Robinson sees promising signs for Scottish rugby – Ireland On-Line
Andy Robinson believes Scotland’s players are already showing signs of developing the “winning mentality” that was his mantra upon his appointment as head coach. Edinburgh and Glasgow have both made excellent starts to the Magners League this

MAYFIELD’S JUST MAGIC FOR DUNDEE’S KIDS – Scottish Rugby
Hundreds of Dundee school children joined the city’s West MSP, Joe Fitzpatrick, at the Mayfield Gathering rugby festival today (Wednesday 30 September) to celebrate the booming popularity of the sport in the city. Dundee High Rugby were named as

ROBINSON SEES PROMISING SIGNS – Sporting Life
RUGBY UNION NEWS Robinson – ‘heading in the right direction’. ROBINSON SEES PROMISING SIGNS E-mail Article Print-Friendly Subscribe to RSS Feed Post to del.icio.us Facebook By Ben Rumsby, Press Association Sport Click here for latest rugby union

ORKNEY STEP UP TO RUGBY DEVELOPMENT – Scottish Rugby
Orkney rugby had cause for celebration today as they partnered Scottish Rugby and the Orkney Islands Council to appoint the first Island-based jointly-funded development officer (DO) in Scotland. The governing body teamed up with the Council

Rugby: Hare out to cross road safely – Edinburgh News
BOROUGHMUIR will draw inspiration from home and away wins over Watsonians last season when they cross Colinton Road tomorrow for another derby tussle with their near-neighbours in the Scottish Hydro Premiership. That’s the view of Joni Hare, who has

Hostings offers Scottish a helping hand (From Kingston Guardian) – Kingston Guardian
Scottish international legend Gavin Hastings has promised to sound out Scottish RFU top brass over investing in London Scottish as a source of future top level talent. The former Athletic Ground star, now chairman of Magners League club Edinburgh

Explaining rugby sevens, which might be added to Olympics – Colorado Springs Gazette
Rugby sevens and golf are up for addition to the Olympic program on Friday, as well as picking the 2016 Summer Games site. Below is an explainer of the game and how it differs from the standard rugby union game with 15 players. Rugby sevens is a

Nearly 1 in 3 mortgages denied last year – MSNBC
WASHINGTON – Nearly one in three borrowers who applied for a mortgage last year was denied as lenders kept their standards tight as the mortgage crisis accelerated, the government reported Wednesday. In its annual look at mortgage practices among

High court takes up Mich. murder conviction – Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a man’s murder conviction should have been thrown out because there were too few African Americans in a county’s jury pool in Michigan. State officials are asking the high court to overturn a

Confederates in Black – Southern Poverty Law Center
In denying charges of racism, the neo-Confederate movement produces a couple of black proponents — men with views like the notion that slavery was a ‘learning’ institution H.K. Edgerton speaks wistfully of the “sense of family” that bound blacks

Luke McCarthy arrives back in Australia – Harness Link.com
Star horseman Luke McCarthy is back in town. The freakishly talented reinsman touched down early yesterday morning (Wednesday) at the Brisbane International Airport after completing his six month working holiday in North America alongside his younger

CUBA: Racism – “Taboo, Complicated and Thorny” Issue – Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 7 (IPS) – The persistence of racism in Cuba is disturbing to some of the island’s thinkers, who are calling for a debate on the problem in this country, where equal rights have not guaranteed equal opportunities for all social groups. The

Minden man accused of federal hate crimes – Shreveport Times
A Minden man was arrested today on federal hate crimes after he was secretly indicted Friday in connection with a cross burning near the Athens home of an interracial couple, according to an FBI news release. “A lot of people don’t take this

Primer on racism questions if “cultural racism” is a legit claim – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
His article examines institutional, cultural, unconscious, environmental and reverse racism. Do read his primer, because each category is a conversation starter in itself. Of the categories, Ford seems least certain about cultural racism. Here’s

