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 All Blacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The All Blacks are the national representative rugby union team of New Zealand.
New Zealand national rugby league team - The Kiwis
The team was last assembled in 1984 until it was re-created in 2004, replacing New Zealand 'A' as the second-tier national side.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team   (644 words)

  
 banes
The team is also seeking to expand its team by starting touch tournaments and for the first time in its history sending a national side to compete in the prestigious Bangkok 7's tournament.
The team is actively seeking sponsors in order to field a team for international competition.
Rugby is a popular game played by men and women of every race and creed, from under age five to well over fifty, in over 100 countries of the world.
net.saipan.com /personal/banes   (1520 words)

  
 PM - Perth home to new rugby union team
But the Australian Rugby Union plan for a new franchise in the expanded Super 14 international rugby competition - which kicks off in 2006 - is a rare opportunity to attract sponsorship and tourist dollars.
And indeed this afternoon the Australian Rugby Union decided that the AFL-mad Victorian capital was not ready to become home to Australia's fourth Union team, and gave the honour to Perth instead.
GREG GROWDEN: If rugby is to be a national sport in this country it's got to have an identity in the second biggest city in Australia, and that’s why they should have gone to Melbourne and confronted the AFL.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1262668.htm   (716 words)

  
 Allblacks.com - the official website of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and rugby union
New Zealand wins: Watch the moment New Zealand was awarded the 2011 Rugby World Cup and then words from NZRU Chairman Jock Hobbs and CEO Chris Moller.
Contains the latest rugby news from New Zealand and the NZRU along with other great deals, offers, fixtures and results.
Allblacks.com will keep you updated with any news about the Tour of the UK and Ireland and provide you with the opportunity to win tickets to the games.
www.allblacks.com   (296 words)

  
 Rugby abroad (from rugby) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Similar unions were organized during the next few years in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S. Among the Union's chief activities are conferences, organizing...
There are only 13 players on a Rugby League team instead of 15.
Rugby's distinctive features are (1) that players may use their hands and catch, throw, or run with the ball in addition to maneuvering it with their feet, as in football (soccer), and (2) the use of the scrum, or scrummage, which is a method of...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-29654?tocId=29654   (891 words)

  
 CNN.com - Down Under in disarray over Europe rugby tours - October 14, 2001
And in the wake of Aussie rugby league national team, the Kangaroos, incurring the wrath of the public at home and abroad for pulling out of an English tour, rugby union counterparts the Wallabies are getting cold feet ahead of their European tour.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the intrusion of News Ltd's general manager of Nationwide News Malcolm Noad, who is also the National Rugby League (ARL)chairman, as infuriating ARL heavyweights and posing wide-reaching consequences for the future restructuring of the code.
New Zealand rugby league received a request from the English League last week when Australia's scheduled tour was canceled.
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/10/14/aust.rugby   (609 words)

  
 Missoula, Montana All-Maggots Rugby Club
Rugby Magazine's Team of the Month for June, 2001.
The Rugby park, with its full-sized pitch and views of the mountains, is widely acclaimed as one of the premier rugby venues in the northwest.
All teams are presented with a Maggoty trophy at the end of Fest, with a special "Best Play on the Pitch" trophy given to the team we observed to have the best playing ability.
www.maggots.org   (4036 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Sports
Simpkin, who has played for the New Zealand national rugby union team, is a respected and well-known figure in Asian rugby circles and world over.
Sri Lanka has been able to obtain the expertise of New Zealander Simpkin due to the untiring efforts made by former SLRFU President, Malik Samarawickrema, who has played a key role in rugby promotion in Sri Lanka over the years.
Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union has made the appointment of Simpkin, who functioned as the national coach of China up to last month's Asian Games in South Korea, on a recommendation made by a special four-member committee, headed by Iswarn Omar.
www.dailynews.lk /2002/10/24/spo01.html   (431 words)

  
 Conference Center
New Zealand and South Africa have had good sporting contact since Apartheid ended, and the South Africans have always impressed, be it in cricket or rugby.
Both teams have been thrashed by New Zealand in the last two games of the series.
Rugby union and rugby league are two separate games that evolved from a common rugby origin, and although they share many common features, the differences are marked.
www.spring.net /yapp-bin/public/read/sports/59   (18809 words)

