The News Review:
- High school girls rugby club making local debut
- Early conversion to the rugby religion
- Rugby: Evans to decide soon on his future
- Rugby: Early All Blacks camp planned
- Local rugby reputation gets a boost
- Rugby: Masaga Guildford extend NZRU contracts
- Rugby: Gibbes joins Chiefs but Leonard stays home
High school girls rugby club making local debut
mlive.com – Apr 29, 2008
open(urlwinnameoptions) newwin. Words such as rugged hard-hitting rapid-fire and overwhelmingly masculine might top a list of the sport’s common descriptions. In fact an old British saying states that “football (soccer) is a gentleman’s game played by ruffians and rugby is a ruffians game played by gentlemen. ” But a group of Grandville girls plan to scratch that last adjective right off that list. With the recent foundation of the Grandville Girls Rugby Club no one in West Michigan can claim rugby is just a man’s sport any longer. Andrea Dooley a Grandville High School senior and huge fan of the Grandville boys rugby team wanted to play the sport so badly that she was determined to help get a girls team going.
Early conversion to the rugby religion
Telegraph.co.uk – Apr 29, 2008
livinginfrancehead H1. Rugby has long since replaced Catholicism as the religion of choice among the French. In the south-west where we live enthusiasm for the game certainly borders on the evangelical.
Rugby: Evans to decide soon on his future
New Zealand Herald – Apr 29, 2008
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Rugby: Early All Blacks camp planned
New Zealand Herald – Apr 29, 2008
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Local rugby reputation gets a boost
Sacramento Bee – Apr 29, 2008
29 2008 LEADING OFF: A TOUGH TRIOIt was a glorious weekend for local rugby with two teams that expected to be here still alive and well in the postseason and a third that wasn’t supposed to be here plenty pleased for a second chance. Christian Brothers High School got the Sacramento-area winning started with a 24-15 defeat of Rosa Rugby in Santa Rosa on Friday. James Jones – known as “Bubba” in rugby circles – scored four tries from his outside center position. Mother Lode a team featuring players from Ponderosa and Oak Ridge high schools and which beat CBS 31-28 earlier this year defeated the Marin Highlanders 22-10 on Saturday. And Jesuit showed it belonged in the playoffs by beating top-seeded San Francisco Golden Gate 32-31 also on Saturday with Adam Wagers scoring the winning try late in the match.
Rugby: Masaga Guildford extend NZRU contracts
New Zealand Herald – Apr 29, 2008
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Rugby: Gibbes joins Chiefs but Leonard stays home
New Zealand Herald – Apr 29, 2008
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