Rugby
Rugby webchat with Will Greenwood
In today’s live webchat with Will Greenwood, which is in association with Dove, we’ll be discussing this weekend’s Heineken Cup final, the end of the Premiership season, and what the summer holds as the 6N teams head down south for the first time since the World Cup – please get your questions in now. Here’s a selection of Will’s most recent columns..
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MELBOURNE (May 17): Australia and New Zealand, the top two rugby nations by world ranking, have welcomed a new financial model for World Cup revenue set to boost their shares of takings from the quadrennial showpiece. The sports global governing body, the International Rugby Board, announced the new model at a meeting in Dublin this week which promised an additional £50 million (RM247.96 million) for the game’s development over 2012-2015.
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Rugby: IRB says no ban on tweeter
The International Rugby Board has denied it ordered Samoa to exclude a player from its squad for the Pacific Nations Cup because of his history of controversial Twitter posts. Center Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu was banned for six months after last year’s Rugby World Cup for a Twitter post which described Welsh referee Nigel Owens, who controlled Samoa’s match against South Africa, as racist and biased. The 23-test veteran had been censured after an earlier Twitter comment which likened Samoa’s World Cup schedule to slavery, apartheid and the Holocaust
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Rugby board says no ban on tweeter Fuimaono-Sapolu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) The International Rugby Board has denied it ordered Samoa to exclude a player from its squad for the Pacific Nations Cup because of his history of controversial Twitter posts. Center Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu was banned for six months after last year’s Rugby World Cup for a Twitter post that described Welsh referee Nigel Owens , who worked Samoa’s match against South Africa, as racist and biased.
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Australia, New Zealand hail new rugby World Cup deal
Reuters – MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand , the top two rugby nations by world ranking, have welcomed a new financial model for World Cup revenue set to boost their shares of takings from the quadrennial showpiece.
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Rugby-Australia, New Zealand hail new rugby World Cup deal
Australia and New Zealand, the top two rugby nations by world ranking, have welcomed a new financial model for World Cup revenue set to boost their shares of takings from the quadrennial showpiece. The sports global governing body, the International Rugby Board, announced the new model at a meeting in Dublin this week which promised an additional 50 million pounds ($80 million) for the game’s development over 2012-2015.
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Top Rugby Teams to Get Compensation for World Cup Losses in 2015
The top-tier southern hemisphere nations will share 10 million pounds ($15.9 million) in compensation for competing at the next Rugby World Cup and also get an additional 3 million pounds each for participating.
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Rugby World Cup brings life-saving benefits to Olympic Pool
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 12:02 pm Press Release: Gisborne District Council Rugby World Cup brings life-saving benefits to Olympic Pool The Rugby World Cup is over – but the benefits of the Cup are still continuing in local communities around New Zealand. Philips donated twenty Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to each of the Rugby World Cup teams. These AEDs have now been returned to St John to give back to local communities in New Zealand.
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Free bus for Canterbury rugby fans
Canterbury rugby fans will once again have the chance to take a free bus to the new AMI Stadium, this time to watch the clash between the Crusaders and the Blues on Saturday 19 May. Environment Canterbury Passenger Services Manager David Stenhouse says the free bus system has worked well for the past games and rugby fans have appreciated the chance to park and ride, so they will run again for this game. Anyone with a ticket to the game can travel free of charge on any service between 5pm and 11pm
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Rugby World Cup 2015 to kick off on September 18
AFP – The Rugby World Cup England is to host in 2015 will kick off on the compromise date of September 18, rugby union’s governing body, the IRB , announced on Tuesday.
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