The News Review:
- Canterbury rugby posts $428000 loss
- BBC responds to rugby complaints
- Rugby: Bason to start for Chiefs
- … wins Auto Club 500 – New Zealand’s source for sport…
- Rugby launches website
- Rugby makes its return to Arkansas athletics
- … on Stormers alert – Rugby News Results Fixtures and…
Canterbury rugby posts $428000 loss
stuff.co.nz – Feb 27, 2008
Chief executive Hamish Riach said the deficit was reported to delegates at the annual meeting last week. He said the tax bill meant the difference between "a significant loss" and a "modest profit" for the 2007 financial year. However it had been "a relief" to settle during the year "a long-standing taxation dispute" with the Inland Revenue Department. The CRFU was forced to pay about $580000 to settle the dispute which Riach said was "related to the tax treatment of the manner in which (Canterbury's professional) players were paid" between 1998 and 2001.
BBC responds to rugby complaints
BBC News – Feb 27, 2008
The corporation received 124 complaints in total over the Six Nations games transmitted between 1400 and 2200 GMT. The BBC said it realised that many viewers were not sports fans but stressed total ratings of 15m justified its decision to show the games. “We are sorry that some viewers felt the BBC ne schedule on 23 February contained too much sport” it added. But in a statement the BBC stressed it had been a “very exciting” weekend for rugby.
Rugby: Bason to start for Chiefs
New Zealand Herald – Feb 27, 2008
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… wins Auto Club 500 – New Zealand’s source for sport…
stuff.co.nz – Feb 27, 2008
Edwards driving a Ford for Roush Racing was headed to an easy triumph but won the race under caution when Dale Jarrett slammed into the wall on the final lap of the race in Fontana California 50 miles east of Los Angeles. Jeff Gordon finished third in his Chevy behind Hendrick Motorsports team mate Johnson. Kyle Busch was fourth and Matt Kenseth fifth in the second race of the Nascar Sprint season. Edwards finished 19th in last week's Daytona 500 the most important race on the Nascar schedule.
Rugby launches website
Fiji Times – Feb 27, 2008
com was launched at the Tanoa Plaza in Suva and witnessed by FRU board members sponsors and members of the media. FRU chairman Keni Dakuidreketi said the website would ensure that Fiji rugby was geared to move forward.
Rugby makes its return to Arkansas athletics
Arkansas Traveler – Arkansas Traveler (subscription) – Feb 27, 2008
substring(0 thispageresult. After a two-year hiatus from intercollegiate competition Razorback men’s rugby took the pitch at John Brown University last Saturday falling to the Golden Eagles 71-0. “It was a learning experience for a lot of inexperienced players” freshman back Jacob Clayman said. “We need to go over all of the basics a lot more in practice. “The school’s oldest club-sport team founded in 1973 reformed last fall and has since faced the task of teaching itself the game in time for the spring season. The lion’s share of that responsibility has fallen on coach and fly-half Michael Pope a native of Bulawayo Zimbabwe.
… on Stormers alert – Rugby News Results Fixtures and…
Planet Rugby – Feb 27, 2008
While the Crusaders advance on Newlands having accumulated 11 tries in their opening two outings and face an opponent that has scored just two tries and lost its first two games Deans is adamant that his side is on the alert. “We know what they [the Stormers] are capable of. We saw that on our last visit” said Deans in reference to the Crusaders’ 17-28 defeat against the Stormers in Cape Town two years ago. Incredibly that win against the competition’s eventual champions was the only success the Cape Town-based side secured during their home ties that season.