Rugby News

Blackie to fill Braid's shoes
New Zealand flanker Josh Blackie is returning to New Zealand and will be available to play in next year's Super 14."
Planet Rugby  –  Oct 10, 2008 06:51 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Rugby: NZ Schools lose tight match to Australia
New Zealand suffered a rare loss in a trans-Tasman secondary schools rugby match against Australia in New Plymouth today.Their 11-15 defeat marked the first occasion New Zealand have lost to Australia in New Zealand since the...
New Zealand Herald  –  Oct 10, 2008 06:25 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Injury forces Forrester to retire
Gloucester number eight James Forrester is forced to call time on his career after failing to fully recover from a bad knee injury.
BBC News  –  Oct 10, 2008 05:33 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Foden leads the Saints rampage in Toulon as Northampton claim big win
Northampton's magnificent first-half display stunned the millionaires from the French Riviera and earned Jim Mallinder’s team a deserved first win in Europe’s second-tier competition.
Mail Online  –  Oct 10, 2008 01:18 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Former All Black returns to NZ, another leaves
New Zealand flanker Josh Blackie is returning from Japan to play in next year's Super 14.Blackie, 29, who is currently playing for club side Kobe Steel, has signed a two-year contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union and the...
New Zealand Herald  –  Oct 10, 2008 01:03 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Why boxing fan Lewsey beat sorry Danny to the punch
The secret is out. When Josh Lewsey knocked Danny Cipriani out cold in a training ground clash on Tuesday it was no fluke. Boxing fan Lewsey is pictured sparring in a London gym.
Mail Online  –  Oct 10, 2008 12:34 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Forrester forced by knee injury to retire at 27
James Forrester, the new-age loose forward from Gloucester who won a couple of England caps in 2005 and would have won plenty more but for chronic injury problems, yesterday announced his retirement from the game at the distressingly young age of 27. His decision comes as a profound blow to the West ... more »
The Independent  –  Oct 9, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Heineken Cup: Money woes leave English feeling bleu
Even now, with the credit crunch biting and the banks imploding and the shadows of 1929 lengthening across every financial district in the developed world, there are English rugby clubs out there demanding a freeing up of the market. Of course, it will not matter a fat lot to the Treasury or the inv ... more »
The Independent  –  Oct 9, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Muliaina joins Waikato line-up
Waikato duo Stephen Donald and Liam Messam have predictably lost the race against time to be fit for Sunday's Air NZ Cup rugby quarterfinal against bogey team Hawke's Bay.
Scrum.com  –  Oct 9, 2008 10:36 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

EXCLUSIVE: Wasps facing a £200,000 scramble to keep their star man Cipriani
Wasps are in the throes of a more serious fight over Danny Cipriani - this time to keep their highest-profile player, with his contract running out at the end of the season.
Mail Online  –  Oct 9, 2008 10:31 PM [GMT]  –  comment?