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‘GETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT’

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July 2008

 

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Updated 31.07.2008

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Latest Results

26.07.2008

Australia 34, New Zealand 19 in Sydney (Bledisloe Cup & Tri Nations)

 

19.07.2008

Australia 16, South Africa 9 in Perth (Tri Nations and Mandela Cup)

Indonesia 55, Cambodia 3 in Djakarta (Asia Regional Tournament)

 

15.07.2008

Indonesia 23, Laos 11 in Djakarta (Asia Regional Tournament)

 

13.07.2008

Kenya 76, Cameroun 8 in Nairobi (WCQ Africa R1, Pool C)

 

12.07.2008

South Africa 30, New Zealand 28 in Dunedin (Tri Nations)

Ivory Coast 32, Zambia 9 in Abidjan (WCQ Africa R1, Pool B)

Madagascar 45, Botswana 15 in Antannarivo (WCQ Africa R1, Pool D)

Laos 33, Cambodia 0 in Djakarta (Asia Regional Tournament)

 

Coming Up

02.08.2008

Australia v New Zealand in Auckland (Bledisloe Cup and Tri Nations)

Zimbabwe v Namibia in Windhoek (WCQ Africa R1, Pool A)

Ivory Coast v Morocco in Casablanca (WCQ Africa R1, Pool B)

Kenya v Tunisia in Tunis (WCQ Africa R1, Pool C)

Madagascar v Uganda in Kampala (WCQ Africa R1, Pool D)

 

NEWS ARCHIVES

The previous years’ news archives can be found here.

July 2007

August 2007

September 2007

October 2007

November-December 2007

January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

 

2008 International Rugby Results Updated 27.07.2008

 

2008 GWC Rugby Rankings Updated 27.07.2008

 

TOURNAMENTS

Asia Six Nations-Updated 20.07.2008

Castel Africa Cup-Updated 07.07.2008

Churchill Cup-Updated 28.06.2008

CONSUR A Updated 28.06.2008

CONSUR B-See World Cup

IRB Nations Cup Updated 28.06.2008

FIRA-AER European Nations Cup-Updated 02.06.2008

NAWIRA Bsee also World Cup

Oceania Cup

Pacific Nations Cup-Updated 07.07.2008

Tri Nations Updated 27.07.2008

World Cup Qualifying Matches- Updated 04.07.2008

 

ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE FIXTURE LIST

 

CHANGE TO WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AFRICA GAME (31.07)

02.08.2008

Zimbabwe v Namibia in Windhoek (WCQ Africa R1, Pool A)

This match will be brought forward whilst the Zimbabwe v Senegal has been pushed back to a date to be announced.

 

CONSUR B/NAWIRA WORLD CUP PLAYOFFS DATES (24.07)

      “The dates of the CONSUR B/NAWIRA play-off matches between Brazil and Trinidad & Tobago have been announced as the Rugby World Cup 2011 qualifying competition gathers pace.The first leg will be Trinidad & Tobago v Brazil in Port of Spain on 11 October. The second leg will take place in Brazil on 18 October at a venue yet to be announced.

The winner over the two legs will go on to join Chile and Uruguay in the CONSUR A RWC 2011 qualifying tournament, scheduled for May 2009.

       In April Trinidad & Tobago overcame Guyana 40-24 in the final of the Caribbean Championship, doubling up as the first round of RWC 2011 qualifying in the region, to book their place in the next round. Brazil defeated host nation Paraguay 15-6 in the CONSUR B tournament in Asunción at the end of June.

http://www.irb.com/rwc2011/newsid=2026366.html

 

Thanks to ‘Quentin’ at  http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2635&start=165

 

FIRA-AER ISRAEL V CYPRUS PLAYOFF (20.07)

After some good scouting from the folks on FIRA-AER Forum this match is set for 6 September, but venue to be decided. The result of this match will decide the final position in Division 3C, the loser joining Division 3D.

http://www.rugby.org.il/forum/

 

OCEANIA FIXTURES (06.07)

The Oceania region is organised by FORU (Federation Oceania Rugby Union). Web site here www.oceaniarugby.com

The region is divided into two zones; East and West. The winner of each zone plays for the Cup.

 

East Zone

To be held in the Cook Islands 16-23 August

Teams-Cook Islands, Tahiti, Niue, American Samoa, Tokelau

 

West Zone

To be held in New Caledonia 16-23 August.

Teams-Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands

 

The final will be played in September.

http://oceaniarugby.com/20080414_foru_announces_4_year_schedule_for_oceani.html/ref/267

 

MISSED FIXTURE (06.07)

31.05.2008

Laos 15, Cambodia 14 in Vientiane

http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2614&start=120

http://www.cambodiarugby.org/content.php?secid=4&catid=21&id=41

 

LATEST NEWS

 

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RUGBY IN JAPAN Vol.5, No.29

 

MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (13.07)

The following international rugby fixtures now have a match datasheet available in the fixtures lists and on each country’s list.

 

7 June 2008 Fiji XV v Papua New Guinea (New)

11 June 2008 Ireland ‘A’ v United States (New)

11 June 2008 Italy ‘A’ v Russia (New)

11 June 2008 Romania v Uruguay (New)

15 June 2008 Romania v Russia (New)

15 June 2008 Georgia v Uruguay (New)

20 June 2008 Georgia v Italy ‘A’ (New)

20 June 2008 Emerging Springbox v Romania (New)

20 June 2008 Uruguay v Russia (New)

 

COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (13.07)

The following country lists have been updated. Included are a number of match data sheets. Go to country alphabetical lists at the top of the page.

 

Georgia   Ireland XV   Italy XV   Malaysia    Pakistan   Papua New Guinea   Romania   Russia   South African XV   Thailand   United States   Uruguay

 

WEEKEND NEWS AND RESULTS 12 JULY

 

RUGBY IN JAPAN Vol.5 No.28 A big welcome back to Ian McDonnell’s highly popular newsletter that covers the great game of rugby in Japan.

Ian is looking for sponsorship to keep his project alive. Please contact Ian ianmcdo@apost.plala.or.jp

 

ARTICLE-When is a Test Match Not a Test Match

 

MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (07.07)

The following international rugby fixtures now have a match datasheet available in the fixtures lists and on each country’s list.

 

26 April 2008 Georgia v Spain (New)

10 May 2008 Spain v Portugal (New)

8 June 2008 Australia ‘A’ v Japan (New)

11 June 2008 Emerging Springbox v Georgia (New)

14 June 2008 NZ Maori v Fiji (New)

22 June 2008 Fiji v Japan (New)

28 June 2008 NZ Maori v Japan (New)

 

COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (07.07)

The following country lists have been updated. Included are a number of match data sheets. Go to country alphabetical lists at the top of the page.

 

Australia XV   Austria   Fiji   Georgia   Hungary   Ireland XV   Italy XV   Japan   New Zealand XV   Portugal   South Africa XV   Spain

 

WEEKEND NEWS AND RESULTS 5-6 JULY