The News Review:
- Scrummy! New novels put the romance into rugby
- Rugby stars bare all for racy ad
- Rugby team loses record scoreline
- Wales will get better – Gatland
- Rugby-Ireland coach Kidney dampens Six Nations expectations
Scrummy! New novels put the romance into rugby
The Associated Press
The first book in the series entitled 'The Prince's Waitress Wife' by Sarah Morgan is to be published on Feb. 1 prior to the start of the 2009 RBS Six Nations Championship and with one title published each month until September. The romance imprint has teamed up with rugby’s British governing body for a series of novels in which gorgeous women fall for athletic alpha males adept at making passes. There’s even sex at Twickenham the home of English rugby. “It’s good clean fun” said Jenny Hutton editor of the eight-book series which was launched Tuesday. “Women go to sport and watch it for the technical qualities of the game — but there’s no denying there are quite attractive men running around on the pitch.
Rugby stars bare all for racy ad
The Canberra Times Australia
The players appear in different rugby poses with England captain Borthwick pictured as if he is about to enter a tackle. ————– PHTS: Check out the lads here ————– His England team-mate Sackey is shown diving for the try-line while IRB World Player of the Year and Wales winger Williams is shown passing the ball. Borthwick said he has had to put up with plenty of dressing room jokes since the photo shoot but was happy with how the images turned out. "It is one of the most daring shoots I've been involved in but it has been loads of fun even if it has given my team-mates plenty of ammunition for changing room banter" he said. Last year the Powerade campaign dubbed InnerGear showed cyclist Rebecca Romero triple jumper Phillips Idowu and swimmer Gregor Tait nude in sporting poses taken by photographer Nadav Kander.
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Rugby team loses record scoreline
BBC Sport UK
But the scoreline – a record winning margin for an English league game – has been wiped from the records after a ruling from local officials. Coventry Saracens were handicapped by having only eight players and formed scrums with just three men. However rules insist scrums have a minimum of five players per side. Despite the 191-point margin of victory Alcester would have had some way to go to beat the world record for a game of union.
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Wales will get better – Gatland
BBC News UK
He added: “When you have a small playing base to compete against the best teams in the world physically we’ve got to be as good – or better than – the southern hemisphere teams. “It’s learning to play and train at a higher intensity and having the opportunity to play against the best teams in the world. “The Welsh Rugby Union has been very aggressive in targeting to play the southern hemisphere teams on a regular basis. nly five teams have won back-to-back Grand Slams in the championship’s history. Wales followed up their 2005 Grand Slam success by winning just one game in a turbulent 2006 Six Nations which included the departure of coach Mike Ruddock. They also won only one game in 2007.
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Rugby-Ireland coach Kidney dampens Six Nations expectations
Reuters UK UK
After claiming three triple crowns in four years Irelandsuffered their worst finish since before the championship’sexpansion in 2000 last season when fourth place and just twovictories cost Kidney’s predecessor Eddie ‘Sullivan his job. “There has to be an expectancy given their results over thelast six years” Kidney told reporters on Wednesday at thecompetition’s launch. “There’s never been a better period for Irish rugby. They’vewon three triple crowns and were about two seconds from achampionship. “It’s nice when people expect because it shows a belief inour ability but I think you have to be realistic as well. Where pre-tournament talk used to focus on whether Irelandcould finally win a first championship since 1985 last season’sstruggles coupled with a disappointing World Cup in 2007 gaverise to a different tone. “There are great sporting groups in Ireland that playGaelic hurling soccer and rugby goes along with that.
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