Paris prepares for Lièvremont variety show
Guardian Unlimited – It has been another wacky week for French rugby. It might get wackier if their 19-year-old debutant centre Yann David is photographed coming out of the Folies Bergère in the early

Welsh revival par for the course in Six Nations
Mail & Guardian Online – France failed to claim an unprecedented third successive title but few rugby fans in the country could be disappointed at coach Marc Lievremont’s first foray. French flair

French flop, now for gruelling Oz tour with weak side
Cape Argus – French flop, now for gruelling Oz tour with weak side. March 17, 2008 Edition 1 Meanwhile Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan is sweating over his future as the Irish Rugby

From the Editor :
Cricket365.com – Even in the last World Cup in the West Indies. How anyone can not question Bob Woolmers Fat jokes dont hurt i’m a 106kg former rugby player myself, although in my day i was

Ruddock: Slam shows Wales can tackle the best
IC Wales – MIKE RUDDOCK believes Wales can challenge the giants of world rugby this year – if to persuade defence guru Shaun Edwards to sign a deal through until the 2011 World Cup in

Wales’ transformation is complete
Western Telegraph – The transformation is complete, the cup runneth over! From the dustbin of the rugby world to the kings of the Northern Hemisphere – and all in seven amazing weeks. Wales were on

Zara Phillips’ rugby star boyfriend arrested for drink-driving day
Daily Mail – Tindall and Zara began dating in 2003 after they met in Sydney during the Rugby World Cup. Their relationship has endured professional success and disappointment as Tindall

BYU runner sets 3rd best mark in nation
Deseret News – Monday the Cougars got another road victory against Azusa Pacific 6-1. WOMEN’S TENNIS: BYU RUGBY: at Colorado State on Friday and at Colorado on Saturday. SOFTBALL: at Tennessee

Sir Menzies reveals Brown’s secret talks on pact to deny SNP power
Scotsman – GORDON Brown held two secret meetings with Sir Menzies Campbell during last year’s Scottish election campaign in an attempt to forge a new Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition and

AFL tsunami to sweep league
News.com.au – area that the AFL believes they have a real edge over the competitors, especially rugby How can a kid of 30 kgs be expected to tackle a huge kid the same of Pacific Islander

RUGBY UNION
Daily Express – Sport :: Rugby Union – Breaking news, sport and showbiz from the World’s Greatest England’s fate was already sealed and the Calcutta Cup returned to Scottish hands.

SFA chief brushes off criticism
TEAMtalk – Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has insisted he is not worried would love to see referees in football receive the same deferential treatment as rugby

Your Comments : Serevi: Ball is in FRU’s court
Fiji Times – SEVENS maestro Waisale Serevi will wait for national coach Josateki Savou and the Fiji Rugby Union to approach him before he decides on his next course of action. [ See full story

Stars’ incredible escape from Kings Cross shooting
News.com.au – RUGBY league international Jarryd Hayne was one of three Parramatta Eels players shot at want to speak to a taxi driver who may have seen the shooter, described as being of Pacific

Your Comments : We will bounce back: Skipper
Fiji Times – Where has the running rugby gone? Fijis game was not the same as it used to be. Their victory is a victory for all the pacific islanders and let us and them not forget it.

Asian Recruit Tops Wing of Graduating Police
Scoop – target recruitment audience, the programme identifies applicants from Maori, Pacific and their patron, academic and former captain of the New Zealand Black Ferns women’s rugby

Britain shaken, but not too stirred, by earthquake
Times Online – Good thing you don’t live on the Ring of Fire, the Pacific Rim. I, and a lot of other jen, rugby, warwickshire

Sidebottom gives England hope (72)
BBC Brasil – Cricket is very much a minority sport after rugby union (and seems particularly unpopular among the Maori and pacific islander population). NZ is a wet and cold country, limiting

Clerc holds court as French flare
Scotland on Sunday Online – de France yesterday they responded by producing a stunning display of expansive rugby made his Test debut as a referee, taking charge of three matches in the inaugural Pacific

Battle of the hemispheres?
BBC Brasil – the controversy surrounding the idea of a ‘39th’ game in the Premier League, rugby Or a Pacific GS round the Islands plus NZ and Aus? as for “2nd tier” there is a lot for them

Samaras yet to decide on future
TEAMtalk – The former Heerenveen striker quickly settled in to life in Glasgow, scoring on his debut against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in the third round of the Scottish Cup.

