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Updated 31.08.2007
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Latest Results (Last two weeks)
26.09.2007
France 34, Wales 7 in Cardiff
25.08.2007
South
Africa 27, Scotland 3 at Murrayfield
Chile 35, Uruguay
34 in Santiago
24.08.2007
Ireland 23, Italy
20 in Belfast
18.08.2007
France 22, England
9 in Marseilles
Wales 27, Argentina
20 in Cardiff
Italy 36, Japan 12 in Saint Vincent
Canada 42, Portugal
12 in Ottawa
Spain 18, Uruguay
10 in Montevideo
Botswana 37, Tanzania
14 in Gaborone
(CAR Castel Cup, Div.2, South Final)
Iran 22, Pakistan
11 in Lahore (Friendly-First test match for Iran)
Caribbean Rugby Champs in Cayman Islands 18-26 August-TOURNAMENT CANCELLED
15.08.2007
South
Africa 105, Namibia 13 in
Capetown
Spain 30 Chile
25 in Santiago
11.08.2007
Scotland 31, Ireland
21 at Murrayfield (World Cup warm up)
France 21, England
15 at Twickenham (World Cup warm up)
Kenya 35, Uganda
15 in Nairobi (Elgin Cup)
Coming Up
01.09.2007
Armenia v Sweden
in Bourgoin Jallieu (ENC 3A)
07.09.2007
France v Argentina
in Paris (RWC, Pool D)
AND LET THE GREATEST OF
TOURNAMENTS BEGIN
ADDITIONS
AND ALTERATIONS TO THE FIXTURE LIST
FIRST WIN TO IRAN (29.08)
Iran won its first test match defeating Pakistan in Lahore on 18 August. Result thanks to Khuram Hamood, Pakistan RFU.
USA MATCHES
ARE TESTS (29.08)
The two matches played by USA v England Saxons and v Scotland ‘A’
would appear to be test matches according to the USA Eagles rugby web site.
http://www.usarugby.org/default.asp
DATES FOR AFRICA CUP
FINAL FIXED (25.08)
“Paul
Sigombe, the Africa Rugby Confederation Director of Development and Competition
has announced the dates for the Africa Cup semi-finals, which will be played in
Antananarivo, Madagascar.
The semi finals are on September 26 when Kenya plays Uganda
and Madagascar tackle Cote d’Ivoire.
The play-off and final is on September 29.”
Released
by KRFU Media & Communication krfu@iconnect.co.ke
First ever test for Iran (23.08)
Iran played its first international rugby test v Pakistan on
Saturday 18 August. The match was played in Lahore.
25 August. Chile
v Uruguay at Prince of Wales
RFC in Santiago
(23.08)
Chile and Spain
both recently played the touring Spanish side. Chile
lost 25-30 and Uruguay
lost 10-18.
Caribbean Championship (20.08)
Tournament cancelled. See
latest news item below.
Non test matches (16.08)
In what is becoming a confusing
topic, Japans ‘tests’ against Asia Barbarians and later (18 Aug) v Portugal will be non tests as far as Japan is
concerned.
Castel Beer Trophy South (15.08)
“The finals of the Castel
Beer Trophy South will be played between Botswana
and Tanzania on Saturday 18,
August 2007 in Gaborone,Botswana
Match officials- From South
Africa(Names to be announced later)
Match Commissioner and
citing officer- Sas Bailey”
Best regards
PAUL SIGOMBE
DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIONS DIRECTOR
LATEST NEWS
THIS
WEEKEND 25 AUGUST
Due to work commitments coverage of this weekend’s
rugby will be limited.
