Rugby

Watch Rugby Online On Your Computer

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:12:02 GMT

Are you a die hard rugby fan like I am? If so, then you know how difficult it can be to catch a game on television, especially if you live outside of Europe or Australia. So as an American rugby fan, this led me to wonder if I could watch rugby online somehow. Not just watch it online, but get an entire game in real time without commercial breaks or bad reception. I mean American football and hockey are great sports, but I need to see something more physically demanding of players. I needed to see a truly great sport.

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South Africa In The 3rd Week Of The Tri Nations

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:36:02 GMT

After having beaten the Wallabies, in the first week of the Tri Nations and then narrowly losing to the All Blacks, in the second round, the Springboks had a bye, in the third weekend of the competition. This would have given some of the senior players, a well deserved break. Most of the top Springboks, were chosen from the two top South African provincial franchises, the Sharks and the Blue Bulls. These were the two teams, to progress through to the finals, of the Super 14 campaign and the tournament lasted a long 16 weeks for most of them.

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South African Rugby, 2nd Week In The Tri Nations, Against New Zealand

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:08:01 GMT

What a game of rugby! From a spectator's point of view, as well as from the level and ability of the players, this is one of the best games of rugby I have ever watched. From the outset, the pace was fast, furious and hard. Many viewers were wondering how long they could keep up the frenetic pace and which team would tire first. Well, neither gave up and the blistering pace continued, to the very end. Remember the classic boxing match between Sugar ray Leonard and Roberto Duran, where they set unprecedented heights of pace and stamina?

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South Africa Beat Australia In The 1st Week Of Tri-Nations Rugby

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:00:03 GMT

On Saturday 16th June 2007, the Springboks kicked off their Tri Nations campaign, against a full strength Wallaby side in Newlands, Cape Town. As the first real test of the Springboks strength, against a highly rated world class side, with a long history of cohesion in the side and among the management team, this was a much awaited clash. Speculation was rife as to which was the better side and who indeed would be called upon to do team duty on the day. I was pleasantly surprised by the selections as the team looked closer to what I would consider to be the best, with 1 or 2 minor exceptions.

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South Africa vs. Australia in The 4th Week Of Tri Nations Rugby

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:12:02 GMT

Well, after all the pre match publicity and the Aussies almost refusing to play a second rate weak team and with them having been huge favourites to win the match, their full strength team very nearly lost to these SA underdogs! The Aussies looked lacklustre and were anything but sparkling, in what was not a very entertaining game of rugby, from a spectator's viewpoint. And all the negative comment, cost them big time. The crowds stayed away and the Telstra Stadium was only half full. The bad attitude of the Aussies, came back to bite them, in lost revenues.

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South Africa vs New Zealand in the 5th Week of the Tri Nations

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:40:03 GMT

Well, what did you think of this game? The Springbok second stringers performed very well indeed, against, arguably, the very best rugby side on the planet. Actually, this could be termed the third stringers by now, because the top 22 Springboks are being rested and another 6 are on the injury list. That"s 28 top players, which almost make up 2 teams of 15. The next on the list, were the team sent over to Australasia and of them, no more than 6 have ever played at this level. Johan Muller did an outstanding job, as makeshift captain, after Bob Skinstad's withdrawal and he truly led by example.

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Rugby World Cup 2007

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:00:07 GMT

France are to host this year's Rugby World Cup Final and the contest kicks off in St. Denis, on the 7th of September and finishes with the final, also in St. Denis, on the 20th of October. Obviously, apart from the quarter finals, the semi finals and the finals, each team plays 4 matches. These matches are determined, by means of a draw. The rugby playing nations total 20 this year and are divided into 4 pools, of 5 teams each. The top contestants are New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and England, but in with a chance, are others such as Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Argentina.

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The 2007 Rugby World Cup is Fast Approaching, Who Will Be Crowned The Next Rugby World Champions?

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:12:03 GMT

The upcoming rugby world cup will be the best one yet! The question on everyone"s mind at the moment is, "who"s going to win it?" The competition this year is fierce with top sides like; New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, France and England competing but you also can"t rule out other powerful sides like; Italy, Wales and Ireland who will definitely give the top sides a run for their money! This year's group pools are as follows. Group A: England, South Africa, Samoa, Tonga, USA Group B: Australia, Canada, Fiji, Japan, Wales Group C: Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Scotland Group D: Argentina, France, Georgia, Ireland, Namibia Previous winners: 1987 - New Zealand 1991 - Australia 1995 - South Africa 1999 - Australia 2003 - England Looking at the stats and current betting it says to us that the competition is limited to New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England and France.

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The Voice of Reason From Namibia

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:28:02 GMT

What can I do to change the face of rugby or the way it is played in South Africa? I was recently asked this very question and it took me months to figure it out - after all, I am just a normal Joe Soap who is a passionate supporter of the game of rugby as millions of South Africans are. The strange thing for me though is the fact that I am never short of an opinion on the on-goings in South African rugby, but like a wise man once said, an opinion is like buttocks, everyone has one. So just how can the average Joe change the rugby in South Africa?

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Watch Rugby World Cup 2007 Live Online On Your Computer

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:56:02 GMT

Starting September 7, 20 nations will compete to win the main prize, "William Webb Ellis Cup". The current world champion title is currently held by England, who won the 2003 tournament in Australia. Now, France will host this event up to October of 2007. Rugby is a great game that plenty of people love to watch anywhere, online, and much better if it"s live and in the stadium. But there are times that you can"t watch it live on cable tv and satellite tv systems, like: 1. you"re at work or stuck in the office.

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