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England extends O2 deal until after World Cup 2015
LONDON (AP)—English rugby retained its biggest sponsor on Monday despite the national team’s disgraced World Cup campaign in New Zealand, extending its long-standing deal with telecommunications giant O2 by four years. The Rugby Football Union said the partnership that began in 1995 will continue “beyond the 2015 World Cup,” retaining O2’s presence on the kit of the national teams. No financial details were disclosed, but O2 chief executive Ronan Dunne described the renewal as an “enhanced deal, bigger than previously,” which could reportedly earn the RFU more than 4 million pounds ($6.3 million) a year.
Hockey Rugby are defeated by late goal
Rugby and East Warwick Ladies 2 Birmingham Uni Ladies 3 Warwickshire League Division One A LAST gasp goal sentenced Rugby to an agonising defeat on Saturday. Starting against just nine players, Rugby went ahead through Nikki Siarbawa but Birmingham levelled when back at full strength. A goal just before the break meant Rugby started the second half behind but they drew level before pushing for what would have been a deserved winner
Rugby in strong position
Rugby has put itself in a strong position to claim a first innings victory in their two-day Whitney Cup clash against Macquarie.
Rugby Sevens: Halai all fine by Tietjens
Super Rugby outfits might not want Frank Halai but New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens is happy to have the Waikato wing.
Rugby: Coaches united in welcoming players
Three prominent Auckland premier rugby club coaches say they are supportive of a new national policy that allows ITM Cup players to be available to them for the entire club season – including the final of the Gallaher Shield.
Rugby in the summer just won’t work, warns Cotton
By Ian Stafford Last updated at 9:06 PM on 17th December 2011 Fran Cotton, whose mud-caked face became one of the defining images of rugby as a winter pursuit, last night kicked plans to convert the game in England into a summer sport into touch. Cotton, the former England, Coventry and Sale prop who is now a powerful voice within the game, insisted that instead of trying to rearrange the global calendar and play English domestic rugby primarily during the summer months, the Aviva Premiership clubs should instead be focusing on trying to get their own house in order
Rugby not the only winner
In a stellar rugby season for New Zealand, and with a nod in the direction of the official rugby awards, Gregor Paul makes his own decisions about the best of the best (and the worst) of 2011 Best Decision To keep the selection door open for Cory Jane. The Hurricanes wing was in horrible form throughout Super Rugby. His head was scrambled by the birth of his third child; the difficulty of deciding whether to shift overseas in 2012 and the civil war raging in his franchise between new coach Mark Hammett and the senior players.
Rugby in the summer just won’t work, warns Fran Cotton
By Ian Stafford Last updated at 9:06 PM on 17th December 2011 Fran Cotton, whose mud-caked face became one of the defining images of rugby as a winter pursuit, last night kicked plans to convert the game in England into a summer sport into touch. Cotton, the former England, Coventry and Sale prop who is now a powerful voice within the game, insisted that instead of trying to rearrange the global calendar and play English domestic rugby primarily during the summer months, the Aviva Premiership clubs should instead be focusing on trying to get their own house in order
Wimbledon CEO Ritchie leaves to head English rugby
LONDON (AP)—Wimbledon chief executive Ian Ritchie is leaving the All England Club after six years to head English rugby’s rebuilding job after a dismal World Cup. Ritchie was hired on Wednesday as the new chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, which has been in turmoil for much of this year following the organization’s botched attempt to hire a new performance director
Lapasset to remain International Rugby Board boss
In a political fight to control the direction of global rugby for the next four years, Frenchman Bernard Lapasset edged former England captain Bill Beaumont on Monday to remain in charge. Lapasset was elected to a second consecutive term as chairman of the International Rugby Board in a 14-12 vote over vice chairman Bill Beaumont by the IRB Council at a meeting near Los Angeles International Airport . Lapasset, a former president of the French Rugby Federation , played a key role in France’s successful bid for the 2007 World Cup.