http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Rugby Forums » Forum: World Rugby - Recent Topics en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:42:24 +0000 http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/new-zealand-to-meet-england-in-final-of-womens-rugby-world-cup#post-2813 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:08:25 +0000 RugbyProp 2813@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>NZ 45 7 France, The Black Ferns will face England in the final of the Women&#39;s Rugby World Cup 2010 this Sunday. England beat Australia 15-0 to battle NZ in the final. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/world-rugby-stadiums#post-352 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:05:23 +0000 Moosehead 352@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>NZ Rugby World Magazine has named what they believe to be the top 10 Rugby Stadiums in the World:</p> <p>1 - Millennium Stadium (Cardiff, Wales);<br /> 2 - Suncorp Stadium (Brisbane, Australia);<br /> 3 - Yarrow Stadium (New Plymouth, New Zealand);<br /> 4 - Croke Park (Dublin, Ireland);<br /> 5 - Twickenham (London, England);<br /> 6 - Stade Aime Giral (Perpignan, France);<br /> 7 - Newlands (Cape Town, South Africa);<br /> 8 - The Greenyards (Melrose, Scotland);<br /> 9 - Thomond Park (Limerick, Ireland);<br /> 10 - Stadio Flamino (Rome, Italy).</p> <p>What do you think, no stade de France? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/attempting-to-make-kids-rugby-more-acceptable-safe-to-enjoy#post-2272 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:55:17 +0000 Toothlesstiger 2272@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Read the following article and as the topic title suggests, we have to look at what is best for the game to grow.</p> <p>Our game has a stigma attached to it . It is a &quot;too&quot; rough a game of my kid to play. </p> <p>Rugby is played by a &quot;bunch of beer swilling&quot; ruffians.</p> <p>With Ontario&#39; new funding from the Ontario Goverment for &quot;Startrugby&quot; (see the Rugby Ontario website) the Ontario clubs and volunteers will be confronted when approaching the elementary school system with all of the above negatives and the usual,&quot;lack of coaches&quot;.</p> <p>The following article provides them with a &quot;heads-up&quot; in how to introduce &amp; dealing with in an appropriate approach addressing these issues while introducing the game to the prospective market of 10,000 children (boys &amp; girls) in grades 6,7 &amp; 8.</p> <p>&quot;Call to ban rugby scrums at schools<br /> Last updated 4 Jul 2010 - 12:45 pm</p> <p>Rugby scrums and high tackles should be banned in school sportRugby scrums and high tackles should be banned in school sport, a public health professor has said.</p> <p>Professor Allyson Pollock, director of Edinburgh University&#39;s Centre for International Public Health Policy, called for the ban after research revealed injuries sustained by youngsters playing the game.</p> <p>The study included 470 rugby players at five schools in Scotland during the second half of the 2008-09 season, from January to April last year.</p> <p>There were 37 injuries recorded, 26 during matches and 11 in training, including 20 which needed a trip to the accident and emergency department.</p> <p>The tackle was the &quot;commonest phase of play causing injury&quot; with head and face the most injured body part and sprain/ligament injury the most common injury, the study found.</p> <p>Professor Pollock, one of the study&#39;s authors, said: &quot;High tackles and scrums should be banned. The sport is not safe enough for schoolchildren and not enough is being done to protect the safety of children.</p> <p>&quot;We know that most injuries occur in tackles and the scrum so there have got to be much greater safety measures in these areas.</p> <p>&quot;It may change the game but it&#39;s better to have a safe game than a dangerous game.</p> <p>&quot;Concussion is under-reported because it&#39;s not being monitored properly. Repeated concussions may have severe long-term consequences.</p> <p>&quot;Rugby is compulsory in many schools - and schools, teachers and coaches have a duty of care towards children.&quot;</p> <p>© Press Association 2010&quot; </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/racial-issues-in-south-africa-will-it-affect-rugby#post-2013 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:57:37 +0000 Faust 2013@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Reading about this carp about racial tensions rising in South Africa. I wonder its implications for the game of Rugby there. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/six-nations#post-1710 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:08:18 +0000 Harry Craig 1710@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Six Nations games will be shown at the Ajax Wanderers Clubhouse at 1717 Harwood Ave North in Ajax again this year. It is $20 admission whether there is 1,2 or 3 games being played, this is set by Setanta not the club. At all games the bar will open at 11:00 am and food will be avilable. We have two large screens and a smaller TV in the bar area. A great place to watch all the games with your friends in the eastern GTA and support a grat rugby club at the ame time. Doors will open 1 hour before games.<br /> Hope to see a you all out to watch the games. