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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

September 2009

This web site is being redesigned

Updated 29.09.2009

This web page still contains all archived international rugby results, news archives, country lists updates, match Data Sheet updates and other data and will continue to do so until the new web site is ready to be launched.

For reviews, team details of the latest test matches and a place to express your opinion go to http://rugby-international.blogspot.com/

Latest-Scroll down

Rugby in Japan Newsletter Vol.6 No.34 (29.09)

Match Data Sheets and Country Lists Updated (29.09)

Fixtures-Results for 2009 Updated (27.09)

Rugby Results for 22, 25 & 26 September (27.09)

FIRA-AER 2008-10 Points Table Updated (27.09)

Rugby in Japan Newsletters Vol.6 Nos 32-33 (26.09)

Rugby Results

26.09.2009

Bosnia Herzegovina v Slovakia in Zenica (ENC 3D)-Cancelled-Slovakia forfeit

Germany ‘A’ 15, Switzerland 11 in Rottweil (Alps Cup)

25.09.2009

Trinidad and Tobago 32, Bermuda 19 in Port of Spain (Friendly)

22.09.2009

Bermuda 47, Barbados 5 in Bridgetown (Friendly)

19.09.2009

New Zealand 33, Australia 6 in Wellington (Bledisloe Cup; Tri Nations)

12.09.2009

South Africa 32, New Zealand 29 in Hamilton (Tri Nations)

Ukraine 19, Poland 12 in Ukraine (WCQ Europe R4; ENC 2A)

For reviews, team details and a place to voice your opinion go to http://rugby-international.blogspot.com/

Rugby Fixtures Ahead

03.10.2009

Finland v Bulgaria in Helsinki (ENC 3C)

IMPORTANT RUGBY STUFF

Rugby Profiler

A link to other rugby websites.

2010 International Rugby Fixtures Updated 25.07.2009

2009 International Rugby Results and Fixtures to date Updated 27.09.2009

2008 International Rugby Results Updated 10.08.2009

2009 GWC Rugby Rankings Updated 10.08.2009

2008 GWC Rugby Rankings Updated 10.08.2009

LATEST

Rugby in Japan Newsletter Vol.6, No.33

Once again Ian McDonnell provides an in depth coverage of the rugby scene in Japan. In this issue he covers the Kobe Kobelco Steelers team participating in the Japanese Top League. Read here.

MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (29.09)

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

a) Compiled by Gary Carbines

25 October 2008 Malta v Croatia (Updated)

25 April 2009 Croatia v Latvia (Updated)

9 May 2009 Ukraine v Moldova (Updated)

16 May 2009 Poland v Moldova (Updated)

12 September 2009 Ukraine v Poland (New)

b) Courtesy Stuart Farmer, SFMS Ltd via www.scrum.com

5 September 2009 Australia v South Africa (New)

12 September 2009 South Africa v New Zealand (New)

19 September 2009 New Zealand v Australia (New)

COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (29.09)

The following country lists have been updated. This includes some match data sheets. Go to country alphabetical lists at the top of the page.

Australia Barbados Bermuda Brazil France XV Germany XV New Zealand Poland South Africa Switzerland Trinidad & Tobago Ukraine

Slovakia Pull Out (27.09)

Slovakia has pulled out of the FIRA-AER Div. 3D competition.

Details http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3215

Rugby in Japan Newsletter Vol.6, No.33

In this newsletter, as well as a summary of round 2 Ian reveals a rumour about Stirling Mortlock. Here

Rugby in Japan Newsletter Vol.6, No.32

Ian McDonnell reports on the start of the 2009-10 rugby season in Japan here.

CAR Newsletter No.1

From out of the blue (and I’m not complaining!) CAR have sent me a newsletter with all their latest African rugby news.

Items include …

Brief summary of all 15’s, 7’s and age group rugby on the continent.
Articles about rugby in Benin, Ghana, Burundi, Kenya, Ivory Coast and Senegal
An interview with Mark Egan, IRB Development and Performance Dept, who talks about the development of rugby in Africa.
Short news items from Togo, Tunisia, Mauritius, Olympic Games, Madagascar, Egypt
Reviews of CAR Trophy and CAR Development Trophy tournaments.

