November 2011
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October 2011
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WatchYou may have seen Jared Brandon’s clip showing NZ supporters watching the RWC final on the big screen in Auckland … will this is the French equivalent. Not quite as artistic but still it’s rugby.
Click to watch the NZ version.
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WatchProof that there’s some parts from history that are sadly missing from the modern game.
Lifted this from: http://vimeo.com/27079425
Description: THE RUNNING GAME is a unique insight to the game and people who play Rugby at the highest level. Shot on the 1981-2 Australian tour of the U.K. and Ireland this film has become a legend in Rugby circles. This is when the game was amateur and...
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RWC2011: All Blacks purge ghosts of past William... →
What better team for the All Blacks to beat, than the French and claim thier 2nd World Cup success. It’s been twenty four years since their first win, also at Eden Park, also against the French. In winning 8-7, the team exorcised a few ghosts.
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Rugby World Cup 2011 stories
What if the All Blacks don’t win: http://bit.ly/roVOTO
Do France have a chance? http://bit.ly/na12mT
RWC semifinals - the stories that didn’t make the newspapers. http://bit.ly/pitHTS
A collection of Australia / New Zealand battles. http://bit.ly/qUpr8R
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RWC2011, the most succesful Rugby World Cup ever? →
Views on what’s made this tournament so enjoyable!!!
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All Blacks unchanged for Final →
rightrugby:
New Zealand: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Richard Kahui, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Brad Thorn, 4 Samuel Whitelock, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock. Replacements:16 Andrew Hore, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Sonny Bill...
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Absurd as all this may seem, what if the All... →
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Warren Gatland thought about cheating, but didn't...
All Blacks say David Pocock is a cheat. English say Richie McCaw is a cheat. Welsh say Allan Rolland is a cheat. Samoans say the world is cheating them. Sam Warburton recently said everyone cheats. And of course, then there’s Mike Tindall?
What is it with rugby players and cheating?
Click to read more of the stories, from the semifinals, that didn’t make the newspapers!!!
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RWC2011 Final: Enough is enough, France do have a... →
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RWC2011: New Zealand Police considering charging...
New Zealand Police deny they’re considering laying charges against the Irish rugby team for robbing the rugby World Cup of a decent final game.
The Irish win over Australia, saw the Wallabies having to face the All Blacks in the semis and allowed France to make the finals without playing any of the TriNations teams in the knockout rounds.
For similar style RWC stories please try...
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Manu Tuilagi's jokes about the World Cup
When the English winger Manu Tuilagi arrived at Heathrow, he was asked to sum up England’s World Cup performance.
“World Cup???” he replied. “I thought we were on Mike Tindall’s stag do.”
For similar style RWC stories please try http://bit.ly/pitHTS
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RWC2011 semifinals. What the media didn't tell... →
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Rugby is as easy as Pi. There's a pattern emerging...
In 2003 New Zealand won the TriNations.
They beat the South Africans in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Then lost to Australia in semis.
In 2011 Australia won the TriNations.
They beat South Africa in the World Cup quarters.
Then … to New Zealand in semis?
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RWC2011 semi finals: Australia, New Zealand,... →
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Red Card for dangerous tackle
In 2007, the IRB Council approved a Laws Designated Members Ruling which essentially made it clear that tackles involving a player being lifted off the ground and tipped horizontally and were then either forced or dropped to the ground are illegal and constitute dangerous play.
Possible scenarios:
The player is lifted and then forced or "speared" into the ground. Red Card
The lifted player is dropped to the ground from a height with no regard to the player's safety. Red Card.
For all other types of dangerous lifting tackles, it may be considered a penalty or yellow card is sufficient.
Referees and Citing Commissioners should not make their decisions based on what they consider was the intention of the offending player. Their decision should be based on an objective assessment (as per Law 10.4 (e)) of the circumstances of the tackle.
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Kurtley Beale OUT. Wallabies lose their custodian.
This a tweet from Beale himself:
Thanks every1 for their support. Unfortunately been ruled out! Iv got faith in the boys who have got the opportunity tomorrow night.
Beale’s departure leaves Lievremont as the only notable mo left in the semis.
Rugby World Cup semifinals - a great time for a...
This has been a great rugby world cup and we’ve still got the semis and finals to come. Worth having an explore of what the tweep is going on. Lets make this one for the fans. Without your support this would be an empty event. A shell of a what the trophy really stands for. If you like rugby. You’ll like this poem. And now some words from the actual fans. It looks like a new dynasty...
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WatchMy poem. A tribute to us, the rugby fans.
Now on Vimeo, cheers for the tip.