In the Lyons Den – Southern Poverty Law Center
Despite his extremism, Kirk Lyons, a white supremacist lawyer whose clients have been a ‘Who’s Who’ of the radical right, is becoming the attorney for the neo-Confederate movement Across the South, a 43-year-old lawyer with a fondness for dressing up

Fighting Irish report: Notes, quotes – CBS Sports
–Coach Charlie Weis is making a change at punter, inserting freshman Ben Turk into the starting lineup this week in place of Eric Maust, who has averaged 39.8 yards through four games. Notre Dame is ranked 85th nationally in net punting at 34.86

Irish trust in Crist as their backup QB – ESPN.com
Dayne Crist spent the preseason trying to prepare himself as if he would be Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. In the back of his mind, though, he knew that Jimmy Clausen was cemented under center. Still, that mindset came in handy last week at

Notre Dame coach’s charity welcomes residents – Palladium-Item
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis and his wife, Maura, formally welcomed four women with special needs to a new home built by the charity inspired by their 14-year-old daughter. “Today is for people like you who we

Sarkisian keeping UW focused on Irish – KING-5
New Washington football coach Steve Sarkisian smiles at a news conference introducing him at the school Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, in Seattle. Sarkisian, Southern California offensive coordinator, will be the third coach in five years at Washington. The

Lisbon vote is only the first hurdle for Ireland – Reuters UK
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s referendum on the EU reform treaty this week is only the first of three major threats to the Dublin government and its efforts to tackle a financial crisis that has crippled Europe’s once fastest-growing economy. Brussels

U2’s money draining tour – Monsters and Critics
U2’s world tour costs £470,000 a day to stage – even when the band has the day off. Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton’s current ‘360 Degree’ tour – which features a huge stage called ‘The Claw’ – is so expensive to run it is yet to

Fighting Irish report: Inside slant – CBS Sports
Notre Dame will try to get one more good game out of junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who boosted his reputation by leading a game-winning drive last week at Purdue while bothered by a painful turf toe injury. Coach Charlie Weis said Tuesday that

Big Ten September superlatives – ESPN.com
September is in the books, and we’re already one-fourth of the way through the Big Ten regular season. It’s time to pass out awards for the month. Team of the Month — Iowa Until last Saturday, Michigan would have been the pick, but the Hawkeyes put

Slamming the Brakes on Lisbon – Der Spiegel
A man holds an anti-Lisbon Treaty placard during a demonstration in front of the Irish Embassy in Prague. Backers of the Lisbon Treaty were hoping that a “yes” in Friday’s Irish referendum would be the final leverage needed to get Polish and Czech

BC rugby women blank Japan – Aldergrove Star
Scoring six tries along the way, B.C. President’s XV blanked Japan’s National Senior Women’s Team 38-0 at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park over the weekend. Almost all of B.C.’s six tries were scored by members of Canada’s National Senior

England Rugby Finds No Widespread Cheating After ‘Bloodgate’ – Bloomberg
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — English rugby officials said they’ve found no widespread cheating in the sport, even after a team faked a blood injury last season to allow a player to be substituted. The Rugby Football Union today announced the findings of

North Shore Reds sees rugby program growing in interest among curious – Abington Mariner
It’s not a stretch, when the popularity of the European sport has witnessed a growth spurt, particularly on the North Shore since the beginning of this decade. For instance, the North Shore Rugby Football Club started up in 2002, and today they not

It’s official: South Africa do rule the rugby world – Daily Telegraph Blogs
An amazing list of honours has reached me that shows clearly just how dominant South African teams have been in the past season. Five major trophies/series can be won/held by any of the big three southern hemisphere teams – the World Cup, Tri

Rugby players could be more at risk of Alzheimer’s after study shows – Daily Mail
Rugby players could be at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s than the general public after a study into the similar sport of American football found ‘vastly higher’ rates of the illness. U.S. researchers found that former gridiron stars

Rugby union not rotten but it needs to replace its replacement process – The Guardian
It began in a joke shop in Clapham Junction and ended in shaggy dog style yesterday in the Spirit of Rugby room at Twickenham. According to the Rugby Football Union’s specially commissioned rottweilers, their sport is not systematically rotten and

