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	Triple Crown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Triple Crown is a term sometimes used to describe the three-tiered crown or tiara formerly used by popes.
		The Triple Crown Tournament was a cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
		A triple crown is also a type of sex toy, in the form of a cock ring with a separate ring for the scrotum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triple_Crown (293 words)

	Triple Crown (Rugby Union) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (also known as the Home Nations) as part of the Six Nations Championship.
		The name comes from the Triple Crown of James I/VI who was the first King to rule over England, Scotland and Ireland.
		The award, a silver dish, the Triple Crown Trophy, was contested for the first time in the 2006 Six Nations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triple_Crown_(Rugby_Union) (360 words)

	Rugby Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rugby originated in England and is played throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
		Nowadays, rugby is played in most European mainland countries, most notably in France (especially in the south, notably the southwest) and Italy who now both compete in the Six Nations Rugby Tournament.
		The rugby playing world is often divided between the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere teams, and the latter have often dominated international tournaments.
	www.indexlistus.de /keyword/Rugby_union.php (1304 words)

	The Rules of Rugby Union * Planet Pino
		Although rugby union appears a weird cross of world championship wrestling, Aussie Rules, rugby league, Gaelic football, netball, trampolining and anything else lacking logic, its prime purpose is simple - to get through the opposition's defence and place the ball over their try-line.
		Forwards are far more important in union because the scrum, which is a joke in league, is a vital attacking and psychological tool, and many Test matches are determined by what happens at the rucks and mauls (this will be explained shortly), and in the lineouts (read on).
		Unlike rugby league, in which a player who is tackled is allowed to hold the ball, return to his feet, and play the ball to a teammate, in rugby union the game continues.
	pino.faithweb.com /rugby/rules.html (1932 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rugby Union Six Nations Championship
		The Six Nations Championship, (2000-) formerly known as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides; England, France, Italy, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
		The importance of the competition has decreased slightly since the introduction of the Rugby Union World Cup, but the long standing rivalries between teams mean that it remains a passionate and fiercely contested prize.
		The "Triple Crown" is awarded when one of the four British and Irish teams beats the other three.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rugby_Union_Six_Nations_Championship (566 words)

	RTE Sport - Irish and international rugby -Six Nations
		For the first time this season the winners of rugby union's Triple Crown will receive a trophy, the organisers of the tournament have announced.
		The Triple Crown is 'won' if either England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland beats all the others during the course of a Six Nations Championship.
		Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll added: "When we won the Triple Crown in 2004 for the first time in 19 years, it was a fantastic occasion and one of the most memorable days in my career so far, but to have been handed a trophy would have been the icing on the cake."
	www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0125/triplecrown.html?sixnations (277 words)

	Welsh Rugby - HISTORY OF WELSH RUGBY
		The Welsh Rugby Union was formed, in Neath in 1881, and it now has a total of 239 member clubs.
		In 1905, Wales were crowned the unofficial 'Champions of the World' when they became the only side to beat New Zealand on their tour of the British Isles.
		The nineties was one of the worst periods in the history of the game as defections to Rugby League and internecine struggles decimated the national side.
	www.angelfire.com /ne/welshrugby/waleshistory.html (970 words)

	Rugby: This triple crown can reign supreme - [Sunday Herald]
		On Wednesday, as Glasgow's players ate their snack lunches in the leafy, and healthily warm, environs of Dalziel Country Park in Lanarkshire, Nicol's munchings had the wisdom of a father figure amid the joking of the older players and the wide-eyed deference of the newcomers.
		Dixon and Moffat, two of the most pleasant men in rugby, failed to deliver a place in the quarter-finals of the Heineken European Cup Ð the competition which, with all undue respect to the other leagues, is the yardstick of success for the Scottish pro teams.
		Much has been made of the comfort zone in Scottish rugby which militates against success, and Nicol is as condemnatory as the next man of attitudes which have prevailed among some of the players.
	www.sundayherald.com /27220 (1295 words)

	Rugby League in Wales - written by James Hothersall for J.Smith
		The Welsh Northern Union is formed in Wrexham, but the NU refuse it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the South of Wales - the WNU soon folded.
		Due to Rugby Union being the main sport in Wales, they will always be able to field a strong international team.
		The advent of professional Rugby Union will probably prevent a Welsh club from succesfully competing in the RFL or the formation of a domestic competition, but their will always be numerous fringe RU players willing to bolster the squads of English clubs
	users.hunterlink.net.au /~maajjs/jh/wales.htm (700 words)

