Posts Tagged Football
NZRU reverse ANZ Cup decision
The New Zealand Rugby Union has backed down on plans to cut four teams from the country’s premier domestic competition next year after threats of legal action from teams facing the axe.
Rugby union chairman Jock Hobbs said Friday the union was reversing its decision made in July to cut the top provincial competition in 2010 [...]
Deans excited by Melbourne franchise
Robbie Deans believes the new Melbourne Super rugby franchise will help lift Australian rugby out of its current slump.
A lack of recent on-field success for Australian teams at both Test and provincial level, coupled with a decline in the amount of attractive rugby being played, has seen rugby slip to a distant fourth behind Australian [...]
U.S. Rugby Team Takes Aim in Spotlight :Earning their stripes
Michael Petri, a captain on the U.S. national rugby team, braced himself as he walked into his manager’s office at a private wealth-management firm in Manhattan. When he asked for several weeks off to tour with the team, his boss laughed.
“My boss is very supportive of me and what I’m doing, but they gave me [...]