26.08.2007
France
34, Wales 7 in Cardiff
25.08.2007
South Africa
27 Scotland
3 at Murrayfield
Chile
35, Uruguay 34 in Santiago
24.08.2007
Ireland
23, Italy 20 in Belfast
RUGBY WORLD CUP NON-TEST WARM UP MATCHES (26.08)
26.08.2007
United
States v Munster in Chicago
Samoa v Northampton
in Northampton
25.08.2007
Argentina XV 36, Belgium
XV 8 in Brussels
Japan XV 15, Portugal 13 in Italy
Auch 13, Georgia 7 in Auch
Fiji 49, Albi 27 in Albi
Canada 40, Eastern Canada 10 in St Johns
24.08.2007
Tonga 26, Edingburgh 14 Rugby
in Myreside
Samoa 26, Sale Sharks 7
22.08.2007
Auch (France) 29, Fiji
20 in Auch
21.08.2007
South
Africa 18,
Connacht 3 in Galway
18.08.2007
NEC Harlequins 22, Samoa 21
16.08.2007
Ireland v Bayonne in Bayonne
14.07.2007
Tonga v Auckland ‘A’ in Auckland
11.08.2007
Canada v British Columbia Select XV in Vancouver
Japan 69, Asia Barbarians 10 in Tokyo
Canadian Barbarians 34, Portugal 14 in Toronto
Romania v Neath at The Knoll
04.08.2007
Portugal 22, Coventry 20 in Lisbon
Argentina 70, Chile
XV 14 in Cancha del CASI
02.08.2007
Romania v Romania Amateur XV
28.07.2007
South
Africa Students XV
32, Namibia 20 in Windhoek
London Welsh 19, Portugal
16 in Algarve
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (19.08)
The following country lists have been updated. Go to alphabetical order
at the top of the page.
Fiji France 2001- France
XV Germany Japan Kenya New Zealand Poland Tonga Uganda Wales
XV Zimbabwe
THIS
WEEKEND
18.08.2007
France
22, England 9 in Marseilles
France won by 13
points. I predicted France
by 6.
Previews
France and England
clash again. Last weekend France
was victorious 21-15 at Twickenham against an English side not at full strength.
LAST FIVE ENCOUNTERS
11.08.2007 France 21-15 at Twickenham (RWC
Warm up)
11.03.2007 England 26-18 at Twickenham (6
Nations Int. Tournament)
12.03.2006 France 31-6 in Paris (6 Nations Int. Tournament)
13.02.2005 France 18-17 at Twickenham (6
Nations Int. Tournament)
27.03.2004 France 24-21 in Paris (6 Nations Int. Tournament)
England last won in Paris
in 2000 when they won 15-9.
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-France 7th, England 9th
Europe Table-France 1st, England 5th.
Prediction:
A right old struggle in this match. France will be slightly below par
up front but will just hold on against a ferocious English onslaught. France
by 6 points.
Teams
France
15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14
Cédric Heymans13 Damien Traille, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Christophe Dominici, 10
Frédéric Michalak, 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8 Imañol Harinordoquy, 7 Thierry
Dusautoir, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Jérôme Thion, 4 Fabien Pelous, 3 Jean-Baptiste
Poux, 2 Raphaël Ibañez (captain), 1 Olivier Milloud.
Replacements: 16 Sébastian
Bruno, 17 Nicolas Mas, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Pierre Mignoni, 21 David
Skréla, 22 Aurélien Rougerie.
Coach: Bernard Laporte
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3559_2668416,00.html
http://www.ffr.fr/index.php/ffr/historique/2007/france_angleterre
Alain Rolland from Ireland
will referee the match.
Missing from the match v England
at Twickenham are Vincent Clerc, David Marty, Rémy Martin, Serge Betsen,
Dimitri Szarzewski and Sébastien Chabal
Included in the squad of 22
this week are Bruno, Nallet, Dusautoir, Harinordoquy, Traille and Dominici
Injured: Pieter de Villiers
and Sylvain Marconnet, both are France’s
most experienced props.
England
15. Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks), 14. Joshua
Lewsey (London
Wasps), 13. Daniel Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers),
12. Andrew Farrell (Saracens), 11. Jason Robinson (Unattached), 10. Jonny
Wilkinson (Newcastle
Falcons), 9. Shaun Perry (Bristol Rugby), 8.