  
 The first word in Fiji rugby — Teivovo.com
The new Board of the Fiji Rugby Union confirmed last night that stand-in national team manager Simon Poll will be offered a permanent position to look after the FMF Flying Fijians and handle the FRU’s internal operations.
Officials from the Fiji Rugby Union, the Fiji Rugby Referees Association and the Suva and Naitasiri Rugby Unions met Tuesday at Rugby House and agreed to bring in an overseas referee to officiate the Sullivan-Farebrother Challenge match this Saturday.
The Fiji Rugby Union has expressed serious concern over the departure of some of its most promising players who have been persuaded by agents to sign low-level contracts overseas rather than continue their develop path with Fiji Rugby.
www.teivovo.com   (1751 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Rugby Union - New Zealand World Cup deadline extended - Wednesday March 06, 2002 07:49 AM
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said on Wednesday it had given their New Zealand counterparts another two days after New Zealand officials asked world governing body the International Rugby Board (IRB) for more time.
The New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) is in dispute with the IRB and Australia over its plan to go ahead with their domestic provincial championship, a big revenue earner which overlaps with the World Cup's early stages.
Australian rugby boss John O'Neill last month blasted what he described as a "treacherous" decision by New Zealand to block his plans for a fourth Australian team in the Super 12 competition.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /rugby/news/2002/03/06/nz_deadline   (661 words)

  
 New Zealand: Culture: Museums (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
Website for the museum in Palmerston, with numerous online articles on New Zealand rugby history, including the origin of the name "All Blacks" (national rugby union team).
New Zealand's oldest museum, functioning as both a war memorial and a natural history museum.
The museum sponsors a number of research initiatives, including the New Zealand Maritime Index of print publications relating to New Zealand maritime history; and the New Zealand Maritime Record of ship histories, most with images.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/main/newzealand/cul-museum.html   (189 words)

  
 FOXSports.com - RUGBY- Rugby
Flyhalf Daniel Carter scored 13 points and set up two tries Saturday to lead New Zealand to a win over England that moved the All Blacks to within one game of a grand slam.
The Fox Rugby Shop is open 24/7 with all the gear you need to support your favorite team.
The three-way showdown between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
msn.foxsports.com /rugby   (181 words)

  
 World Sports. Rugby Timeline, 21st Century
Rugby union coach has been knighted in Queen Elizabeth II's New Years honors list
New Zealand kept their grand slam dreams alive but were made to work hard for a 23-19 win
The British and Irish Lions lost captain to injury in the opening before crashing to a 21-3 defeat to the New Zealand
www.mapreport.com /subtopics/s/r.html   (440 words)

  
 New Zealand Rugby World- NPC, Super 12, Super 14, Trinations Rugby, All Blacks, NZ Rugby, New Zealand Rugby, 2005 British Lion tour, Grand Slam tour, Rugby, Adidas Rugby, News Rugby, NPC Rugby, Rugby World, Haka
New Zealand is celebrating its winning bid to host Rugby World Cup 2011 and has thanked the International Rugby Board (IRB) for placing its confidence and trust in New Zealand to host its jewel-in-the-crown tournament.
New Zealand Rugby World- NPC, Super 12, Super 14, Trinations Rugby, All Blacks, NZ Rugby, New Zealand Rugby, 2005 British Lion tour, Grand Slam tour, Rugby, Adidas Rugby, News Rugby, NPC Rugby, Rugby World, Haka
· Rugby facilities that are excellent and close at hand
www.nzrugbyworld.com   (268 words)

  
 Home - Heavensgame Rugby Union at its best
St Lucia will be sending a national male and female team to participate in the prestigious North America and West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) 7-a-side Tournament to be held in Bridgetown Barbados on November 19 and 20, 2005.
So New Zealand have been awarded the 2011 RWC, the iRB voting members have chosen to ignore the chance of a new addition to the host list in Japan in favour of a traditional country.
St Lucia Male and Female Teams to Participate in International Tournament
www.heavensgame.com   (235 words)

  
 Fijilive - Gateway to Fiji, Fiji Rugby, Fiji Rugby New, Fiji Sevens, Fiji 7s, Fiji 15s
The Fiji Rugby Union board has turned down Wayne Pivac’s request to fly over Langi Peters to Europe to join the Fiji team...
As Wales picked over the pieces of their error-ridden 33-16 loss to South Africa, coach Mike Ruddock said his team was seeking to rid itself of the mistakes it didn't make when playing a brand of try-happy rugby last season that saw them run out Grand Slam winners...
It was almost all black for Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday, six days before the Grand Slam seeking New Zealanders even set foot in the stadium...
www.fijilive.com /rugby   (350 words)

