The News Review:
- Rugby: Robbie Deans’ last hurrah
- First Junior Rugby League in Kingdom
- Namibia: Rugby Sponsors in a Scrum
- … : Super 14 Final – Rugby News Results Fixtures and…
Rugby: Robbie Deans’ last hurrah
New Zealand Herald – May 30, 2008
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First Junior Rugby League in Kingdom
Arab News – May 30, 2008
Played over two successive Wednesdays the matches held at the American School in Jeddah were contested by under-16 under-14 and ynder-12 years teams drawn from the school rolls. Coached by their school sports instructors and experienced players from the Jeddah Rugby Football Club (JRFC) the students some of whom had only been introduced to the game three weeks before their matches acquitted themselves honorably and enthusiastically. “Taking nothing away from the success of the boys I think the real achievement is that Chris Ratcliffe has brought what to many is an alien game to Jeddah first of all” said Paul Hay headmaster of Jeddah Prep and Grammar School (JPGS) and a rugby enthusiast. Ratcliffe a regular player for JRFC is also a PE teacher at JPGS and was instrumental in setting up the tournament.
Namibia: Rugby Sponsors in a Scrum
AllAfrica.com – May 30, 2008
MTC threatened with legal action if the friendly match sponsored by First National Bank (FNB) goes ahead saying it holds the rights to any rugby team that represents Namibia. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);FNB decided to bail out the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) with the hosting of the international friendly match after MTC "repeatedly failed to do that" according to the union’s president Dirk Conradie. The friendly international is scheduled for the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on June 7. Yesterday FNB announced at a press conference that it would cover all the costs for the friendly match with Conradie confirming that the bank had approached the union as they were in need of money to organise friendly matches for the national team.
… : Super 14 Final – Rugby News Results Fixtures and…
Planet Rugby – May 30, 2008
The Crusaders and Waratahs face off in what is expected to be a classic showdown for the Super 14 crown at AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday. Crusaders coach Robbie Deans the most successful coach in the history of Super Rugby summed up the occasion perfectly earlier this week when he said: “It’s going to be an epic. “The Crusaders and Waratahs have proved themselves to be the two best teams in the competition this year by finishing in first and second place respectively on the Super 14 table as well as demonstrating their overwhelming superiority in the semi-finals. The clash carries more than the usual emotion of a grand final as Deans signs off a stellar nine years as the Crusaders’ coach while it’s also the end of the road for the most successful Waratahs’ coach Ewen McKenzie.