Nicholas Easter (Harlequins), 7.
Thomas Rees (London
Wasps), 6. Martin Corry (Leicester Tigers), 5.
Steven Borthwick (Bath Rugby),
4. Simon Shaw (London
Wasps), 3. Phillip Vickery, Capt. (London
Wasps), 2. George Chuter (Leicester Tigers),
1. Perry Freshwater (Perpignan, France).
Replacements
16. Lee Mears (Bath Rugby),17. Matthew
Stevens (Bath Rugby),
18. Joseph Worsley (London
Wasps), 19. Lawrence Dallaglio (London Wasps), 20. Andrew
Gomarsall (Harlequins), 21. Oliver Barkley (Bath
Rugby), 22. Paul Sackey (London Wasps).
Coach: Brian Ashton
Missing from the 22 selected
for the first test v France
at Twickenham
Nick Abendanon, Jamie Noon,
Mike Catt (The Captain), Lewis Moody, James Haskell, Ben Kay, Mark Regan,
Andrew Sheridan and Danny Cipriani
http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.News_Detail/StoryID/17427
Wales
27, Argentina 20 in Cardiff
Wales won by 7
points. I predicted Argentina
by 15.
Previews
Argentina will get its first serious World Cup Rugby warm up
against Wales.
Los Pumas defeated a Chilean XV 70-14 last weekend. Wales
came back from a 5-62 hammering from England
to defeat Scotland
last weekend.
LAST FIVE ENCOUNTERS
17.06.2006 Argentina 45-27 in Buenos Aires
11.06.2006 Argentina 27-25
in Puerto Madryn
19.06.2004 Wales 35-20 in Buenos Aires
12.06.2004 Argentina 50-44
in Tucaman
10.11.2001 Argentina 30-16 in Cardiff
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Argentina 3rd, Wales 8th CHANGE
Prediction:
Wales have to go back to 1999 and the famous Rugby World Cup opener to brag
about a win over Argentina
at home. Since then Argentina
has won comfortably in 2001 and then again against motley Welsh touring sides
to Argentina
in 2004 and 2006. If past results don’t really matter then the fact that Argentina is a
rising world rugby power must count. Wales on the other hand is really
struggling to find any sort of form leading up to the Rugby World Cup. I expect
Argentina to outmuscle the
Welsh up front, Argentina
to out swerve them in the backs and a chorus of Welsh voices through out the
valleys baying for the blood of one Gareth Jenkins. Argentina by 15.
Teams
Wales
15 Kevin Morgan
(Newport-Gwent Dragons), 14 Dafydd James (Llanelly Scarlets), 13 Tom Shanklin
(Cardiff Blues), 12 Gareth Thomas, Capt. (Cardiff Blues), 11 Mark Jones
(Llanelly Scarlets), 10 James Hook (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), 9 Dwayne Peel
(Llanelly Scarlets), 8 Alix Popham (Llanelly Scarlets), 7 Martyn Williams
(Cardiff Blues), 6 Jonathan Thomas (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), 5 Ian Evans
(Neath-Swansea Ospreys), 4 Ian Gough (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), 3 Adam Jones (Neath-Swansea
Ospreys), 2 Matthew Rees (Llanelly Scarlets),1 Duncan Jones (Neath-Swansea
Ospreys).
Replacements: 16 T Rhys
Thomas (Cardiff Blues), 17 Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), 18 Alun-Wyn Jones (Neath-Swansea Ospreys),
19 Colin Charvis (Newport-Gwent Dragons), 20 Mike Phillips (Neath-Swansea
Ospreys), 21 Ceri Sweeney (Newport-Gwent Dragons), 22 Jamie Robinson (Cardiff Blues).
