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NOVEMBER 2006
www.planet-rugby.com -One of my main sources of news and data
http://teivovo.com/ Its fantastic to have this excellent Fiji rugby site back.
www.sarugby.net- The home of South African rugby
http://www.irishrugby.ie/ The home of Irish rugby
http://www.wru.co.uk/2_6.php The home of Welsh rugby
www.rugbyworldcup.com The official web site of the Rugby World Cup 2007
www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum Good forum. The only one I use
http://carugby.com A view of African rugby. Good value
www.itsrugby.fr One of the only places on the web with full match details
www.rugbynederland.nl/news.php A new web site to me.
Updated
01.12.2006
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26.11.2006
Ireland 61, Pacific Islands
17 in Dublin
25.11.2006
New Zealand 45, Wales 10 in
Cardiff
France 27, Argentina 26 in
Paris
South Africa 25, England 14
at Twickenham
Australia 44, Scotland 15 at
Murrayfield
Italy 41, Canada 6 in Rome
Japan 54, Korea 0 in Hong
Kong (WCQ Asia R3; 20th Asia Rugby Champ.)
Portugal 11, Georgia 11 in
Lisbon (WCQ Europe R5, Playoff 2nd leg)
Moldova 43, Netherlands 7 in
Chisinau (ENC 2A)
23.11.2006
Africa Leopards 20, British
Army 12 in Aldershot
21.11.2006
Korea 23 Hong Kong 5 in Hong
Kong (WCQ Asia R3; 20th Asia Rugby Champ.)
19.11.2006
Ireland 21, Australia 6 in
Dublin
18.11.2006
New Zealand 23, France 11 in
Paris
England 23, South Africa 21
at Twickenham
Scotland 34, Pacific Islands
22 at Murrayfield
Argentina 23, Italy 16 in
Rome
Japan 52, Hong Kong 3 in
Hong Kong (WCQ Asia R3; 20th Asia Rugby Champ.
Ukraine 29, Netherlands 18
in Amsterdam (ENC 2A)
Germany 32, Belgium 13 in
Heidelberg (ENC 2A)
Lithuania 50, Bulgaria 10 in
Estropole (ENC 3B)
17.11.2006
Wales 61, Canada 26 in
Cardiff
A
complete list of results for 2006
28.11.2006
Niger v Tanzania in Arusha
(TBC) (CAR Castel Cup, Div.2 Final) Possibly 16Dec.
02.12.2006
Namibia v South Africa
Amateur XV in Windhoek (CAR Africa Cup Final)
NEWS
ARCHIVES 2006
As I am unable to upload
these pages to the main index they are temporarily here.
CAR Div.2 Final (28.11)
28.11.2006
Niger v Tanzania in Arusha
(TBC ) Now in December ?
CAR Africa Cup Final (21.11.)
02.12.2006
Namibia v South Africa
Amateur XV in Windhoek
LATEST
NEWS
THE
LION OF ARUSH (01.12.2006)
Article here about John Lloyd of Tanzania
http://allafrica.com/stories/200611280999.html
THIS WEEKEND 2 DECEMBER
Phew! What a busy month
November is! Its one of the busiest months of the year for a school teacher
here in Australia and one of the busiest on the international rugby scene. The
big news is the expected removal of Andy Robinson, England’s coach, was more a
matter of when rather than if. The ‘when’ occurred last Wednesday.
There is only one
international rugby match of note this weekend, if you leave out the World XV v
South Africa game.
02.12.2006
Namibia v South Africa Amateur XV in Windhoek
The two best teams in Africa
below the level of Jake White’s South Africans will meet tomorrow in the Africa
Cup final.
Johnny Redelinghuys, JM
Meyer, Deon van der Berg, Wacca Kazombiaze, Nico Esterhuizen, Schalk van der
Merwe, Herman Lintvelt, Tinus du Plessis, Eugene Jantjies, Adriaan du Plessis,
Deon Mouton, Corne Powell, Lu-Wayne Botes, Rodger Thompson and Heini Bock
Reserves: Morne Louw, Riaan Grudling, Nico Genis, Michael Mackenzie, Pieter
Rossouw, Tertius Losper and Du Preez Grobler.