Scots have form when it comes to organising top events
Edinburgh News – In Phil “firework” Anderton the Scottish Rugby Union have unearthed a commercial director who has restored Murrayfield’s claims to being able to offer a sporting day out par

Tackling every challenge
Scotland on Sunday Online – to him in class one day and suggested that he might like to come and play mini-rugby at Strokosch is now a part of a sizeable Scottish exile community in Gloucester.

Nathan Hines: Mugged on a noisy day in Rome
Scotland on Sunday Online – We played the vast majority of the rugby and yet we got done by a penalty try and an It was an electric atmosphere, fuelled, I have to say, by an absolutely fantastic Scottish

SUNDAY CLOCKWATCH
Sporting Life – sportinglife.com – Premier League, Championship, Leagues 1 & 2, Scottish & European Remember that Wigan share their ground with the Wigan Warriors rugby league team so it

Stephen Glover on The Press
The Independent – restaurant in Victoria to coincide with the England versus Scotland rugby international, was evidently one of the most incredible blow-outs of all time. There were Scottish and

Axed Cusiter full of praise for Blair’s leading of Scots
Edinburgh News – THE spirit in Scottish rugby that has underpinned a revival in the national team’s fortunes again surfaced today with axed scrum-half Chris Cusiter leading applause for one of the

Whisky, haggis and shortbread take a back seat as Tartan Week becomes
Scotsman – Knows as Much about North Americans as my Butt knows about Rugby.!!!Most Americans know about Scotlands Achievements . From Building the Capitol Building in Austin Texas(Scottish

Six Nations: Scotland 15-9 England
Guardian Unlimited – tackles, with Graeme Morrison in particular showing up well on his return to the Scottish moved him clear of the rest as the most prolific points-scorer in international rugby

Hampden And New Broomfield Touted As Temporary Homes For Motherwell
Daily Record – We had Motherwell here in the Scottish Cup recently, there were 6000 at the game and it was Hampden, Love Street, Rugby Park and Almondvale have all been touted as possible venues.

Tom Shanklin’s column
BBC Sport – Apologies for this column being posted a little bit later than planned . . . I had to go to a party, or two . . . We had a few celebrations after the game and taking it easier on

Welsh joy over Grand Slam victory
BBC News – Rugby fans across Wales are celebrating after Wales’ Grand Slam victory over France in the climax of the Six Nations tournament.

Blair name-checked as standout in Six Nations tournament
Edinburgh News – For a team regarded as joke material at the outset – eg why are Welsh rugby players good swimmers? Because they can’t get out of the (World Cup) pool – the men from the

Andy Robinson: Six Nations a breath of fresh air after a kick-fest of
Scotland on Sunday Online – Unfortunately English rugby does not produce enough natural ball handlers through coaching The Welsh and French are comfortable with the ball in hand, it is what they are used to

England’s victory looks unlikely to save Ashton
Daily Telegraph – Have your say Read comments. Strange is the lot of a national coach: stranger Welsh Rugby Union

We won’t be allowed to let up this time, says Williams
Guardian Unlimited – four seasons – the celebrations in 2004, when Williams was player of the tournament, were followed by three head coaches either being shown the door or leaving, until Welsh rugby

Vicar attacked for ‘being a Christian’ after hate campaign by yobs who
Daily Mail – Zara Phillips has revealed she is so ‘obsessed’ by cleaning that her rugby-playing boyfriend has nicknamed her Monica, after the neurotic character from the sitcom Friends •

Griffin facing long ban after double trouble
Daily Mail – Huddersfield rugby league prop Darrell Griffin, who was sent off after the final hooter against Wigan on Sunday, faces a hefty ban. Griffin has been cited for raising a knee in a