Coach: Gareth Jenkins
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3557_2653352,00.html
Argentina
15 Federico Serra (San
Isidro), 14 Lucas Borges (Stade Français, France), 13 Martín Gaitán (Biarritz,
France), 12 Felipe Contepomi (Leinster, Ireland), 11 Ignacio Corleto (Stade
Français, France), 10 Federico Todeschinin(Montpellier, France), 9 Agustín
Pichot, Capt. (Stade Français, France), 8 Gonzalo Longo (Clermont Auvergne,
France), 7 Juan Fernández Lobbe (Sale Sharks, England), 6 Juan Manuel
Leguizamón (London Irish, England), 5 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse, France), 4
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe (Sale Sharks, England), 3 Martín Scelzo (Clermont
Auvergne, France), 2 Mario Ledesma (Clermont Auvergne, France), 1 Rodrigo
Roncero (Stade Français, France).
Replacements: 16 Alberto
Vernet Basualdo (Alumni), 17 Santiago González Bonorino (Capitolina, Italy), 18
Rimas Álvarez Kairelis (Perpignan, France), 19 Martín Durand (Montpellier,
France), 20 Nicolás Vergallo (Jockey), 21 Manuel Contepomi (Newman), 22 Horacio
Agulla (Hindú).
Coach: Marcelo Loffreda
http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,3551_2665746,00.html
Referee: Chris White (England)
Italy
36, Japan 12 in Saint Vincent
Italy won by 24
points. I predicted Italy
by 50.
Previews
Japan arrived in Italy after defeating an Asia
Barbarians team 69-10 last Friday in an unofficial test match.
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
11.06.2006 Italy 52-6 in Tokyo
03.07.2004 Italy 32-19 in Tokyo
21.10.1976 Italy 25-3 in Padua
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Italy 10th, Japan 17th.
Prediction: Japan’s last two matches against Italy have been at home and on both occasions Italy won
easily and comfortably respectively. I can’t see Japan improving by playing the
Italians away. Italy
has a mountain of test caps in its side compared to the Japanese. John Kirwan’s
new team will suffer in the hands of his old one! Italy by 50 points.
Previews
http://www.rugbyjapan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=2
Teams
Italy
15 David Bortolussi (Montpellier, France) 8 caps
14 Kaine Robertson (Arix
Viadana) 21 caps
13 Gonzalo Canale (Clermont Auvergne,
France) 31 caps
12 Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais, France ) 42 caps
11 Marko Stanojevic (Cammi
Calvisano) 5 caps
10 Ramiro Pez (Bayonne, France)
37 caps
9 Alessandro Troncon (Clermont Auvergne,
France) 95 caps
8 Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais, France) 42 caps
7 Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais, France) 57 caps
6 Alessandro Zanni (Cammi
Calvisano) 15 caps
5 Marco Bortolami, Capt. (Gloucester,England)
59 caps
4 Santiago
Dellape’ (Biarritz Olympique, France)
43 caps
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
(Leicester Tigers, England)
43 caps
2 Carlo Festuccia
(Metro-Racing Parigi, France) 38 caps
1 Andrea Lo Cicero
(Metro-Racing Parigi, France) 66 caps
Replacements
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
(Cammi Calvisano) 4 caps
17 Salvatore Perugini (Stade Toulousain, France) 42 caps
18 Valerio Bernabo’ (Brive, France)
9 caps
19 Manoa Vosawai (Overmach
Cariparma) New cap
20 Pablo Canavosio (Castres, France)
14 caps
21 Roland De Marigny (Cammi
Calvisano) 15 caps
22 Andrea Masi (Biarritz Olympique,
France) 30 caps
Coach: Pierre Berbizier
http://www.federugby.it/news.asp?i=47976&s=2
Japan
15 Bryce Robins (Ricoh), 14
Kosuke Endo (Toyota Motor), 13 Yuta Imamura (Kobe Steel), 12 Shotaro
Onishi (Yamaha Motor), 11 Christian Loamanu (Saitama Instutute of Tech.), 10
Eiji Ando (NEC), 9 Tomoki Yoshida (Toshiba), 8 Takuro Miuchi, Capt. (NEC), 7
Phillip O’Reilly (Sanyo), 6 Hare Makiri (Fukuoka Sanix), 5 Luke Thompson
(Toshiba), 4 Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba), 3 Tomokazu Soma (Sanyo), 2 Yuji Matsubara
(Kobe Steel), 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura (Coca-Cola West Japan).