Ban over rugby match abuse – New Zealand Herald
A player, trainer and coach have all been suspended from rugby for between three and eight weeks for verbally abusing match officials in two separate games last weekend. Manawatu fullback Kurt Baker and the team’s trainer Paul Hamson were charged

Frisco hosts rugby Saturday – Star Community Newspapers
The North Texas Griffins Rugby Football Club will be hosting the first ever rugby event in The City of Frisco on Oct. 3 at Frisco ISD’s Memorial Stadium Gates open at 12:30 p.m. for pre-game activities that will hopefully include a couple of

Former Danvers Falcon turns his attention from football to rugby – Abington Mariner
This is a tale of a president who practices what he preaches. In 1993, Chris (LeBlanc) Smith graduated from Danvers High School after playing for the football Falcons, and now, some 16 years later, Smith is still playing sports — football with a

6nations.net The Official Website of the RBS 6 Nations Europe’s Premier International Rugby Tournament. … The Six Nations Council and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) have agreed a four-year extension to continue RBS’s title sponsorship of the RBS 6 Nations. The sponsorship extension, which was agreed in May 2008, means RBS will be title sponsor of the Championship up to and including the 2013 Championship. …

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Lawrence Dallaglio: rugby is not riddled with cheats – Daily Telegraph
Dallaglio, who was an integral part of the 13-man committee that, over the last month, has considered all the implications of the drug-taking and blood-faking scandals that rocked English rugby, believes the game needs a mechanism for “taking away

Explaining rugby sevens, which might be added to Olympics – Colorado Springs Gazette
Rugby sevens and golf are up for addition to the Olympic program on Friday, as well as picking the 2016 Summer Games site. Below is an explainer of the game and how it differs from the standard rugby union game with 15 players. Rugby sevens is a

Frisco hosts rugby Saturday – Star Community Newspapers
The North Texas Griffins Rugby Football Club will be hosting the first ever rugby event in The City of Frisco on Oct. 3 at Frisco ISD’s Memorial Stadium Gates open at 12:30 p.m. for pre-game activities that will hopefully include a couple of

BC rugby women blank Japan – Aldergrove Star
Scoring six tries along the way, B.C. President’s XV blanked Japan’s National Senior Women’s Team 38-0 at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park over the weekend. Almost all of B.C.’s six tries were scored by members of Canada’s National Senior

England Rugby Finds No Widespread Cheating After ‘Bloodgate’ – Bloomberg
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — English rugby officials said they’ve found no widespread cheating in the sport, even after a team faked a blood injury last season to allow a player to be substituted. The Rugby Football Union today announced the findings of

Tony Smith adds four to England’s Four Nations rugby league squad – Daily Telegraph
On the ball: Hull KR full-back Shaun Briscoe is one of four players who have been added to England’s Gillette Four Nations squad Photo: GETTY IMAGES Huddersfield hooker Scott Moore and prop Eorl Crabtree as well as Hull KR full-back Shaun Briscoe and

TVNZ rethinks 2011 Rugby World Cup rights bid – radionz
Television New Zealand is rethinking its bid for the free-to-air rights to screen Rugby World Cup matches in 2011. The rights would allow free to air screening of 16 of the 48 matches, including key quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. TVNZ

It’s official: South Africa do rule the rugby world – Daily Telegraph Blogs
An amazing list of honours has reached me that shows clearly just how dominant South African teams have been in the past season. Five major trophies/series can be won/held by any of the big three southern hemisphere teams – the World Cup, Tri

Robinson ponders squad selection – scrum.com
Scotland coach Andy Robinson has hinted that a mix of old and new names will make his squad for the November clashes with Fiji, Australia and Argentina. Robinson, who agreed a three-year deal with the Scottish Rugby Union in June this year, has been

MAYFIELD’S JUST MAGIC FOR DUNDEE’S KIDS – Scottish Rugby
Hundreds of Dundee school children joined the city’s West MSP, Joe Fitzpatrick, at the Mayfield Gathering rugby festival today (Wednesday 30 September) to celebrate the booming popularity of the sport in the city. Dundee High Rugby were named as

