto put a foot in touch. A try wouldn’t have won the match for England – or even put them ahead of South Africa at the time – but plenty of disgruntled Poms viewed it as a turning point and were critical of Dickinson. Because of a communication breakdown with the people responsible for providing the replays Dickinson didn’t get to look at slow motion or freeze frame views of the view he wanted. He had to rely on normal speed replays of the critical angle on which he made his fateful decision one which clearly frustrated plenty of England supporters including the future monarch.
Rugby: Italy can emulate Pumas claims new rugby coach Mallett
Channel News Asia – Nov 15, 2007
Mallett is intent on rejuvenating the team which was edged out of the World Cup second round after losing to Scotland in their final pool match. However the 51-year-old England-born former South Africa coach admits it will not happen overnight. “There is no reason why Italy cannot produce a performance similar to that of Argentina in the last World Cup (Argentina beat France in the third place play-off)” said Mallett who took the Springboks to the 1999 World Cup semi-finals including a 101-0 thrashing of Italy in the pool stage. Mallett who also guided the ‘Boks to a record 17 successive victories between August 1997 and December 1998 said as part of the process he would be scouring the country for young talent playing in the domestic championship.