Replacements
16 Taku Inokuchi (Toshiba),
17 Ryo Yamamura (Yamaha), 18 Lautangi Vatuvei (Kintetsu), 19 Ryota Asano (NEC),
20 Chul-Won Kim (Kintetsu), 21 Kosei Ono (Fukuoka Sanix), 22 Go Aruga
(Suntory).
Coach: John Kirwin
http://www.rugbyjapan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=2
Canada
42, Portugal 12 in Ottawa
Canada won by 30
points. I predicted Canada
by 25.
Preview
The Portuguese continue
their Rugby World Cup preparations with a short tour of Canada. They will play a full test
against Canada
this Saturday. Previously they lost 16-19 to London Welsh last month, defeated Coventry
RFC 22-20 last weekend and then 18-34 to a Canadian Barbarians XV in Toronto Wednesday. Portugal will then go to Italy for their final preparations, and then will
play a Japan XV in Lisbon
on the 25th.
These two teams have never
met before. The closest we get is last Wednesday when a Canadian XV out muscled
the Portuguese. The Portuguese are going to have more problems up front against
a Canadian side tough in the forwards.
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Canada 18th, Portugal 20th
Prediction:
The Portuguese are going to suffer the same fate in the 2007 Rugby World Cup as
the Namibians and the Japanese. They just will not be able to out muscle the
opposition up front. End of the match nowadays. Canada by 25 points.
Teams
Canada
15. Michael Pyke (Montauban, France),
14. DTH Van der Merwe (James Bay AA), 13. Craig Culpan (Meraloma), 12. David
Spicer (University
of Victoria), 11. James
Pritchard (Bedford, England), 10. Ryan Smith (Montauban, France),
9. Edward Fairhurst (Cornish Pirates, England), 8. Sean-Michael Stephen (Beziers, France),
7. Adam Kleeberger (University
of Victoria), 6. Jamie
Cudmore (Clermont-Auvernge,
France), 5.
Michael James, Capt. (Stade Francais,
France), 4.
Luke Tait (Overmach Parma, Italy), 3. Jon Thiel (Bayside), 2.
Patrick Riordan (Burnaby
Lake), 1. Rod Snow (St. John’s Dogs).
Replacements
16. Aaron Carpenter (Brantford), 17. Daniel
Pletch (Oakville
Crusaders), 18. Michael Pletch (Oakville
Crusaders), 19. Michael Burak (Pau, France),
20. Colin Yukes (Agen, France), 21. Matthew Weingart
(Castaway-Wanderers), 22. Justin Mensah-Coker (Albi, France).
Coach: Ric Suggitt
http://www.rugbycanada.ca/index.php?lang=en&page_id=10&news_id=3399
http://www.rugbycanada.ca/index.php?lang=en&page_id=10&news_id=3393
Portugal
TBA
Spain
18, Uruguay 10 in Montevideo
Spain won by 8
points. I predicted Spain
by 6.
Preview
Spain eased passed Chile
30-25 in Santiago
on Wednesday. Uruguay
will be a formidable opponent on home soil. The Uruguayans will be smarting
over their loss to Portugal
earlier in the year. The Portuguese grabbed the final Rugby World Cup spot from
Uruguay
by the narrowest of margins. Spain
plays in the same European rugby tournament as Portugal.
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
01.09.2001 Spain 16-14 in Montevideo
02.10.1999 Uruguay 37-15
in Galashiels (RWC Pool A)
28.08.1999 Uruguay 20-3 in
L’Aquilla (L’Aquilla Tournament)
02.09.1995 Uruguay 47-10 in Montevideo
02.08.1987 Spain 18-6 in Montevideo
GWC Rugby Rankings: Spain 14th,
Uruguay
21st.
