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Mountainous Men Make Marketing a Challenge

Rugby, a game for all shapes and sizes. Well, it used to be, now you simply have to be huge. Rugby was always a unique sport in that if you were short and fat and found running tiresome there was

Wellington Get The Boot

As of next season the A-League will be a solely Australian affair. The Board of the Football Federation of Australia has announced today that it “has determined that an application from Wellington Phoenix for a 10-year licence extension to compete

To Refer or Not to Refer That is the Question

Four Southern hemisphere sides are in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup for the first time ever. Some will claim that this confirms that the Rugby Championship is a tournament a notch above the six nations, even if it

Is Ireland’s Hunger Matched with Belief.

You learn more from defeat than victory, is a phrase often used in sport, and frequently that is the case. Last night Ireland progressed through to the quarter finals of the rugby World Cup after a bruising encounter with France.

Rainbow Nation Not All Black and White

The Springboks dramatic loss to Japan at the Rugby World Cup over the weekend may be great news for Japanese rugby, and also for the competition itself, as the competition needs upsets such as this, but it could be a