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Rugby: All Blacks and Crusaders up for global awards
The Crusaders and the All Blacks are both up for Laureus sports awards at what will be a glittering affair in London early on Tuesday morning. The Crusaders have been nominated for Comeback of the Year following their efforts in making the final of the 2011 Super Rugby competition, despite the earthquakes in Christchurch, which ruled out the use of their home AMI Stadium and sent them on the road for the entire season. The All Blacks have been nominated for World Team of the Year after winning the World Cup which put an end to a 24-year drought following their victory in the inaugural tournament in 1987
Rugby's rivalry can be a uniting force
The regularity of this tournament is what makes it so special. Like a river running through rock, it has carved out a deep groove in our sporting consciousness since its founding in 1883 – the same year that the Ashes urn was first presented
Rugby and Colts to play for Danny Bower trophy
RUGBY captain Jordan Moran will put aside a recurring hand injury in order to play in his side’s Whitney Cup clash with RSL-Colts at Lady Cutler Oval on Sunday. The two clubs will do battle in both first and second grade, with the Danny Bower Cup up for grabs.
Rugby veteran and poet honoured
30 December 2011 Last updated at 19:08 ET From left to right; Martyn Williams, Joan Ruddock, Dannie Abse, Bob Owen Wales rugby star Martyn Williams has been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. The Wales and Cardiff Blues flanker becomes an MBE for services to rugby. Poet and playwright Dannie Abse becomes a CBE, as does entrepreneur Peter Thomas and former Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Lord Carlile.
New Zealand knights World Cup-winning rugby coach
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rugby World Cup-winning All Blacks coach Graham Henry has been awarded a knighthood in New Zealand ‘s annual New Year Honors List as the rugby-mad nation continues to celebrate its first world title in 24 years. The 65-year-old former school teacher, who resigned the All Blacks coaching job after the World Cup final in October, is now Sir Graham Henry and the latest of a handful of former players or coaches to receive one of New Zealand’s highest honors.
Afghanistan kicks off its first rugby tournament
Afghanistan kicked off its first official rugby tournament on Friday, with organisers hoping the game will one day be as popular as buzkashi , a kind of polo played with the carcass of a headless goat.
Rugby wants to climb IPL escalator to popularity in India
Panaji, Nov 21 ( IANS ) The rough and tumble sport of rugby is on the verge of creating its own version of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Promoters of rugby in India feel that the success of cricket via the IPL medium could be successfully replicated in the sport of rugby and that Goa would be an ideal choice for being the favoured pitch for the sport in India .
At last, local baseball is in a league of its own
Field of dreams … the Sydney Blue Sox opened the Australian Baseball League season on Friday with a win over the Melbourne Aces.
Rugby team bans fake tan
JAIL FOR PAKISTANI SPOT-FIXERS Cricket: AN ENGLISH court has dished out the harshest penalty ever handed to corrupt cricketers, sentencing the three Pakistani spot-fixers to serve jail time. Former captain Salman Butt will serve two years and six months in jail and Mohammad Asif one year, while young Mohammad Amir will spend six months in a juvenile detention facility for conspiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in a Test at Lord’s last year Debate is sure to rage about the severity of the bans, with some camps suggesting the players got their right whack and others saying it’s far too harsh for fixing a sporting contest. Either way, all international cricketers are finally on notice
Auto Racing Capsules: Respect appreciated among NASCAR’s contenders
Needing to almost win out for a chance at his sixth consecutive Sprint Cup, Jimmie Johnson had every opportunity to make that happen after Tony Stewart passed him less than three laps from the finish of Sunday’s crash-filled race at Martinsville Speedway. He opted not to use a bump-and-run to win — and Stewart knew he wouldn’t. In the final three races of the Chase, many drivers in contention profess a respect for fellow drivers, and a sense that what you give, you also deserve to get.