Coach: John Venter
1 Pumlani Nodikane Griqualand West
2 Rayno Barnes Falcons
3 Emile Botha Leopards
4 Edrich Linde Leopards
5 Gareth Hemingway Golden Lions
6 Theo Becker Falcons
7 Kaunda Ntunja Border
8 Willem vd Wahl Leopards
9 Chris Jonck Eastern Province
10 Amandla Stofile Border
11 Jonathan Schalkwyk Fidentia Boland
12 Rayno Hendricks Leopards
13 Jeandré du Plessis Vodacom Western Province
14 Ashwill Peters Fidentia Boland
15 Lionel Cornelius Fidentia Boland
16 Brent Stevens Western Province
17 Gert Andries vd
Merwe Vodacom Blue Bulls
18 Dries van Schalkwyk Vodacom Free State Cheetahs
19 John Cooper Golden Lions
20 Greg van Jaarsveld Vodacom Western Province
21 Deon Booysen Eastern Province
22 Thulani Nyembe Leopards
Coach: Andre Van Wyk (Natal Sharks)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200611300896.html
http://www.sarugby.net/default.asp?des=article&id=197672
“Although no official notice
has yet been posted on the CAR website, we in Tanzania have been told that the
2006 Castel Cup Super-16 (second division) final will be played here on 16
December. Niger will travel to Arusha for the match. We are now awaiting
confirmation from CAR that Niger has finalized its travel arrangements”
John Kraft
THIS WEEKEND 25-26
NOVEMBER
Because of work commitments coverage of matches this weekend may be minimal
26.11.2006
Ireland will be too strong.
They are having a wonderful season so far.
25.11.2006
A bigger than expected win
for the Kiwis. A big disappointment for a resurging Wales.
Reviews
Wales are probably as strong
at present as they were two seasons ago when they took the 6 nations Championship.
But are they good enough to take on and succeed against an All Black side
sweeping all before it.
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-New Zealand 1st, Wales 7th
France by just 1 point.
Unlucky Argentina who appeared to dominate the match in the second half.
Argentina are on the rise and must be included in either 6 Nations of Tri
Nations championships
This match will be a real
test for both teams. France, host of the 2007 Rugby World Cup Finals, comes
from two comprehensive defeats by New Zealand. They will be looking for a moral
boosting win. Argentina has had a splendid European tour with good wins over
England and Italy. A win against France will set them up for a grand World Cup
tournament.
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-France 5th, Argentina 6th
South Africa won by 11 points. I predicted England by 5.
Oh dear! A wobbly South
Africa defeated an awful England side. The England team has now slumped to an
all time low.
The second test between
these two teams will be interesting. There was not much between them last
weekend but England may well be slightly stronger with a more complete team combination
thanks to the top clubs releasing players.
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-England 3rd, South Africa 4th.
CHANGE
A great and much needed win
by the Wallabies against a very disappointing Scottish side.
Australia has had a shocking
time in the Northern Hemisphere this season. Scotland won’t make life any
easier than the Irish. I still think Scotland may be the surprise package in
this year’s 6 Nations Championship.
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Australia 8th, Scotland 9th
Italy won by 35 points. I predicted Italy by 20.
Italy has had an average
season to date. They ran the Australians close and then lost to Argentina last
weekend. Lack of game time will tell against the Canadians. Why they couldn’t
play some European national sides as well as a test against Wales is beyond me!
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Italy 11th, Canada 19th
Japan 54, Korea 0 in Hong Kong (WCQ Asia R3; 20th
Asia Rugby Champ.)
Japan won by 54 points. I predicted Japan by 15.
Well, it was a walkover. A
very disappointing result for the Koreans who had been targeting this match.
This will be a nervous match
for the Japanese. They are in a must win situation to progress directly to the
2007 Rugby World Cup. It will either motivate them to super human efforts in
which case they will walk all over the Koreans or a nervous crisis will set in
and they will bumble along and allow the Koreans a sneak in.
http://rugbyjapan.com.wwma.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Japan 18th, Korea 22nd
Asia Table-Japan 1st,
Korea 2nd
Portugal 11, Georgia 11, in Lisbon (WCQ Europe
R5, Playoff 2nd leg)
Match drawn. I predicted Georgia by 4 points.
Portugal needed to win by 15
points or more to go to France in 2007. They couldn’t do that but a draw was
still a significant result. Georgia is not as strong at the moment as they were
in 2003.
Portugal has proven to be a
tough team at home and so I think the Georgians will find out.
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Tournaments/World_Cup_2007/story_55440.shtml
http://www.planet-rugby.com/Tournaments/World_Cup_2007/story_55470.shtml
GWC Rugby Rankings: World Table-Georgia 13th, Portugal 14th
Europe Table-Georgia 8th,
Portugal 9th
Moldova 43, Netherlands 7 in Chisinau (ENC 2A)
Moldova won by 36 points. I predicted Moldova by 30.
Are the Moldovans the new
rising power from Eastern Europe?
Moldovia is a tough team to
play at home as the Germans found out last weekend. The Netherlands are not as
strong a team as Germany.