Prediction:
Uruguay
is far from the outfit that played in the nineties, culminating in an
honourable exhibition at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Spain on the other hand is crawling
back up the international rugby ladder. Uruguay will be tough at home. ! A
close won. Spain
by 6 points.
Teams
Uruguay Squad
1 Santiago Carracedo (Old Christians)
2 Manuel Martinez (Old Christians)
3 Guzman Barreiro
(Old Christians)
4 Juan Llovet (Old
Christians)
5 Matias Arocena (Old
Christians)
6 Andres Vazquez (Old
Christians)
7 Martin Espiga (Old
Christians)
8 Nicolas Klappembach
(Champagnat)
9 Gonzalo Peyrou
(Champagnat)
10 Pablo Bueno (Champagnat)
11 Juan Alzueta (Trebol)
12 Francisco Bulanti
(Trebol)
13 Nicolas Morales (Trebol)
14 Nicolas Grille (Hindu, Argentina)
15 Juan Campomar (Old Boys)
16 Joaquin Pastore (Old
Boys)
17 Martin Crosa (Old Boys)
18 Ignacio Crosa (Old Boys)
19 Agustin Perez del Castillo (Old Boys)
20 Rodrigo Sanchez (Carrasco
Polo)
21 Federico Capo (Carrasco
Polo)
22 Mario Sagario (Carrasco
Polo)
23 Juan Alvarez (Carrasco
Polo)
24 Carlos Protasi (Carrasco
Polo)
25 Ignacio Conti (cap)
(Carrasco Polo)
26 Juan Labat (Carrasco
Polo)
27 Horacio Rivera (Carrasco
Polo)
28 Pablo Lemoine (Montauban, France
http://www.uru.org.uy/noticia.php?i=927&op=1
Botswana
37, Tanzania 14 in Gaborone (CAR Castel Cup,
Div.2, South Final)
Botswana won by 23
points. I predictedTanzania by 7.
Previews
Tanzania and Botswana
won their respective zone finals. Originally there were to be an away-home
playoff for the final but this idea seems to have fallen through. The winner of
this match will play the winner of the northern zones. Burkino Faso won one of
the zones and Nigeria
the other. Nigeria’s win
though is under review after complaints as to the way the tournament was run in
the Nigerian capital Lagos.
These two teams have met
only once before, in 2004. Botswana
won 38-12 in a round robin tournament that included Swaziland.
GWC Rugby Rankings: Africa Table-Tanzania 13th, Botswana 15th.
Prediction:
This will be much closer encounter than the 2004 game. Tanzania by 7 points, and will go onto to play
either Burkino Faso or Nigeria
to win the second division.
Other Previews
http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/page.php?id=8140
Tanzania squad
John Lloyd, Capt. (Arusha
Rhinos),
Boaz Magege (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Chris Hatty (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Juma Kittyler (Arusha
Rhinos),
Jeremy Stephenson (Arusha
Rhinos),
Ake Lindstrom (Arusha
Rhinos),
Caleb Simonson (Arusha
Rhinos),
Simon Lishman (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Mathew Mbando (Arusha
Rhinos),
Justin Trappe (Arusha
Rhinos),
Jeff Lwila (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Aart Koster (Arusha Rhinos),
Bob Kigongo (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Charles Kibisu,
John Kraft (Arusha
Rhinos),
Seif Mtezo (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Oliver Valente (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Brian Smith (Dar es Salaam Leopards),
Moses Beydoun,
Rob Tate,
Demetri Ferentino,
Craig Middleton.
Coach: Gareth Gilbert
CARIBBEAN TOURNAMENT CANCELLED (18.08)
CHAOS IN THE CARIBBEAN
(17.08)
Some things in life we have
control over and some things we don’t. The senior men’s and women’s Caribbean
rugby tournament, involving teams from Mexico, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad &
Tobago, Bermuda, Barbados and the Cayman Islands, is due to kick off in the
Caymans this Sunday. Richard Adams, Technical Director of Rugby
from the Cayman Islands RFU, explains that things are not going to plan.