SCOTTISH RUGBY APPOINTS FIRST LADY – Scottish Rugby
Rugby in Renfrewshire was celebrating a Scottish rugby first today when Scottish Rugby and Renfrewshire Council joined forces to appoint Scotland’s first female development officer (DO). The collective commitment brings around £30,000 of

New roles for Workington Town players Stack and Coupar – News and Star
Workington Town forwards Jarrad Stack and Paddy Coupar are set to put something back into the community as they undertake new roles at the club. Town community manager Marnie Jackson with Jarrad Stack, left, and Paddy Coupar The duo have been

RUGBY UNION: Blues buoyant after win (From thisisoxfordshire) – Oxfordshire News
Oxford University returned from their pre-season tour in good spirits after solid displays against two of the strongest opponents they will face this autumn. Having lost narrowly to Gael Force last week, Monday’s 15-10 victory over Newcastle

All Blacks skipper handed two-match suspension – Cornish Guardian
ALL BLACKS captain Mal Roberts will miss Saturday’s trip to former club Newbury (3pm) after being handed a two-match ban. The 32-year-old was cited for stamping at a ruck in the match at Cinderford on September 5, and the All Blacks imposed their own

Rugby: Hare out to cross road safely – Edinburgh News
BOROUGHMUIR will draw inspiration from home and away wins over Watsonians last season when they cross Colinton Road tomorrow for another derby tussle with their near-neighbours in the Scottish Hydro Premiership. That’s the view of Joni Hare, who has

Explaining rugby sevens, which might be added to Olympics – Colorado Springs Gazette
Rugby sevens and golf are up for addition to the Olympic program on Friday, as well as picking the 2016 Summer Games site. Below is an explainer of the game and how it differs from the standard rugby union game with 15 players. Rugby sevens is a

TVNZ rethinks 2011 Rugby World Cup rights bid – radionz
Television New Zealand is rethinking its bid for the free-to-air rights to screen Rugby World Cup matches in 2011. The rights would allow free to air screening of 16 of the 48 matches, including key quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. TVNZ

England Rugby Finds No Widespread Cheating After ‘Bloodgate’ – Bloomberg
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — English rugby officials said they’ve found no widespread cheating in the sport, even after a team faked a blood injury last season to allow a player to be substituted. The Rugby Football Union today announced the findings of

Frisco hosts rugby Saturday – McKinney Courier-Gazette
The North Texas Griffins Rugby Football Club will be hosting the first ever rugby event in The City of Frisco on Oct. 3 at Frisco ISD’s Memorial Stadium Gates open at 12:30 p.m. for pre-game activities that will hopefully include a couple of

NGCB gives K200,000 – National
THE National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) yesterday took the lead as good corporate sponsor to once again step forward and support the 2009 PNG Games with K200,000 in sponsorship. NGCB chief executive officer Simon Sanagke said his organisation had

Gold lift – Fiji Times
Record lift Manueli Tulo competes at the Telecom Indoor Complex in Rarotonga, yesterday. LEVUKA native Manueli Tulo set a new Oceania and South Pacific Junior record on his way to winning three gold medals in weightlifting at the Telecom Indoor

Samoa: A society of survivors – Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The south coast of Samoa is one of the most welcoming places on earth. It’s a string of villages with tight knit families and a tribal culture which has survived, despite the ravages of modern economics and poverty – a resource that will prove vital

Pacific MMI backs Raggianas – National
PACIFIC MMI Insurance has secured the naming rights sponsor and partner to the PNG Raggianas, PNG women’s rugby union team. The three-year sponsorship deal stands at a total of K150,000 starting this year with initial sponsorship of K50,000. This

Uate keen to fly – Fiji Times
VODAFONE Fiji Bati elusive winger Akuila Uate says he is keen to put on another massive performance at the Pacific Cup tournament in Papua New Guinea, at the end of the month. Uate, who was the star of last year’s Rugby League World Cup, watched the