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‘GETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT’

THE GAME OF RUGBY IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORLD WIDE. THIS WEB SITE'S MAIN FUNCTION IS THE RESEARCHING, COLLECTING, COLLATING, RECORDING AND UPDATING OF INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RESULTS AND RECORDS

August 2008

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Updated 01.09.2008

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Latest Results

31.08.2008

France Amateur 42, Ukraine 0 in Kiev (Friendly)

30.08.2008

South Africa 53, Australia 8 in Johannesburg (Tri Nations)

Niue 27, New Caledonia 5 in Noumea (FORU Cup Final)

23.08.2008

Australia 27, South Africa 15 in Durban (Tri Nations)

16.08.2008

New Zealand 19, South Africa 0 in Capetown (Tri Nations)

Kenya 39, Uganda 20 in Nairobi (Elgin Cup, 2^nd leg)

New Caledonia 32, Vanuatu 20 Noumea (FORU Cup, Eastern Zone)

Niue 18, Cook Islands 7 in Rarotonga (FORU Cup, Western Zone)

09.08.2008

South Africa 63, Argentina 9 in Johannesburg (Friendly)

Coming Up

03.09.2008

New Zealand v Samoa in New Plymouth

06.09.2008

Israel v Bosnia Herzegovina in Netanya (ENC 2007-08 3C-3D Playoff)

France Amateur v Russia in Moscow (Friendly)

NEWS ARCHIVES

The previous years’ news archives can be found here.

November-December 2007

2008 International Rugby Results Updated 26.08.2008

2008 GWC Rugby Rankings Updated 19.08.2008

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 B –see also World Cup

Oceania Cup

Pacific Nations Cup-Updated 07.07.2008

Tri Nations Updated 23.08.2008

World Cup Qualifying Matches- Updated 04.08.2008

ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE FIXTURE LIST

EARLY SEASON START IN THE NORTH (26.08)

August 31 France Amateur v Ukraine in Kiev for a friendly.

http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2834

FORU CUP WITHDRAWLS (23.08)

Due to flight difficulties both Papua New Guinea and Solomon islands pulled out of this tournament. This leaves New Caledonia to play Niue in the FORU Cup final in Noumea August 30.

LATEST NEWS

THIS WEEKEND 30-31 AUGUST

31.08.2008

France Amateur 42, Ukraine 0 in Kiev (Friendly)

Review

http://rugby.sport.com.ua/news.php?id=52604 In Ukrainian

30.08.2008

South Africa 53, Australia 8 in Johannesburg (Tri Nations)

South Africa won by 43 points.

Reviews

Predicting results for this year’s Tri Nations series has become as easy as picking a lottery winner. Last week South Africa was booed off the park after a second successive loss at home. This week they bounced back from nowhere and scored eight tries against the Wallabies. To have predicted a result like that would be near madness. It hasn’t changed the position on the Tri Nations table however. New Zealand and Australia will play the decider in Brisbane in two weeks time.

2008 TRI NATIONS Updated 31.08.2008
Points: Win = 4, Draw = 2, Loss = 0; Bonus points-Loss by 7 or less=1, Scoring 4 or more tries=1
05.07.2008	NEW ZEALAND	19	SOUTH AFRICA	8	WELLINGTON		P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BPT	BPL	PT
12.07.2008	SOUTH AFRICA	30	NEW ZEALAND	28	DUNEDIN	NEW ZEALAND	5	3	0	2	124	82	23	1	1	14
19.07.2008	AUSTRALIA	16	SOUTH AFRICA	9	PERTH	AUSTRALIA	5	3	0	2	95	135	-40	1	0	13
26.07.2008	AUSTRALIA	34	NEW ZEALAND	19	SYDNEY *	SOUTH AFRICA	6	2	0	4	115	120	-5	1	1	10
02.08.2008	NEW ZEALAND	39	AUSTRALIA	10	AUCKLAND *
16.08.2008	NEW ZEALAND	19	SOUTH AFRICA	0	CAPETOWN
23.08.2008	AUSTRALIA	27	SOUTH AFRICA	15	DURBAN
30.08.2008	SOUTH AFRICA	53	AUSTRALIA	8	JOHANNESBURG
13.08.2008	NEW ZEALAND		AUSTRALIA		BRISBANE*

* Also Bledisloe Cup

Related articles

http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3821_4069988,00.html

Niue 27, New Caledonia 5 in Noumea (FORU Cup Final)

Previews

http://www.oceaniarugby.com/2008300808_oceania_final_preview.html/ref/267

http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/news/newsid=2026664.html

Please Note: This website was not updated 28-31 August due to a family commitment

WEEKEND RESULTS AND NEWS 23 AUGUST

MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (23.08)

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

26 April 2008 Japan v Korea (New)

26 April 2008 Hong Kong v Arabian Gulf (Updated)

3 May 2008 Japan v Arabian Gulf (New)

10 May 2008 Japan v Kazakhstan (New)

18 May 2008 Japan v Hong Kong (Updated)

14 June 2008 Australia v Ireland (New)

14 June 2008 New Zealand v England (New)

15 June 2008 Japan v Tonga (New)

28 June 2008 NZ Maori v Japan (Updated)

12 July 2008 Kenya v Cameroun (New)

COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (23.08)

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.

Arabian Gulf Australia2001- Cameroun England Ireland Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Laos New Zealand Tonga

WEEKEND RESULTS AND NEWS 16 AUGUST

WEEKEND RESULTS AND NEWS 9 AUGUST

WEEKEND RESULTS AND NEWS 2 AUGUST

A special word of thanks to ‘Quentin’ who regularly supplies team lists from around the world to the FIRA-AER forum. Without his dedicated searching and scrolling the web I would not be able to list many of the teams that I do.

MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (02.08)

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

24 May 2008 Uganda v Kenya (new)

7 June 2008 South Africa v Wales (Updated)

14 June 2008 South Africa v Wales (New)

5 July 2008 New Zealand v South Africa (New)

12 July 2008 South Africa v New Zealand (New)

19 July 2008 Australia v South Africa (New)

26 July 2008 Australia v New Zealand (New)

COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (02.08)

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 2001- India Kenya Morocco Namibia New Zealand Senegal South Africa Tunisia Uganda Wales Zambia