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Canadian National Men’s Rugby Team Discuss Millennium Stadium Wales
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Canada’s National Men’s Rugby Team discusses Millennium Stadium prior to their match against Wales in 2008 (Credit Rugby Canada)

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Local captains Canadians at Women’s Rugby World Cup
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By Greg Sabatino – Williams Lake Tribune
Published: August 26, 2010 8:00 AM
Ask Williams Lake resident Wade Cripps about his daughter Leslie and he’ll tell you he’s proud.

That’s because Leslie, 32, who grew up in Williams Lake, is captaining the fourth-seeded Canadian team at the Women’s Rugby World Cup currently being played in England.

“It’s excellent, [...]

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Rugby unions sign lucrative five-year TV deal
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Wed Apr 21, 11:07 PM

WELLINGTON (AFP) – Rugby unions in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have secured a 35 percent increase in broadcasting income with a five-year deal worth 437 million US dollars, officials said Thursday.
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The 2011-2015 deal with Supersport in South Africa, Fox Sports in Australia and Sky Television in New Zealand [...]

FROM ROOKIE TO PRO: Will the rise of USA Youth Rugby spell the demise of Canada’s dominance over USA Men’s Rugby?
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[maybe there is hope in our country with our very own Johnny Apppleseed of Rugby, Caleb Smith?, from Grimsby to the Web Ellis Cup, go West or East Mr. Rugby]

BOULDER, Colo. – Rookie Rugby will far surpass its goal of getting the ball in the hands of more than 100,000 kids throughout the U.S. [...]

ONLY IN THE USA, PITY: Colorado City Finds a Sales Pitch in a Rugby Pitch
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By JOHN BRANCH
Published: July 14, 2009
GLENDALE, Colo. — The conference room next to the mayor’s office overlooks the well-mowed pitch of the country’s only municipal rugby stadium. Infinity Park could hold almost all 4,800 citizens of this tiny urban island, an enclave surrounded by the city of Denver and best known — if thought [...]

New format for Junior World Championship 2010
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The International Rugby Board has announced a new format for its flagship Age Grade tournament, the IRB Junior World Championship, with the number of participating teams being reduced from 16 to 12 in 2010.

This restructure, approved by the IRB Council, means that the top 12 teams at this year’s IRB TOSHIBA Junior World Championship [...]

World Rankings Up For Grabs
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Japan kicked off the defence of their HSBC Asian Five Nations title with an emphatic 87-10 victory over Kazakhstan last weekend, but even a similarly convincing victory over Hong Kong in round two will have no impact on their rating points or position of 16th.

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