Posts Tagged "Rugby League World Cup"

Monday night saw the banality of the universe maintained with another two competition points to the Melbourne Storm, a result that took the club to a record-equalling 13th consecutive win.

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Next year will see another edition of rugby league’s World Cup and, as the Kangaroos will fully appreciate after the boil-over of 2008, it is far from a fait accompli.

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My name is Curtis Woodward and I am an addict. The thirst for the sweet taste of rugby league is unbearable. I have to have it. I need it.

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The Rugby League European Federation (RLEF) is guided under three principles: empowerment, dynamism, and culture. These three key focus areas are pointing rugby league to historical high levels of growth.

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The growing depth of Rugby League World Cup and Four Nations title-holders New Zealand will be nowhere more evident than at Bluetongue Stadium on Friday night.

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With Akila Uate out to play for Australia and Israel Folau trying to get a farewell match for Tonga, international rugby league is at a point where big decisions need to made.

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England will host the 2015 Rugby World Cup, while Japan will stage the 2019 edition, the International Rugby Board have announced.

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New Zealand’s cricketers have drawn inspiration from the Kiwis’ Rugby League World Cup triumph as they hunt a memorable one-day series victory in Australia.

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Is Australian sport on a steep decline?

By The Crowd, 4 Feb 2009

 

One of the most important facets of the Australian identity is its sporting prowess. An ability to punch well above our weight on the sporting field is the central cog in Australia’s image of itself as a small country mixing in big circles.

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It’s been an interesting year in sports! Here are eight sporting moments that stirred the soul in 2008, and eight more that we’d rather forget.

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Moments after confirming Ricky Stuart had stood down as Kangaroos coach for behaviour that “we just can’t condone”, Australian Rugby League chairman Colin Love left the door open for his return.

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Ricky Stuart’s decision to stand down as Kangaroos coach was welcomed on Monday by former New Zealand national coach Graham Lowe.

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In the aftermath of Australia’s Rugby League World Cup Final loss to New Zealand, there was always going to be one key casualty who would pay the ultimate price for an unexpected failure.

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Ricky Stuart has stood down from his post as coach of the Australian rugby league team. Stuart’s decision was announced in a statement this afternoon.

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Wayne Bennett says he backed off at times during New Zealand’s triumphant rugby league World Cup campaign to ensure coach Stephen Kearney assumed as much responsibility as possible.

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Since the Rugby World Cup began, England have been Australia’s bogey team. They’ve knocked us out on no less than three separate occasions (1995, 2003 and again in 2007), as if anyone needs reminding.

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As feared, the 2008-09 Black Caps did not add to the Top 5 Kiwi Cricket Moments in the past fortnight. Their footballing counterparts more than made up for it, however, with a superb effort in the otherwise disregarded Rugby League World Cup.

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Australian coach Ricky Stuart has belatedly apologised for his “offensive” behaviour toward rugby league World Cup officials at the weekend.

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Since sinking to a 32-22 Rugby League World Cup semi-final defeat to New Zealand last weekend, much has been said about the state of rugby league in England and the UK.

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The Kiwi’s produced one of the world’s great sporting upsets to defeat the might of the Kangaroos on Rugby leagues holy land in Brisbane.

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