	Irish Rugby / News Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Former Ireland rugby union coach Mick Doyle was killed in a motoring accident earlier today.
		Doyle, (63) was in a car which was in a collision with a lorry on a stretch of road at Quinn's Corner near Dungannon, on the Omagh to Dungannon road in County Tyrone.
		Ireland's Triple Crown this season was their first since Doyle's team achieved the feat 19 years ago.
	www.irishrugby.ie /newspage/49435.html (277 words)

	Rugby Union Memorabilia - Sportscasts
		One of the Worlds truly great rugby players and these are the boots he actually wore on that tour playing in all of the Tests.
		Neil Jenkins is the most prolific goal kicker in the history of international rugby A match winner with Pontypridd and Wales his crowning moment came with the British Lions in South Africa in 1997 when his unerring accuracy with the boot earned the tourists only their second series win against the Springboks.
		His performance took rugby to a whole new worldwide audience and he is adored wherever he goes.
	www.sportscasts.co.uk /rugby_union.htm (1513 words)

	WALES - Welsh Rugby Memorabilia from 1900 to present day,
		Ireland arrived in Cardiff for a 'Triple Crown' decider and were soundly beaten, Wales changed tactics putting empahsis on forward dominance and were rewarded when Evans and Webb scored two out of the three tries.
		The Irish match was a tense affair, Ireland needed to win to secure the triple Crown for themselves but for the 11th time Wales denied the men from the Emerald Isle the crown.
		WELSH RUGBY UNION CENTENARY - An aerial photograph of Cardiff Arms Park plaque which was presented to All Black centre Bruce Robertson on the occasion of his 100th appearance as an All Black in the centenary test 1980.
	www.rugbyrelics.com /Wales.htm (8883 words)

	www.scrum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Although England and Scotland took part in the first rugby union international in 1871, it was not until Ireland and later Wales joined the round-robin of competition in the 1880s that a Home International Championship was established.
		Their victories convinced the other Home Unions that the six backs/nine forwards game was no longer adequate against the Welsh system and henceforth four threequarters became the norm at club and national level throughout the four nations.
		French rugby came of age during the 1950s and in 1959 the Tricolores won the title outright for the first time.
	www.scrum.com /sixnations/history (893 words)

	Emerald Rugby
		The Irish Rugby Football Union is disappointed with the tone and content of a Press Statement issued today by the Irish Rugby Union Players Association which do not accurately reflect the facts.
		The IRFU has made a special gesture of a Triple Crown bonus payment to each and every player involved in that success.
		The Union wants to make it clear it is quite happy the remuneration package paid to its top players compares favorably with elsewhere in the World.
	www.emeraldrugby.com /news_archive_detail.asp?id=511 (266 words)

	Leicester on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rugby Union: Tigers' triple crown; Belated celebrations as Leicester's demolition of Newcastle confirms their third successive championship title.(Sport)
		Rugby Union: A collision of two worlds; Heineken Cup Support for Leicester can be deciding factor as battle-hardened rivals square off for place in final.(Sport)
		Rugby Union: Glory for Tigers in triplicate; Europe the final frontier after belated celebrations as Leicester confirm their third successive title in ruthless style.(Sport)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Leicest.asp (1070 words)

	Rugby news, fun, results, fixtures and features from Rugby365.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The next team to win the Triple Crown was Scotland in 1891, followed by England 1892 and Wales in 1893.
		Ireland were left to play Wales to win the Triple Crown.
		John Lytle dug a penalty kick out of the mud and from slap in front of the posts gave Ireland a 3-0 victory and the Triple Crown.
	www.rugby365.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_34846.shtml (559 words)

	IOL: Rugby hero condemns IRFU over stance on Connacht
		IRISH Triple Crown hero Gerry McLoughlin condemned the Irish Rugby Football Union for their handling of a current financial crisis which threatens the future of the professional game in Connacht.
		While he returned to help Ireland to their first Triple Crown success in 33 years the following season, McLoughlin claims to have received no assistance from the rugby authorities in his bid to resume his teaching career.
		Interesting rugby is at an all-time high and I cannot fathom the reasoning behind abandonment of the professional game in the west.
	breakingnews.iol.ie /sport/iestory.asp?j=513206817170&p=5y3zx68y776x&n=513206817859t=rugby (548 words)

