The News Review:
- Police cautions Wales rugby centre Henson
- Women’s rugby participates in ‘March Madness’
- Banks Lower the Volume at Hong Kong’s Rugby Bash
- Rugby bidders get home ground treatment in NZ
- South Carolina High School Rugby champs battle for Commissioner’s Cup
- Carter still some way off from returning to rugby field
Police cautions Wales rugby centre Henson
AFP
Henson already reprimanded by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) for the February incident was out in Cardiff with Wales team-mates Andy Powell Rhys Thomas and Jonathan Thomas the day after the win over England. The quartet each admitted to “varying degrees of regrettable conduct” relating to an incident in a Cardiff city centre pub a WRU statement said at the time. A police spokesman said Wednesday: “South Wales Police has investigated an allegation of assault at a premises in St Mary Street Cardiff on Sunday February 15 at around 9pm (2100GMT). “A 27-year-old male has been cautioned in relation to the incident”. News of his caution came just a day after the spreys Henson’s Welsh regional club side said the midfielder could be out for six weeks with an ankle injury – a setback that could end his hopes of being selected for this year’s British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa.
Women’s rugby participates in ‘March Madness’
USD Volante nline
The squad won three games Saturday. While many women from the USD club rugby team joined their fellow students last weekend to participate in Dance Marathon a few Coyotes didn’t let a lack of numbers stop them from competing in one of the largest rugby tournaments in the Midwest. Six USD women joined forces with a newly-formed team from Augustana College and made it all the way to the semifinals of the 8th Annual March Madness Rugby Tournament hosted by Wayne State College. USD was one of 20 women’s squads at the event which included teams from Wisconsin Colorado Kansas and even Canada. USD women’s coach Bryn Chivers said the combination of six USD players and 13 players from Augustana proved to be an interesting but successful mix. “The Augustana girls who were all really new to the game had some players who had some speed and had a lot of energy” Chivers said.
Banks Lower the Volume at Hong Kong’s Rugby Bash
BusinessWeek
Any bank that has taken (or been forced to take) government money to help buoy its bottom line went to great lengths to demonstrate how modest its Sevens box was. They noted that the bankers who flew in for the event did so on their own dime that the live music or elaborate sound systems of previous years had been replaced by i-Pods and that they had not splurged on decadent decorations. Also there was a distinct lack of scantily clad women and no excess of branded give-away T-shirts hats rugby balls toys or beer mugs. In fact most banks had refrained from having a theme altogether settling for a few rugby-inspired pictures on the wall and the action on the pitch below as the main attractions. Morgan Stanley even went as far as reusing the decorations from last year after finding them still on the walls when they returned to set up their box last week. Tightening the belt even more Goldman Sachs and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch had no boxes at the executive level at all this year although Goldman did have a reserved seating area downstairs. Many of the hedge funds and private equity firms who had boxes—or at least stalls—last year had also not booked their own area this year and were probably pleased to attend one of the bank boxes—even if the hospitality was more restrained than in yesteryears.
Rugby bidders get home ground treatment in NZ
SI.com
Ex-Fiji captain Waisale Serevi told members at the NC general assembly on Tuesday that the inclusion of Rugby Sevens in the 2016 lympics would increase the chances for small countries to win medals. “Small nations such as Fiji Samoa Tonga Kenya Argentina and New Zealand would be in with a chance” he said earning nods and smiles of approval from the members for the Pacific island nations. New Zealand is one of the game’s heartlands and will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup. It is also home to the famous New Zealand All Blacks the code’s No.
South Carolina High School Rugby champs battle for Commissioner’s Cup
Examiner.com
6 the competitors for the 2009 Commissioner’s Cup met. That day Gilbert were the dominant winner. Now almost two months later the two teams face each other again with the biggest prize in U-19 rugby on the line. n one side are the single-school champions hosts and the most dominant team of the regular season. n the other is the reigning back-to-back multi-school champions and Commissioner’s Cup holders.
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Carter still some way off from returning to rugby field
Radio New Zealand
Carter ruptured his Achilles tendon eight weeks ago playing for Perpignan in France and has begun working with All Blacks physiotherapist Peter Gallagher who’s travelled to France. Carter signed with Perpignan for $1. 7 million for a six-month stint but played only five games before suffering the injury in February. All Blacks doctor Deb Robinson says Carter will be out of the moon boot he’s been wearing by Friday and learning to walk again will be his first priority.