The News Review:
- Rugby: Johnson linked to England NZ roles
- Rugby: Health of NZ rugby awaits diagnosis
- Rugby: Black Ferns to defend trophy in Australia
- Former Wallaby joins Fiji rugby high performance unit
- * Sri Lanka rugby team to play Hong Kong Sevens
- Rugby Realty Acquires 85 Dan Road
- Talking loud but saying nothing
Rugby: Johnson linked to England NZ roles
New Zealand Herald – Mar 25, 2008
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Rugby: Health of NZ rugby awaits diagnosis
New Zealand Herald – Mar 25, 2008
Even the most traditional vestiges of the national game such as the provincial championship will not be safe from dissection as a wide array of rugby shareholders seek to boost sagging elements of sport. An apparent slump in interest over the past two years – measured by falling crowd and television viewing figures – and the departure of top players to big-spending overseas clubs are prominent issues to address.
Rugby: Black Ferns to defend trophy in Australia
New Zealand Herald – Mar 25, 2008
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Former Wallaby joins Fiji rugby high performance unit
Radio Australia – Mar 25, 2008
He has a two-year contract with Fiji’s High Performance Unit but his start date is still to be worked out. “My job will be to go through their elite teams and also their coaches how they coach their elite teams and obviously the juniors” he said. “They have to get it right at that junior level and then it gets easier as it goes along. “In some cases in the modern union and Australia is one of those countries they have let grassroots rugby slip and they are certainly not getting the rewards that they should be.
* Sri Lanka rugby team to play Hong Kong Sevens
Colombo Page – Mar 25, 2008
Mar 25 Colombo: Sri Lanka rugby team leaves for Hong Kong today to participate in the 32nd Hong Kong Sevens tournament from March 28 to 30. According to the Sri Lanka Rugby Federation the team under the captaincy of Pradeep Liyanage is a fine blend of young blood and experience that have the potential to give a good show of rugby. The team of 12 players include Radhika Hettiarachchi Asean Karthelis Wasim Thujudeen Imran Bisthamin as forwards while Amjad Buksh Fazil Marija Pradeep Liyanage Sanjeewa Jayasinghe Ashan de Costa Kapila Knewlton as the backs. Sri Lanka team is to test themselves against past champion Samoans on 28th March and to meet England and Canada on the following day. Sri Lankan Daily News and Reports.
Rugby Realty Acquires 85 Dan Road
CoStar Group – Mar 25, 2008
purchased 85 Dan Road in Canton MA from iStar Financial Inc. 1 million or about $65 per square foot. The 78708-square-foot single-story Class.
Talking loud but saying nothing
stuff.co.nz – Mar 25, 2008
But one suspects that it will end up being another talkfest in which rhetoric will prove to be more prevalent than solutions. The reason for feeling pessimistic is the suspicion that the New Zealand union itself will never recognise that it is one of the main causes of the problems namely the direction in which it has allowed the All Blacks to have been steered in recent years. All of New Zealand rugby woes can be traced to an ever increasing international programme. The NZRU clearly needs a stack of money not just to pay the professional players and coaches at a level to make raids from Europe and Japan less enticing but also to sustain the bureaucracy that has been allowed to develop and mushroom in the professional era… But one suspects that it will end up being another talkfest in which rhetoric will prove to be more prevalent than solutions. The reason for feeling pessimistic is the suspicion that the New Zealand union itself will never recognise that it is one of the main causes of the problems namely the direction in which it has allowed the All Blacks to have been steered in recent years. All of New Zealand rugby woes can be traced to an ever increasing international programme. The NZRU clearly needs a stack of money not just to pay the professional players and coaches at a level to make raids from Europe and Japan less enticing but also to sustain the bureaucracy that has been allowed to develop and mushroom in the professional era. As the NZRU sees it the only way to secure that money is through the All Blacks. Thus they are now being launched on a programme which would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. Indeed in 1998 admittedly not the most auspicious of years for it produced five consecutive losses the All Blacks played only seven tests.