The News Review:
- Rugby reality blows away myths
- Are rugby bosses souring the season already?
- Rugby tourney attracts teams from 15 nations
- Rugby: ‘I thought I’d lost my job’ says Henry
- Uganda: Heathens Kobs Lock Horns in Rugby Derby
- Nowhere to go but up for Mexico
Rugby reality blows away myths
San Diego Union Tribune – Feb 9, 2008
com > Sports — Rugby reality blows away myths. Because I thought they were nuts. Nuts can be characters. In my dodge characters are coveted.
Are rugby bosses souring the season already?
Independent nline – Feb 9, 2008
News – Rugby: Are rugby bosses souring the season already?. But it’s not South African rugby has missed out on the sackcloth and ashes and gone straight to the trouser dropping writes Andy Colquhoun.
Rugby tourney attracts teams from 15 nations
San Diego Union Tribune – Feb 9, 2008
DATE>February 9 2008. CNTENT>SAN DIEG: rganizers are hoping this year's USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament which starts today and ends tomorrow at Petco Park will eclipse last year's inaugural one. “We're building something here” said Ray Peterson managing director of the competition which features rugby teams from 16 nations. Peterson hopes 50000 will show up this year.
Rugby: ‘I thought I’d lost my job’ says Henry
New Zealand Herald – Feb 9, 2008
Late last year as the New Zealand Rugby Union – and the country – debated the outcome Henry returned to his hotel room where he confided his fears to wife Raewyn. He thought the World Cup quarterfinal defeat was the full-stop on his All Black life.
Uganda: Heathens Kobs Lock Horns in Rugby Derby
AllAfrica.com – Feb 9, 2008
m at Kyadondo Rugby Football Club (KYRFC). The rugby following fraternity will trek down to Heathens’ home expecting to witness all the thrills and spills that come with a fixture of this magnitude. It is derby day and the fans should expect nothing short of bubbly fireworks. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Both Heathens and Kobs made winning starts against Mongers and Buffaloes respectively and today’s game will be an indicator to which side is in frame for the 2008 Guinness League crown.
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Nowhere to go but up for Mexico
San Diego Union Tribune – Feb 9, 2008
gif> Since the International Rugby Board World Series of Sevens started in 1999 New Zealand has won seven of the eight championships. gif> Nicknamed the All Blacks New Zealand's team is riding a 30-match win streak. gif> After three of the series' eight tournaments South Africa's Fabian Juries' 18 tries tops all scorers… gif> Fiji's Neumi Nanuku leads the series in overall scoring with 121 points. Then he rattles off American football baseball martial arts boxing and squash. Asked where rugby ranks Ibarra's expression turns forlorn and he says “It's the last one. ” After a one-year absence Mexico returns to the USA Sevens rugby tournament today at Petco Park. In 2006 when Mexico last played in the tournament at The Home Depot Center in Carson the team fairly celebrated going 1-5 knocking off the West Indies 19-12. “A memorable moment” Ibarra said proudly. Particularly given how Mexico fared the previous year.