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Coaches need to take a more creative approach if rugby union is not to continue losing its appeal
London :: United Kingdom | about 13 hours ago
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Rob Andrew or Allan Massie, both make valid points in advocating changes to improve rugby union as a spectator sport. Certainly if rugby union is not to become a 13-man game, as in rugby league, the status quo is not an option in attempting to attract...
Tags: rugby league, United Kingdom, London, Rugby union in England, Try, Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, Team sports, Rugby football, allnews, Rugby union
Allan Massie: Andrew misses target by putting boot in laws
Ayr :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Rob Andrew as a player, despite that infamous moment in the 1994 Calcutta Cup match when his errant hand secured England a match-winning penalty. He was a very good fly-half playing to England's strength , which was ten-man rugby, not hugely exciting...
Tags: England, Rob Andrew, United Kingdom, Ayr, Scotland national rugby union team, Experimental law variations, Calcutta Cup, Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, Rugby league, New Zealand national rugby union team, England national rugby union team, allnews, Rugby union
John Roughan : A flashback to great game of rugby
Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 days ago
Credibility Last weekend gave glimpses of a recent past when the ball was freed to backlines that ran and beat defenders with miss-out passes and looping links to wingers of the old Rokocoko class...I have a vivid memory of sitting high in the north stand one night...
Tags: Henry, South Africa, Cape Town, Graham Henry, New Zealand national rugby union team, allnews, All Blacks, Josevata Rokocoko, Experimental law variations, Blues, South Africa national rugby union team, Barbarian F.C., Playing rugby union, Rugby union
IRB against eligibility change
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility Lote Tuqiri and Jo Rokocoko's chances of playing for Fiji during the 2011 Rugby World Cup is dead. This after the International Rugby Board (IRB) made a decision against a move by New Zealand to ease rugby's eligibility regulations to allow mainly Pacific...
Tags: Fiji, New Zealand, Auckland, allnews, South Pacific Games, Fiji Rugby Union, International Rugby Board, Rugby union, New Zealand Rugby Union, Rugby World Cup, Rugby union in Fiji, Lote Tuqiri, Melanesia, Pacific Cup, Pacific Games, Suva
Richie McCaw's breakdown break down
Wellington :: New Zealand | 4 days ago
Credibility School was in today and All Blacks captain Richie McCaw gave a master class on the breakdown. For the four reporters present it was like a university tutorial from a teacher with a PHD in openside play, with honours. The way McCaw sees it, the breakdown's...
Tags: Richie McCaw, New Zealand, Wellington, Tackle, Playing rugby league, allnews, Rugby union, Playing rugby union
Blame Game
Bucharest :: Romania | 4 days ago
Credibility Fijians head coach Samu Domoni Junior has admitted that the lack of preparation led to the downfall of the national side during their short tour of the Northern Hemisphere. The national side barely had a week's preparation before heading into their first...
Tags: Samu Domoni Junior, Romania, Bucharest, Domoni, allnews, Everybody Knows, Fiji, Semi Tadulala, Rugby union, Fiji national rugby league team
All Blacks: France crushing raises bar, says Johnson
Auckland :: New Zealand | 5 days ago
Credibility The All Blacks' demolition of France last weekend has set the benchmark for their rivals to follow, says England coach Martin Johnson. Johnson, in the country this week to check out World Cup hotels and training facilities, found time to watch the final...
Tags: International Rugby Board, world cup, IRB Council, New Zealand, Auckland, allnews, Rugby union, Football, Ball games, Team sports, Rugby Football Union, Rugby football, Tri Nations, Experimental law variations, All Blacks, New Zealand national rugby union team, Rugby union in England, Tackle, David Campese, Richie McCaw, Playing rugby league, Martin Johnson, Penalty, Australia national rugby union team
IRB says no change to eligibility rules
Dublin :: Ireland | 5 days ago
Credibility He believes it just requires further research and the IRB has agreed. Share this Article: A chance for international players to appear for a second country of heritage has been rejected by the IRB; discrimination cited Read More Strategic Studies Centre...
Tags: IRB, Ireland, Dublin, Rugby union in Samoa, allnews, New Zealand national rugby union team, Pacific Nations Cup, International Rugby Board, Saimone Taumoepeau, Rugby union, Tonga, All Blacks, Rugby union in Tonga, New Zealand Rugby Union, Rugby union in Fiji, Sosene Anesi
Peter Bills : Finally, a game which shatters modern myths
Auckland :: New Zealand | 7 days ago
Credibility The South Africans have been a disappointment, scared of their own mighty shadow when it has come to embracing a proper running game with attacking intent. They have the players but their coaches have been too frightened to use them properly. Likewise...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Ball games, Rugby football, Team sports, allnews, Rugby union
League chief punts on close encounters
Port Moresby :: Papua New Guinea | 7 days ago
Credibility NRL club chairmen and chief executives meet today for a season review. But expansion is off the agenda, even though the other three football codes plan to increase the number of teams in their national competitions...The AFL has calculated that nearly...
Tags: NRL, AFL, Melbourne, chief executive, tv rights, rugby union, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Salary cap, Australian rules football, Rugby union in Australia, Football (soccer) in Australia, Karmichael Hunt, National Rugby League, allnews, Rugby league in Australia, David Gallop
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