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/sluggo-1#post-1720 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:52:29 +0000 Harry Craig 1720@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I hear that Ric Suggitt has just been announced as the USA Women&#39;s Sevens Coach. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/frances-top-flight-pro-rugby-teams-subject-to-salary-cap#post-1678 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:28:21 +0000 RugbyProp 1678@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>French rugby&#39;s top-flight teams will be forced to implement a salary cap for the start of the 2010/11 season.</p> <p>The salary cap will be set at £7.1m (approx 13 million Canadian), a figure that still outstrips the current £4m limit imposed on Guinness Premiership clubs in England. </p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8420139.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8420139.stm</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/international-rugby-board-ignoring-evidence-of-a-game-in-turmoil#post-1677 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:14:18 +0000 RugbyProp 1677@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Just five years ago there was nothing much wrong with rugby but the latest International Rugby Board statistics point to a broken game with too much emphasis on kicking. </p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/6744502/International-Rugby-Board-ignoring-evidence-of-a-game-in-turmoil.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/6744502/International-Rugby-Board-ignoring-evidence-of-a-game-in-turmoil.html</a></p> <p>more injuries and lack of flow in the game what can we do about it? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/frances-dupuy-out-for-six-months-and-out-of-6-nations-tournament-after#post-1673 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:30:46 +0000 RugbyProp 1673@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>being punished for eye-gouging. </p> <p><a href="http://planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_5781062,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_5781062,00.html</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/varsity-match#post-1620 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:12:04 +0000 Harry Craig 1620@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I see Stan McKeen will be starting at #7 for Oxford vs Cambridge at Twickenham next Thursday. Good luck. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/ouch#post-1525 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:36:09 +0000 Faust 1525@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92mOu1ZNo4&amp;feature=player_embedded#" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t92mOu1ZNo4&amp;feature=player_embedded#</a></p> <p>Hard wall and pavement, then brawl </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/heineken-cup-20092010#post-1246 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:14:38 +0000 winger14 1246@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Just watched the North Hampton v Munster match. This is what the Heineken Cup is all about, and the main reason why I prefer the HC to S14. Passion, grunt, tribal warfare, flair, a full house, all contributing to what was truly a spectacle.</p> <p>This one is getting burned to DVD and saved in the personal archives...</p> <p>Brilliant defence, great attacking rugby, tactical nous, just freaking brilliant.</p> <p>Winger14 </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/argentina-to-join-the-tri-nations-in-2012#post-1106 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:24:14 +0000 Faust 1106@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Great news that Argentina finally is joining the tri nations. But it shows how Canada was spinning its wheels. Only 20 years ago, Canada was regularly beating Argentina (maybe not regular, but at par), now they are accept as being a part of the elite.</p> <p>I hope this gives hope that we can also move to this ranking. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/all-blacks-kick-of-title-defence#post-920 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:34:31 +0000 NewZfan 920@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>The All Blacks kick off the defence of their Tri-Nations crown against old foes Australia at Eden Park on Saturday with the pressure on them to rediscover their best form.</p> <p>New Zealand have dominated the southern hemisphere`s premier competition in recent years with four straight victories but they were far from their all-conquering best against France and Italy last month and now face an fast-improving Australia side intent on ending their own Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup drought.</p> <p><a href="http://www.scrum.com/trinations/rugby/story/100235.html?CMP=OTC-RSS" rel="nofollow">http://www.scrum.com/trinations/rugby/story/100235.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/will-harry-craig-learn-japanese-by-2019-rwc-going-to-japan#post-991 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:00:27 +0000 Faust 991@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>England will host the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and Japan will run the tournament in 2019, the International Rugby Board announced Tuesday.</p> <p>Approval from the board's ruling council was widely expected after Rugby World Cup Ltd. — the IRB-controlled company that oversees each tournament — last month endorsed England and Japan as the strongest bidders.