  
 Right Turn To Gamlingay
Some awesome drives by all four of our team, including fantastic driver changes (apart from yours truly coming into the pits far too fast and incurring a stop and go penalty!) meant that by the end of the two hours we were four laps clear, pretty much without mistake.
Teams of 4, comepting over two hours to rack up as many laps as possible.
After the team set the overall fastest time, I was sat on Pole feeling relatively confident.
www.paullofthouseracing.com /wordpress   (1543 words)

  
 AMNRL - American National Rugby League
Joel "Sick Dude" Venables, a versatile 6'1 lock/ wing will add strong defence and scoring possibilities and rounding off the pack will be Hooker, Dave "Kiwi" Wickenden, a former New Zealand rugby league school boy standout and New Zealand lightweight boxing champion.
Nigel, a former professional rugby union player will make the switch in codes this season and will add precision running and finesse to the Knights backline.
The New York Knights look to take the field this season as strong contenders for this years championship after the recent signing of several key players.
www.amnrl.com /news/news_2002/042502.html   (362 words)

  
 Irish Rugby
Mr John O'Donoghue, T.D., Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, unveiled the design for the new Lansdowne Road Stadium at a function held on Monday at the Dublin 4 ground.
Minister Unveils New Design For Lansdowne Road Stadium
Mat Rogers kicked 15 points as Australia outscored Ireland by three tries to one for a 30-14 win in Saturday's permanent tsb International at Lansdowne Road.
www.irishrugby.ie   (123 words)

  
 New Zealand All Blacks rugby team official website, New Zealand Rugby Football Union
New Zealand All Blacks rugby team official website, New Zealand Rugby Football Union
Auckland win: For the 15th time Auckland are crowned as the Air New Zealand NPC champions with a 39-11 win over a determined Otago.
Final showdown: Hawke’s Bay has it all to play for when they host Nelson Bays in the final Air New Zealand Second Division NPC this Saturday.
www.nzrugby.com /index.cfm?layout=npc   (244 words)

  
 SRL.html
For all the latest news in Rugby League including plenty of infromation and pictures from international rugby league including Serbia don't forget to pick up the lattest issue of Rugby League Review.
Although rugby league was first played in Serbia in 1958 Serbian Rugby League Federation (SRLF) is relatively young organisation whose aim is to organise the competition and international representation of Serbia.
This site is for all fans of great game of rugby league and especially for those who are interested in establishment and development of rugby league in Serbia.
www.geocities.com /boce_ribljacorba/SRL.html   (282 words)

  
 National Rugby League Season 2005
Australia will defend its Tri Nations title at Elland Road against New Zealand next weekend after burying the hopes of hosts Great Britain.
Mark "Shrek" O'Meley's brilliant try in Australia's 26-14 Tri Nations win over GB may have doubled his Test tally but it was no fluke, according to the prop.
The NRL is gearing up for another spectacular season of football with the release of the Season 2006 draw.
www.nrl.com   (381 words)

  
 NZ Marist Rugby Football Federation
WELCOME to the NZ Marist Rugby Football Federation - an organisation set up to promote and foster a spirit of union, co-operation and close friendly relations between all Marist and similar rugby union football clubs in New Zealand
4 - 5 February 2005 - NZ Marist RugbyNational 7’s – St Patricks College
© 2002 - 2004 NZ Marist Rugby Football Federation : Site by WISE Net
www.maristrugby.org.nz   (133 words)

  
 IrishAbroad - Rugby Clubs and Resources
The Quad City Irish Rugby Club - Illinois
www.irishabroad.com /Sports/Rugby/Clubs   (8 words)

  
 IRB
On a memorable day in Dublin, the IRB Council awards the IRB Rugby World Cup 2011 to New Zealand.
This week we're in Dublin for an historic announcement as IRB Chairman Dr Syd Millar announces New Zealand as hosts of RWC 2011, plus reaction and much more.
With the start of the 2005/06 IRB Sevens series drawing ever closer, Nigel Starmer-Smith looks ahead in his own inimitable fashion.
www.irb.com   (108 words)

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