The News Review:
- New Zealand was top of the rugby union world in 2008
- GSI restructures laser unit
- Harlequins seeking Twickenham triumph
- Rugby scare sparks boy’s Peru trek for air ambulance cash
- Cheetahs light up Zim rugby
- Bath v Northampton: Teams
- The Do brothers’ can-do attitude comes up trumps
New Zealand was top of the rugby union world in 2008
International Herald Tribune France
That team is New Zealand and for 20 years the pattern has been the same: three years of calling the All Blacks the best team on earth followed by a fourth asking how it is that they again failed to win the World Cup. In that seemingly unchanging rhythm 2008 a post-World Cup year is the start of a new cycle. n the surface it was almost as good a year as New Zealand could have wanted. New Zealand was eliminated by France at the quarterfinal stage in the 2007 World Cup.
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GSI restructures laser unit
EETimes.com
) has restructured its Rugby U. -based laser business.
Harlequins seeking Twickenham triumph
Times nline UK
“We either run them very close or get our backsides tanned -when we lost to them at Kingsholm this season [39-10 last month] they had tomake twice as many tackles as we did. “The statistics for the season show we have made the least number of tacklesin the Premiership and that we have passed the ball more than anyone exceptBath. So we play a lot of rugby but penetration is the problem.
Rugby scare sparks boy’s Peru trek for air ambulance cash
Derby Evening Telegraph UK
Jack Talbot was playing rugby when the scrum collapsed leaving his friend llie Ludlow with a suspected neck injury. Within minutes of a 999 call being made the Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance had landed on the pitch at Foremarke Hall school in Milton. llie was flown to Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre and escaped with only minor injuries. But Jack knew that had it been serious the help of the air ambulance would have been vital.
Cheetahs light up Zim rugby
The Herald Zimbabwe
The Cheetahs have over the years overshadowed the country?s flagship team the Sables by constantly doing well on the international stage. In a year that the senior national XVs team ? the Sables ? failed to qualify for the Africa Cup and the national Under21 side was also virtually non-existent all the attention was set on the Cheetahs when they travelled to Tunisia for the African Zone World qualifiers. Zimbabwe finished second by Kenya to seal their place at the global rugby sevens showcase with hosts Tunisia claiming the third slot reserved for African teams. Coach Liam Middleton?s men had always shown the potential to achieve bigger things when they won the Castle Sevens in Lusaka Zambia at the end of June.
Bath v Northampton: Teams
SkySports
“What we want in these next few matches to come is for people to see a much more controlled performance from us. “Bath are once again without lock Danny Grewock who continues to have problems with a longstanding foot injury. Former rugby league star Shontayne Hape comes in at centre for Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu while Jack Cuthbert starts at full-back in the absence of Nick Abendanon. Away miseryWhile home form has not been a problem for Northampton getting a win on their travels has proved tough on their return to the top flight. They haven’t managed an away success in the Premiership since defeating midlands rivals Leicester nearly two years ago. Director of rugby Jim Mallinder feels his players are still learning particularly when it comes to playing away from their Franklin’s Gardens home. “We are on a good run but we haven’t been getting the results in the Premiership so we need to keep the momentum and get something at Bah.
The Do brothers’ can-do attitude comes up trumps
Sydney Morning Herald Australia
He is in demandas a stand-up comedian and has become a familiar face ontelevision. ther promising TV projects which have yet to beannounced await him. He’s still keen on rugby league a sport hehas followed since the family arrived as refugees from Vietnam inthe early 1980s. At school though he played rugby union. He and his brotherattended St Aloysius’ College in Milsons Point a long train ridefrom their home in Yagoona. “n Saturday morning I’d play union forAloysius. I played halfback five-eighth or in-centre.