Archive for August, 2008

A major dust-up is brewing between France and New Zealand which could have massive ramifications for the future of test rugby.
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South Africa have indicated they intend to bid for the 2015 or 2019 Rugby World Cup. The South African Rugby board decided at their recent board meeting that they were intending to bid in a hope they will be able to host one of the next …
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Mainichi reports that Japanese police have issued a drug-related arrest warrant for an Australian who plays for a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rugby club:. Police obtained the arrest warrant for 31-year-old player Simon Kasprowicz, …
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Eddie Butler: The best players in the Magners league will be eased through the season, but there will be no such luxury in the Guinness Premiership.
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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has been quick to switch the focus to the fascinating Tri-Nations decider against the All Blacks in Brisbane rather than publicly put the microscope over Australia’s worst-ever defeat to the Springboks.
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Sir Tasker Watkins. Welsh war hero, Lord Justice of Appeal and Rugby Union president. Read full tribute and leave your memories at Lasting Tribute.
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Rugby league is mourning the death of former Parramatta and South Sydney great Brian Hambly.
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By the way… When there is a fight on the rugby field why don’t the police march on and arrest them, like they do outside of the touchline? Now wouldn’t that cause a stir!
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>>determination to be always “right” is the core of the problem here. The core of the problem is single-minded people using the threat of state violence to *impose* their parenting practices on others.
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AUSTRALIA lineout chief Dan Vickerman could have played his last Test for Australia as he battles a shoulder injury ahead of the final Tri-Nations match in two weeks’ time.
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