Eddie Butler: Revolution puts Welsh rugby into overdrive
Guardian Unlimited – It came in the end without stress, two tries in the second half calming nerves that had been stretched not so much by France, but by the occasion. Shane Williams scampered away for

Public affection is not a strictly private affair for Brendan
Daily Mail – Zara Phillips has revealed she is so ‘obsessed’ by cleaning that her rugby-playing boyfriend has nicknamed her Monica, after the neurotic character from the sitcom Friends •

What made Kylie dance on the table? How the singer’s proving she can
Daily Mail – Zara Phillips has revealed she is so ‘obsessed’ by cleaning that her rugby-playing boyfriend has nicknamed her Monica, after the neurotic character from the sitcom Friends •

Tom English: Scots pair can be two Lions to take pride in
Scotland on Sunday Online – Yesterday’s result apart, Scottish rugby is coming to the end of a painful few months, a spell that at times managed to rival the Matt Williams era in terms of undiluted

Summoning up the spirit of 2006 can send England home to think again
Scotland on Sunday Online – What a superb advert for Scottish Rugby today, the youngsters thrashed the English side at Melrose this afternoon by four tries to one. These are big lads BTW, skillful, commmitted

Scotland 1, France 0 – Hampden becomes the park de triomphe
Scotland on Sunday Online – tands in a display of Scottish passion not seen since the rugby squad beat England at Murrayfield earlier this year. France did not have an answer despite more than 20 minutes of

Bullish Frank Hadden lays blame on getting access to players abroad
Times Online – Things are never easy in Scottish rugby, there is a big problem with access to the players, I’ve lost about seven players from the World Cup quarter-final squad and in some

Whisky, haggis and shortbread take a back seat as Tartan Week becomes
Scotsman – Knows as Much about North Americans as my Butt knows about Rugby.!!!Most Americans know about Scotlands Achievements . From Building the Capitol Building in Austin Texas(Scottish

Betting isn’t always such risky business
Scotland on Sunday Online – Forfar were hit by so many injuries they appealed to the Scottish Football League to be odds of 1,666,666-1 on the outcome of 15 different competitions, ranging from rugby’s

Hearts keeper Banking on Euro charge
Edinburgh News – The Hearts players were given the weekend off as a result of the Scottish Cup games and at Love Street, Falkirk and Dundee United at Tynecastle before travelling to Rugby Park

Jonny Wilkinson: Scottish muscle turns the tables as game plan goes
Times Online – Jonny Wilkinson: Scottish muscle turns the tables as game plan goes awry in rain In 2000, our mistake was trying to play too much rugby. The conditions do make it

Rebellin wins Paris-Nice by smallest margin
Boston Herald – ASO is holding the race under its own rules, backed by the French cycling federation and French Sports Minister Bernard Laporte, formerly France’s rugby coach.

Warren Gatland and Shaun Edwards make unbeatable team
Times Online – Wales, in their Grand Slam game, came up against a French team very much on its game and defending like lions. Wales played some fine attacking rugby but couldn’t break down

‘Naughty boy’ Thatcher wanted to run Equatorial Guinea like his mother
Daily Mail – He kept saying his treasure chest was tied up by the French courts” – a reference to Calil Zara Phillips has revealed she is so ‘obsessed’ by cleaning that her rugby-playing

French rugby coach Marc Lievremont pays tribute to Wales
France News – France were defeated 29-12 in the Grand Slam match against Wales but rugby coach Marc Lievremont nevertheless paid tribute to the Welsh team. And Marc Lievremont said he thought

Wales’ transformation is complete
Western Telegraph – From the dustbin of the rugby world to the kings of the Northern Hemisphere – and all in against France and most glorious of all Grand Slam winners after despatching the French by

Feast of running rugby on menu for Grand Slam clash
Western Telegraph – IT could be an absolute belter at the Millennium Stadium today with Wales going for the Grand Slam against a French team also in with a chance of winning the Six Nations title. A

Get ready for a pounding from rugby’s rich Poms
Stuff – New Zealand’s source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz It’s already likely that French super-club Toulose will also weigh in with a massive deal