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- Stormer Schalk Burger has done it all in rugby
- Rugby’s newest odd couple
- … announce record loss – New Zealand’s source for sport…
Stormer Schalk Burger has done it all in rugby
NEWS.com.au – Mar 28, 2008
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Rugby’s newest odd couple
NEWS.com.au – Mar 28, 2008
article-tools –> By Jon Geddes March 28 2008 12:00am PHIL Blake and Willie fahengaue are rugby’s odd couple who are ready to give the Sydney premiership a real shake this season. ne is a former New Zealand schoolboys star who became one of the most feared players in international rugby with the Wallabies. The other was one of rugby league’s most electrifying players of the past 40 years who only became involved with rugby three years ago. "We are a bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in the movie Twins only our mother can tell us apart" Blake said. The pair met for the first time last year when they were asked to team up and coach the Manly reserve grade side. The unlikely combination worked a treat as they guided the side to a premiership win at their first attempt. This year the dynamic duo have stepped up to take charge of Manly first grade who open their premiership campaign tomorrow against defending champions Sydney Uni at Manly val.
… announce record loss – New Zealand’s source for sport…
stuff.co.nz – Mar 28, 2008
48 million for the 2007 calendar year. The Australian Newspaper reported the ARU had suffered a significant downturn in gate takings and corporate hospitality during last year with weakened touring Welsh and South African teams impacting on sales figures. A strong Australian dollar also affected the numbers and there was a rise in commercial operations costs and corporate services expenditure. The Australian Rugby Championship which new chief executive John 'Neill has scrapped cost the ARU $5… The Australian Newspaper reported the ARU had suffered a significant downturn in gate takings and corporate hospitality during last year with weakened touring Welsh and South African teams impacting on sales figures. A strong Australian dollar also affected the numbers and there was a rise in commercial operations costs and corporate services expenditure. The Australian Rugby Championship which new chief executive John 'Neill has scrapped cost the ARU $5. His predecessor Gary Flowers was paid out $898000. Even licensing revenue – which would be expected to rise significantly in a World Cup year – fell from 2006. The newspaper also reported the International Rugby Board had given the ARU almost the amount of money it lost last year as its slice of the World Cup pie.