	RugbyRugby : Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		These Triple Crowns have come in three pairs - two in the 1890s, two in the 1940s and two in the 1980s.
		France's only other win was over Wales, while Ireland went on to win all three of its other matches, taking the Triple Crown and the championship with three wins to the two of England, France and Scotland.
		Ireland's second Triple Crown in succession was a rare feat.
	www.rugbyrugby.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_34986.shtml (504 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Six Nations - Home nations compete for new silverware
		RUGBY'S Triple Crown has been granted official status with the unveiling of a trophy to be awarded to any home nation who defeat the other three in the Six Nations Championship.
		At yesterday's launch in London of this year's tournament, RBS revealed it had commissioned a silver dish to be presented to winners of the Triple Crown.
		"The Triple Crown is effectively a tournament within a tournament, but there was something very special about it because it meant you were the best in Britain and Ireland.
	sport.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=197&id=126712006 (458 words)

	Rugby Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Rugby union will be transformed if a set of radical rule changes proposed by a specialist group of the International Rugby Board, the sport's governing body, is accepted.
		As the Welsh Rugby Union's chief executive, Steve Lewis, nears the conclusion of his "Red Zone Roadshow", presenting the governing body's version of the Mike Ruddock affair to the rank and file, the fire-fighting continues.
		According to the Welsh Rugby Union, the reverse is true: the players felt they were being given too much authority and the coach was "too weak and abdicating his responsibility".
	sport.independent.co.uk /rugby_union/index.jsp?service=rss (4390 words)

	ireland.com / Today / Sport / Rugby / Six Nations Tournament
		The Grand Slam/Triple Crown match against Wales was played at Ravenhill on March 13th and again MacWeeney was in attendance, noting in his introduction following the Irish team's 6-3 success that "Souvenir-hunters removed J.C. Daly's jersey, and altogether everyone was in a happy frame of mind." Indeed.
		The headline that adorned the Scottish match report was altogether more sedentary: "Ireland's Victory Increases Triple Crown Hopes." MacWeeney singled out several players for especially praise notably flanker Jim McCarthy who grabbed a brace of tries, Norton, but also a young Queen's University centre called Noel Henderson.
		Wales stood between Ireland and a Triple Crown once again, although this time the game would be played at St Helen's, Swansea, a venue at which the Irish had not won for 60 years.
	www.ireland.com /sports/rugby/6nations/2004/news/0325/news2.htm (719 words)

	Six Nations news, live commentary, fun, fixtures, results and features from Planet-Rugby.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Triple Crown is a mythical award, as the Five Nations Championship used to be until it got a trophy in 1993.
		The Triple Crown is awarded to the team of the Four Home Unions which beats the other three teams.
		Ireland has won the Triple Crown again in 1899, 1948, which was a great year as it was the year when Ireland achieved its only Grand Slam, 1949, 1982 and 1985.
	www.planet-rugby.com /Tournaments/Six_Nations/story_34825.shtml (412 words)

	Rugby - Rugby Leauges, Rugby Scores, Rules, Players and More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		FindNews: Sports > Rugby - 3/17/2006 3:31:11 PM IT IS a reflection of the fine progress we have made this year that we are going into the final weekend of the RBS Six Nations Championship still with a chance of winning the title.
		FindNews: Sports > Rugby - 3/17/2006 3:31:11 PM STEPHEN Biggart came off the bench to clinch the glory for Scotland's Under-21s yesterday after they had looked destined to blow their chances of a second shadow Six Nations success on the trot.
		FindNews: Sports > Rugby - 3/17/2006 6:20:42 AM There may have been no war talk from the Sharks camp, but the Durban team remains quietly confident ahead of their Super 14 clash against the Highlanders in Dunedin.
	www.findnews.org /NewsCategories/Sports/Rugby/tabid/455/Default.aspx (756 words)

	Sport Updates \| News Headlines \| Rugby \| Rugby Union
		Steve Lewis, the Welsh Rugby Union's chief executive,has received the unanimous backing of his board of directors over the controversial resignation of Mike Ruddock as Wales coach.
		English rugby entered the modern age when Clive Woodward, then a man of the people rather than a knight of the realm, drove into Twickenham in his flash convertible and blasted the resident old farts clean out of their armchairs with a single rev of the engine.
		Wales Rugby Union chief Steve Lewis expects to interview and appoint Mike Ruddock's permanent successor in April.
	www.sport-updates.com /news96.html (2042 words)

	Rugby Union Memorabilia : Six Nations - Sportscasts
		In recent years the Six Nations has been dominated by the English and French sides but 2005 is set to be the closest competition for many years.
		Sportscasts present the Llanelli and Wales boots he wore in the 1988 Triple Crown Winning Season (last time Wales won the Triple Crown).
		Captain of the World Cup winning and Six Nations Grand Slam England Rugby team in 2003, Martin Johnson is widely acknowledged as perhaps the best International Captain there has ever been.
	www.sportscasts.co.uk /rugby_union_six_nations.htm (268 words)

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