The News Review:
- Rugby: Shock and sadness at Drake’s death
- Rugby league mourns Karalius
- Carter set for rugby European Cup debut
Rugby: Shock and sadness at Drake’s death
New Zealand Herald New Zealand
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Rugby league mourns Karalius
AFP
Karalius who appeared 12 times for Great Britain made his name as a player with the Saints in the 1950s scoring 42 tries in 252 appearances in a career spanning more than ten years primarily as a loose forward. He was renowned as one of the toughest tacklers of his era. Nigel Wood the chief executive of England’s Rugby Football League said in a statement: “Everybody at the RFL is tremendously saddened to hear of the death of Vince Karalius. “Vince enjoyed a highly successful career at international level and domestically with the St Helens and Widnes clubs.
Carter set for rugby European Cup debut
AFP
Carter was signed by the Catalan club on a lucrative six-month contract reportedly worth 34600 euros a game but is facing a mountain of a task to turn the side’s European fortunes around. Perpignan lie third in Pool 3 on five points with Leicester in pole on 14 points and Ospreys on 10 but who will be looking for a bonus-point victory over Italian whipping boys Treviso. Only the six group winners are guaranteed a spot in the qualifying round alongside the top two second-placed teams. “We are not masters of our own destiny now” admitted club president Paul Goze.
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