GWC Rugby Rankings: Europe Table-Moldova 16th, Netherlands
21st
23.11.2006
HONG KONG ARE OUT (23.11)
Hong Kong put up a good
fight against Korea but are out of a World Cup 2007 finals place. Korea now
meets Japan this Saturday to determine who goes directly into the World Cup
finals and who has to face the repechage.
Teams:
Hong Kong:
15 Colin Bisley, 14 Ricky
Cheuk Ming Yin, 13 Jason Going, 12 Mark Wright, 11 Simon Smith, 10 Justin
Temara, 9 Robert Naylor, 8 Semi Iafeta, 7 Nigel Clarke, 6 Yuen Kin Ho, 5 Ryan McBride,
4 Daniel O’Connor, 3 Nigel Hobler, 2 Tom Cameron (captain), 1 Pete Spizzirri
Replacements: 16 Simon
Leung, 17 James Wood, 18 Kris Marin, 19 Justin Gregory, 20 Fan Shun Kei, 21
Andrew Chambers, 22 Tom Breen
Korea:
15 Jae Young Chae, 14 Chul
Woong Kwak, 13 Min Hyung Yoo, 12 Sung Soo Kim, 11 In Sou Cho, 10 Tae Il Yoon, 9
Myung Geun Lee, 8 Kwang Moon Lee, 7 Song Gun Jung, 6 Jeong Min Kim, 5 Kwon Woo
Youn, 4 Seon Kyu Park, 3 Tae Hyung Kim, 2 Jang Woo Lee, 1 Sung Un Jung
Replacements: 16 Young Keun
Kim, 17 Kwang Mo Kim, 18 Soon Kil Eom, 19 Young Nam Kim, 20 Young Hun Yang, 21
Jong Su Kim, 22 Keun Hyun Kim
Venue: Hong Kong Football Club
Referee: James Leckie (Australia)
CAR AFRICA CUP FINAL (21.11)
Article here at http://carugby.com/news/africfinal/
CAR
DIV.2 FINAL (21.11)
“The national team of Niger
has qualified for the finals of the CASTEL Trophy after winning their
semi-final against Nigeria by default. According to reports from West Africa,
the Nigerians failed to make the trip to Niamey. The Niger are now scheduled to
play the winners of the Southern semi-final, Tanzania, in the final of what is
considered to be the second division championship of Africa. The date of the
match which will be played at a neutral venue has been set for 28 November but
this has to be confirmed by the Confederation of African Rugby.”
Thanks to http://carugby.com
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (21.11)
The following lists of country’s
international rugby matches have been updated. Go to the alphabetical listing
at the top of the page.
Azerbaijan England
France Greece Ireland
Italy New Zealand Niger
Nigeria Serbia-Montenegro South Africa
AFRICA LEOPARDS ARRIVE IN LONDON (21.11)
From Paul Segombe (CAR)
comes below the final squad.
“Three Namibians have been
included in the ABSA Africa Leopards team that stalks a British Army British
Army Senior XV at the Aldershot Military stadium near London on November 23.
Paul Sigombe, the Africa
Rugby Confederation vice president released the final list of 20 players and
five officials from 11 African countries.
A visa hitch delayed one of
the Kenyan players Dan Weku who was due to leave on Monday night to link up
with the team in London”
KRFU Media and
Communications.
Said Zniber (Confederation
of African Rugby,Morocco)
Brendan Venter (Coach, South
Africa)
Claude Saurel (Assistant
Coach, France)
Edward Griffiths
(Co-ordinator, South Africa)
Peter Scott (Physiotherapist,
UK)
Players
1) AISSA, Kaiss Tunisia
2) AMID, Harif Morocco
3) BABOU, Edgar Ivory Coast
4) BURGER, Jacques Namibia
5) CHIWANGA, Shingai Zimbabwe
6) GILBERT, Gareth Botswana
7) JAWAD, Ezyar Morocco
8) KAMGA, Arnold Cameroon
9) LLOYD, John Tanzania
10) MEITE, Bakary Ivory Coast
11) MEYER, JM Namibia
12) MUSOKE, Allan Uganda
13) MUSOKE, John Uganda
14) PARK, Thierry Mauritius
15) SARGOS, Steeve Senegal
16) SIMIYU, Innocent Kenya
17) SOUGUIR, Yousri Tunisia
18) TLIALANE, Kalafo RSA
19) WEKU, Dan Kenya
20) WESSELS, Emile Namibia
The Africa Leopards will
play British Army at Aldershot, 23 November
MATCH
DATA SHEET UPDATES (20.11)
The following
international rugby matches have either had their data sheets updated or new
matches have been added. Go to fixtures-results in the menu.
