Death casts shadow on under-20 rugby win
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- Death casts shadow on under-20 rugby win
- Rugby sellouts weren’t made in a day
- Southern Hemisphere Rugby Trounces North Yet Again
- Australian rugby league player jailed for eight months for assault
- Demetriou thanks ‘rugby family’
- FIFA concerned about future of new World Cup stadiums
Death casts shadow on under-20 rugby win
Stuff.co.nz
What was supposed to be one of the greatest days of Guildford’s life turned to despair after the final whistle when the two-try hero looked up to the grandstand for his parents Rob and Deb. New Zealand under-20 manager Grant Hubbard said Guildford instantly became aware there was a problem with his dad who is believed to have died of a heart attack. “Zac could see something was wrong and he ran up the steps and his mum and our doc were working on him” Hubbard told The Dominion Post from Tokyo last night.
Rugby sellouts weren’t made in a day
Stuff.co.nz
Faced with sluggish ticket sales for the All Blacks-Italy rugby test at AMI Stadium on Saturday night Roman centurions roamed Christchurch streets yesterday to drum up interest. Sale improved over the weekend but are still below expectations. About 14000 of the 26000 tickets had been sold by yesterday afternoon an increase of 2000 on last Friday.
Southern Hemisphere Rugby Trounces North Yet Again
New York Times
The northern nations have to console themselves with the role of brave losers. Northern teams win just often enough to keep things interesting. But after a Saturday that brought the resumption of two rivalries in which the northerners had won the last encounter all they had to show was pluck in defeat. The South Africans had had 12 years to plot revenge on the British and Irish Lions who won the series on the last of their rare visits.
Australian rugby league player jailed for eight months for assault
The Canadian Press
Bird formerly played for the Cronulla Sharks in Australia’s National Rugby League but was released in January. He was initially signed by Bradford Bulls in the English Super League but was denied a British visa and now plays for Catalans Dragons in France. Bird 25 appealed the sentence later Monday and was granted bail. He will be allowed to return to France until the appeal is heard in August.
Demetriou thanks ‘rugby family’
BBC Sport
The 31-year-old died suddenly during a gym training session eight months ago and a memorial dinner was held in his honour on Friday 19 June. "Thanks has to go to the public for all this" Demetriou told BBC Radio Leeds. "The rugby league family has been absolutely outstanding. They keep supporting the fund.
FIFA concerned about future of new World Cup stadiums
The Canadian Press
A 90000-seat stadium in Durban and another 68000-seater in Cape Town are taking shape a year ahead of the first World Cup to be held in Africa. Impressively designed they will stage the semifinals as well as games earlier in the 64-game competition. But there are fears among locals that with local rugby clubs showing little or no interest in using the grounds the cities will be left with stadiums that no one will use. “This is something we have discussed and we have to work on with the organizers post World Cup to make sure that as part of the legacy and use of infrastructure and all that will be built for the World Cup will not become the white elephants and we will not see again what’s happening sometimes at lympic cities” FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said Monday. “We have to work together and with the African Confederation of Football to make sure that the stadiums will be used in the future. This is a discussion we had yesterday. “The Durban stadium which has a spectacular arch over the top is next to Kings Park home of the Sharks rugby club which has a 47-year lease on its own traditional home.
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