Read the PDF file here

MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (02.09)

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

a) Compiled by Gary Carbines

2 May 2009 Kazakhstan v Korea (New)

9 May 2009 Kazakhstan v Singapore (New)

24 May 2009 Kazakhstan v Hong Kong (New)

15 August 2009 Kenya v Uganda (New)

b) Courtesy Stuart Farmer, SFMS Ltd via www.scrum.com

31 May 2009 Ireland v United States

6 June 2009 Wales v United States

6 June 2009 Canada v Georgia

6 June 2009 England v Argentina

12 June 2009 Scotland ‘A’ v Russia

13 June 2009 Argentina v England

13 June 2009 Fiji v Tonga

18 June 2009 Samoa v Japan

21 June 2009 United States v Georgia

23 June 2009 Samoa v Tonga

27 June 2009 Fiji v Samoa

27 June 2009 Japan v Tonga

3 July 2009 Fiji v Japan

4 July 2009 United States v Canada

11 July 2009 Canada v United States

22 August 2009 New Zealand v Australia

29 August 2009 South Africa v Australia

COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (02.09)

The following country lists have been updated. This includes some match data sheets. Go to country alphabetical lists at the top of the page.

Argentina Australia2001- Canada England Fiji Georgia Hong Kong Ireland Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea New Zealand Russia Samoa Scotland XV Singapore South Africa Tonga United States Wales

TOURNAMENTS

Asia Nations 2009 -Updated 15.06.2009

Asia Nations 2008

CAR Development Trophy 2009 –Updated 27.07.2009

CAR Trophy 2009

CAR Africa Cup 2009

CAR Africa Cup 2008

Churchill Cup 2009 Updated 18.06.2009

Churchill Cup 2008

CONSUR A 2009 Updated 24.05.2009

CONSUR A 2008

CONSUR B-See World Cup

IRB Nations Cup 2009 Updated 18.06.2009

IRB Nations Cup 2008

FIRA-AER European Nations Cup 2008-10 Updated 27.09.2009

FIRA-AER European Nations Cup 2006-07

NAWIRA B –see also World Cup

Oceania Cup

Pacific Nations Cup 2009 Updated 18-06.2009

Pacific Nations Cup 2008

6 Nations 2009 – Updated 06.04.2009

Tri Nations 2008 Updated 14.09.2008

World Cup Qualifying Matches- Updated 15.07.2009

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE 2009-10 FIXTURE LISTS

Argentina ‘A’ to play two ‘tests’ against Uruguay (27.09)

Uruguay will play two tests against Argentina ‘A’ as preparation for their Rugby World Cup qualifying games against United States.

Romania down to Play Italy ‘A’

13.11.2009-Romania wanted to Play Italy’s first side but Italy play New Zealand on the 14^th

CONSUR B Tournament is due to be played in Costa Rica in November (04.09)

Possible participants

Costa Rica (Host)

Venezuela

Colombia

Peru

Paraguay

Portugal’s November Window tests (04.09)

20 or 21 November

Portugal v Argentina ‘A’ in Lisbon

27 or 28 November

Portugal v Tonga in Lisbon

http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?opm=25&id=7650&id2=25 and thanks to ‘4N’ at http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3166&start=15

The question is…What other tests will Tonga play?

FIRA-AER European Nations Cup & World Cup Qualifying Changes (04.09)

14.11.2009

Czech Republic v Moldova in Chisinau (WCQ Euro.R4; ENC 2A)-From 17.10.2009

Egyptian rugby (02.09)

"The 2009/2010 season will begin just after the end of the Holy month of Ramadan. The men’s national team is due to resume training on 25 September to prepare for a likely encounter with Libya at the beginning of November".

From http://www.rugbyegypt.com/default.aspx

If so it would be first internationals for both teams as far as I'm aware.

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