Young rugby players at Canada Games see lympics in their futures
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- Young rugby players at Canada Games see lympics in their futures
- South Africa: ‘Merge Southern Kings and Melbourne for Super 15′
- nen ruled out of Elgon rugby Cup return leg
- Canterbury rugby identify gaps
Young rugby players at Canada Games see lympics in their futures
The Canadian Press
— Rugby in the lympics is still one round of voting and seven years away but players like Nick Phillipson and Shea Wakefield can still dream. Rugby took a big leap toward becoming an lympic sport when the fast-paced sevens version of the game was recommended last week for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games along with golf. “We’ve actually talked about it as a team and I think it’s awesome” said Phillipson a native of Duncan B. who plays for the Cowichan Rugby Club.
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South Africa: ‘Merge Southern Kings and Melbourne for Super 15′
AllAfrica.com
He suggested in his personal capacity that the two franchises left in the race the Southern Kings and Australia’s Melbourne join forces and base themselves in Port Elizabeth for half of the series and Melbourne for the rest. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );This solution would not only reduce the huge cost involved in forming a top-class franchise as they would share the expenses it would also ease the player resources burden he said. The lack of enough quality players to form a competitive new franchise has been one of the main concerns among Sanzar’s members Australia New Zealand and SA. Hoskins’ suggestion which he mentioned during a Sanzar conference call followed the decision by the New Zealand Rugby Union yesterday to dump its proposed Taranaki franchise.
nen ruled out of Elgon rugby Cup return leg
New Vision
nen aggravated his knee injury during the first leg game in Nairobi over the weekend that ended 30-22 in favour of Kenya. “It will be a very big miracle for him to make it to the side” team doctor Leonard Were stated. “We are trying our best but honestly he will not make it to the squad. Some one stamped on his knee yet it was injured and we shall have to do without him” Were added.
Canterbury rugby identify gaps
Stuff.co.nz
In Waikato’s case Matson said their outside defenders tended to fold in meaning there would be space on the outside provided you could get the ball there. But being told it does not mean you can see it. “ne of the issues we have is if you and I are on a rugby field and we pause at a moment in time I may say ‘give me the ball there’s an opportunity over there’. But you might be standing right next to me and you might go ‘hold on there’s one over there’. So one of the crucial things is getting everybody’s pictures aligned. Matson said a good deal of the team’s training sessions were spent trying to recognise where opportunities existed and how to take advantage of them. “We’ve got a really high skill set among our backs and that makes a big difference to our ability to execute.
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