28
October 2006 Portugal v Russia (New)
11
November 2006 France v New Zealand (New)
11
November 2006 Ireland v South Africa (New)
11
November 2006 Wales v Pacific Islands (New)
11
November 2006 Italy v Australia (New)
Weekend
Results & News 17-19 November
COMPUTER PROBLEMS (14.11)
My computer has experienced
yet another crash, albeit partly, and I have lost most work for the last week
plus some other seriously important files containing years of data. Fortunately
they were backed up but there is a lot of work in reformatting and reloading.
Because November is my busiest work month this site may not be properly
functional until January. It’s all run on a minimum budget and I really need a
new computer that isn’t going to happen soon. Bugger!
NIGER BY DEFAULT (14.11)
“The Niger has qualified for
the finals of the CASTEL Trophy after winning their semi-final against Nigeria
by default. According to reports from West Africa, the Nigerians failed to make
the trip to Niamey. The Niger are now scheduled to play the winners of the Southern
semi-final, Tanzania, in the final of what is considered to be the second
division championship of Africa. The date of the match which will be played at
a neutral venue has been set for 28 November but this has to be confirmed by
the Confederation of African Rugby.”
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (12.11)
The following lists of
country’s international rugby matches have been updated. Go to the alphabetical
listing at the top of the page.
Andorra Australia
Belgium Croatia Denmark
Latvia Malta Reunion
Slovenia Tanzania Ukraine
Wales
Weekend
Results and News 11 November
MATCH
DATA SHEET UPDATES (11.11)
The following
international rugby matches have either had their data sheets updated or new
matches have been added. Go to fixtures-results in the menu.
29
April 2006 Armenia v Hungary (Updated)
13
May 2006 Kenya v Uganda (New)
13
May 2006 Armenia v Slovenia (Updated)
4
June 2006 Armenia v Lithuania (Updated)
12
August 2006 Kenya v Uganda (Updated)
4
October 2006 Monaco v Slovakia (New)
21
October 2006 Sweden v Armenia (New)
28
October 2006 Georgia v Spain (Updated)
4
November 2006 Wales v Australia (New)
5
November 2006 New Zealand v England (New)
ABSA AFRICAN LEOPARDS to play BRITISH ARMY(08.11)
“The 2006 Leopards will
represent the best of rugby in Africa,” said Abdelaziz Bougja, President of the
Confederation of Rugby. “The team will draw players from nine different
countries, and the match will be televised on terrestrial TV in 32 African
countries.
“Rugby is growing throughout
Africa, and the Leopards will reflect the rising standards throughout the
continent.”
The African Leopards played
their inaugural match against a South African Students team in Johannesburg
last year, and continue to develop as a continental team that bridges the gap
between Africa’s emerging national teams and higher levels of the game.
“We are delighted to be
hosting the African Leopards,” said Gary Stocks, manager of the British Army
Senior XV, “and we look forward to staging an outstanding rugby occasion.” “The
ABSA African Leopards squad, the official representative team of the
Confederation of African Rugby, to play the Senior XV, British Army, at
Aldershot Military Stadium, near London, at 19h00 on Thursday November 23,
2006, is announced.
Media release. Paul Sigombe
CAR
Forwards
Props:
Tchoungong Jamga (Cameroon)
Kalafo Tlialane (South
Africa)
Gareth Gilbert (Botswana)
Hookers:
Edgar Babou (Ivory Coast)
TBC
Locks:
Hamid Arif (Morocco)
John Lloyd (Tanzania)
Backrow:
Yousri Sougir (Tunisia)
Abdel Boutati (Morocco)
Bakary Meite (Ivory Coast)
Thierry Park (Mauritius)
Backs
Halfbacks:
Ezyar Jawad (Morocco)
Steeve Sargos (Senegal)
TBC
Centres:
Innocent Simiyu (Kenya)
Kaiss Aissa (Tunisia)
TBC
Back 3:
John Musoke (Uganda)
Dan Weku (Kenya)
Allan Musoke (Uganda)
TBC
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (05.11)
The following lists of
country’s international rugby matches have been updated. Go to the alphabetical
listing at the top of the page.
Armenia Bulgaria Colombia Costa Rica Israel Lithuania New Caledonia Peru Russia Spain Sweden Vanuatu Venezuela
Weekend
Results and News 4-5 November
Now scheduled for November
18-25, involving Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. No word on the other 9 nations who
would have been involved in Sri Lanka
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/EN/Home/News/061103+dr+Asia+qual+fix.htm
COUNTRY LIST UPDATES (04.11)
The following lists of
country’s international rugby matches have been updated. Go to the alphabetical
listing at the top of the page.
Andorra
Azerbaijan Bosnia Brazil
Greece Hungary Madagascar Monaco Norway Poland
Serbia-Montenegro South Africa
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