Firstly Guyana is a possible non starter
due to flight complications. Thus the draw has been rearranged. There are now
two draws possible; one with Guyana
and one without. Hurricane Dean is making its way across the Caribbean and is
heading towards the Cayman Islands. “If
Hurricane Dean threatens us closely on Sunday evening as it seems it may do we
will probably [be] shut down by the Government for Sunday action. If we do not
take a direct blow and the pitch is useable then I would guess that the
tournament will start on either Monday 20th afternoon or Tuesday 21st afternoon
with the finals pushed back to Sunday 26th as I believe all of the teams will
still be here then, assuming that they manage to travel from Trinidad and Barbados
ok over the next 24 - 36 hours”.
That is as much as Richard
and his team of rugby workers on Cayman Islands
can do.
The draw
(without Guyana
and Hurricane Dean)
19.08.2007
Women- Cayman Islands v Jamaica
(Round Robin)
Men Game 2- Cayman Islands v
Mexico
(Knockout)
20.08.2007
Men Game 3- Jamaica
v Trinidad & Tobago (Knockout)
21.08.2007
Women- Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago (Round Robin)
22.08.2007
Men- Loser G2 v Loser G3
(Bowl Final)
Men Game 5- Bermuda v Barbados
(Cup Semi-Final)
Men Game 6- Winner G2 v
Winner G3 (Cup Semi-Final)
23.08.2007
Women- Cayman Islands v
Trinidad & Tobago (Round Robin)
25.08.2007
Men- Loser G5 v Loser G6
(Playoff for 3rd & 4th)
Men- Winner G5 v Winner G6
(Final)
Competition rules (but
ignore dates and draw)
http://www.caymanrugby.com/news.php?news_id=156&start=0&category_id=&parent_id=&arcyear=&arcmonth=
Caribbean Rugby Champs in Cayman Islands 19-25 August-TOURNAMENT
CANCELLED
See article and draw in
Latest News
15
August Mid-week news and results
MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (13.08)
The following international
rugby fixtures now have a match data sheet available in the fixtures lists.
There will be a short delay before the data sheets are loaded to each country’s
fixture list.
24 February 2007 Germany v Welsh
Districts (New)
24 March 2007 French Universities v Poland
(New)
2 June 2007 Japan v Tonga (New)
16 June 2007 Tonga v Fiji (New)
4 August 2007 England v Wales
(New)
CAYMAN ISLANDS WIN WARM UP MATCH
(13.08)
In
preparation for the forth coming Caribbean Championships the Cayman Island
National team defeated South African Barbarians 17-16 in Caymans. The Caymans
are due to host this tournament from 18-26 August. Controversy has already
struck. According to Richard Adams, Caymans media contact, the late with drawl
of Guyana
has thrown the original tournament itinerary out the window.
http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-1195--11-11--.html
RUGBY
IN JAPAN (RiJ) Vol 4, No.32
10-11
August Weekend news and Results
RUGBY
IN JAPAN (RiJ) Vol.4, No.31
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (05.08)
The following country lists have been updated. Go to alphabetical order
at the top of the page.
Argentina Australia
XV Cameroun Italy Japan Morocco Namibia New Zealand
XV Samoa South Africa South Africa XV Zambia
MATCH DATA SHEET UPDATES (05.08)
The following international
rugby fixtures now have a match data sheet available in the fixtures lists.
There will be a short delay before the data sheets are loaded to each country’s
fixture list.
19 May 2007 Fiji v Samoa
(Updated)
27 May 2007 Junior All Blacks v Samoa (New)
2 June 2007 Australia ‘A’ v Samoa
(New)
9 June 2007 South Africa v Samoa (New)
9 June 2007 Argentina v Italy (New)
16 June 2007 Samoa
v Japan (New)
RUGBY TO BE INCLUDED IN NEXT ALL AFRICA
GAMES (05.08)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200708010232.html
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