</p> <p>Board chairman Bernard Lapasset said 16 of the 26 IRB council members voted in favour of the English and Japanese bids during afternoon deliberations at a Dublin conference centre. Others backed rival finalists South Africa and Italy, which both placed bids to host either in 2015 or 2019.</p> <p>England last helped stage a Rugby World Cup in 1991, while Japan will play host for the first time. Four years ago, Japan was the front-runner to host the 2011 World Cup but lost unexpectedly to New Zealand.</p> <p>England Rugby Union chairman Martyn Thomas called the decision “a relief, and also great joy for England.”</p> <p>Thomas said 2007 host France had set new standards for facilities, crowd control, ticket sales and fan enjoyment.</p> <p>“France raised the bar. We've now got to raise the bar again,” he said.</p> <p>Lapasset said England triumphed in part because its rugby union could offer particularly strong financial guarantees and impressive existing stadiums, crucial during a time of global recession.</p> <p>He said Japan represented a great platform to promote rugby in Asia and keep expanding the audience and financial clout of a tournament first staged only 22 years ago.</p> <p>England's winning bid proposed using Wembley, Manchester United's Old Trafford, Liverpool's Anfield and Arsenal's Emirates Stadium as venues, while Twickenham would host the final. The England Rugby Union projects it could sell three-million tickets — 50 per cent more than the existing record set by France in 2007.</p> <p>“We've got some very iconic stadia we're going to be using,” Thomas said.</p> <p>Rugby unions from eight nations — bidders England and South Africa as well as Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Australia and New Zealand — had two votes each in Tuesday's decision. Japan, Italy, Argentina, Canada and six regional associations representing whole continents had one vote each. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/worlds-best-player#post-774 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:02:49 +0000 adamNZ87 774@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>so who do you think is the worlds best rugby as of current?? im thinking it would have ti be matt giteau who is the fly half for AUS..your thoughts? and will anyone be watching the tri nations? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/lions-are-very-upset-at-brutality-of-boks-player#post-622 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:55:16 +0000 newzealandfan 622@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Author: By Chris Hewett in Pretoria</p> <p>Burger was banned for two months after being found guilty of gouging the Irish<br /> wing Luke Fitzgerald in the opening seconds of the game, won by South Africa<br /> with the final kick. Television footage clearly showed the Western Province<br /> player scratching at Fitzgerald’s eyes, yet it took the Canadian judicial<br /> officer Alan Hudson more than 12 hours to deliver his verdict....</p> <p><a href="http://www.newarticlesources.com/blog/2009/06/lions-livid-at-brutality-of-boks/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newarticlesources.com/blog/2009/06/lions-livid-at-brutality-of-boks/</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/where-to-watch-tri-nations#post-632 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:59:28 +0000 adamNZ87 632@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>hey, Im from NZ and will be arriving in BC in august, is there anywhere to watch the tri nations game? and I intend on playing some rugby here, is there any clubs that you recommend?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/outrage-as-french-rugby-player-admits-assault-lie#post-614 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:15:53 +0000 newzealandfan 614@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>WELLINGTON (AFP) — New Zealand officials reacted with outrage and called for an inquiry after French rugby player Mathieu Bastareaud admitted his claim of being attacked by thugs in Wellington was a lie.<br /> The 20-year-old said Thursday in a statement on the website of his French club Stade Francais that a cut and bruising on his face was caused by a fall in his room after drinking with team-mates early on Sunday.</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ghv8GqYfNE0ADQAvyjOZ0gWfoiBg" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ghv8GqYfNE0ADQAvyjOZ0gWfoiBg</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/dave-smortchevsky#post-471 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:48:20 +0000 Harry Craig 471@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Good to see a Canadian ref in charge of the Nations Cup match between Romania and Uruguay. Name the only Canadian to referee a men`s World Cup finals game and the teams involved. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/interesting-who-the-sponsor-is-of-irish-tag-rugby#post-83 Sun, 10 May 2009 18:38:25 +0000 admin 83@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>and that the IRFU is heavily promoting Tag Rugby. Bud Light Tag <a href="http://www.irishrugby.ie/tagrugby/15242_15492.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishrugby.ie/tagrugby/15242_15492.php</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/test#post-11 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:37:20 +0000 admin 11@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I3PpibwlwI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I3PpibwlwI</a> </p>