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		<title>Go Wild Dog Sports! Local rugby jersey brand name! Finally!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2012/01/10/go-wild-dog-sports-local-rugby-jersey-maker-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DavidS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the top rugby nations you&#8217;d think we would also have the top rugby jersey marques from here&#8230; but we use Kiwi manufacturers to make Bok jerseys and all our teams wear apparel from overseas marques. BUT now we have our own local brand name and RW says &#8230; Local is Lekker! So last night I see we have a new follower on Twitter. Then I decide to have a read seeing as in truth I am secretly a bit of a supporter of local clothing brands, particularly if they are of quality. Cape Storm and that kind of thing. Anyway, I checked their website out and see these guys launched on 1 January 2012! Apparently the 2007 Bok clothing manager conceptualized the idea of having a clothing manufacturer here at home that could not only make rugby jerseys but also active wear of different kinds, including hockey, netball, soccer and obviously plain training wear as well as the usual activewear stuff like polo shirts, shorts, tee shirts, track pants, body warmers, hoodies, jackets both shelled and soft shelled. Added that they provide for ladies sports as well as junior sports and you have a new local sports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Super 15 snippets</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2012/01/04/2012-super-15-snippets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DavidS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The teams are not really releasing anything spectacular so after scrounging the net we&#8217;ve found at least some snippets to start off as a whiff of an appetizer for 2012 Super Rugby. South Africa news The biggest news we have at home is that half of the refereeing panel will be ours.  That is five out of ten of the merit panel will be from here. Given the quality produced by the other two SANZAR partners, namely Bryce Lawrence and Chris Pollock, one can understand why those two nations have to scrape the bottom of the barrel and rely on our refs to do the job. In fact there are only two Aussies on the panel with the retirement of Stuart Dickenson&#8230; and one of those is a Kiwi&#8230; Steve Walsh. The Sharks&#8217; website is still filled with Christmas decorations&#8230; so nothiung happening there yet&#8230; the poor Valies haven&#8217;t gone home so they&#8217;re still getting beat down by the dismal Sharks performance in the Currie Cup final. MIke Greenaway has still not recovered from the denial psychosis that set in after the game. The Lions&#8217; site says &#8220;closed till 9 January 2012&#8243;&#8230; one can understand why&#8230; the Valies are all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrum dilemma is killing the game</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/12/30/scrum-dilemma-is-killing-the-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boertjie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is to be no beating about the bush: It remains imperative that the IRB uses 2012 to sort out the scrums once and for all. Sportal NZ At a time of year when it is customary to make resolutions for the 12 months ahead one can only hope that those in charge of rugby are tasking themselves with sorting out the shambles that the scrum has become. The set-piece has given the game some of its most iconic figures, from the revered Pontypool front row of Charlie Faulkner, Bobby Windsor and Graham Price, Ireland stalwart Ray McLoughlin and Scotland hero Sandy Carmichel right through to modern day prop idols such as Adam Jones and Tony Woodcock. But the worth of Jones and company is being increasingly eroded by the frustrating trend for scrum engagements to follow a pattern of &#8216;crouch, touch, pause&#8230;collapse&#8217;. A staggering 54 percent of scrums during the 2011 Six Nations ended in a crumpled mass of bodies on the deck. It is not as though this is a new phenomenon. Over the past three seasons the amount of time spent setting and re-setting scrums has often eaten up as much as 10-15 minutes of game time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Wilson joins Blues coaching team</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/12/20/jeff-wilson-joins-blues-coaching-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morné</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Wilson will join Pat Lam and Bryce Woodward as skills coach for the Blues in 2012. Wilson, currently coaches the Blues Development side with former Blues prop, Nick White and pairs up with Liam Barry as assistant coach of North Harbour. He will retain those two positions as well as adding Blues skills coach to his portfolio. “We wanted someone to co-ordinate our skills programme. Jeff is a perfect fit for us –his reputation for high standards and values as a player and now a skills coach is superb, and he will fit well into our environment. He’s from within our franchise and considering his role with the Blues Development side, this is a natural progression for him,” says head coach Pat Lam. Wilson is looking forward to teaming up with Lam and Woodward in January. “Coaching the development team with Nick has included input from Pat and Bryce. Now to take that up another level by working closely with them and the players is a challenge I’m really looking forward to.” Blues CEO Andy Dalton says the synergy with Wilson’s coaching roles across the franchise along with his wealth of experience in New Zealand rugby, makes him a welcome addition to the team. Wilson will join the squad in early January after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern hemisphere rugby officials threaten to boycott 2013 Lions tour during IRB meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/12/20/northern-hemisphere-rugby-officials-threaten-to-boycott-2013-lions-tour-during-irb-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bryce_in_oz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The threat was never put forward formally, but an official was warned in passing as it emerged that the powerful “home union” of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland would be broken for the first time. Australia backed the incumbent Bernard Lapasset to hold his job as IRB chairman for the next four years, spoiling the hopes of the British ruling bodies who backed England&#8217;s Bill Beaumont. Frenchman Lapasset won a tense 14-12 vote. The Daily Telegraph can also reveal that for the first time, Australia and New Zealand were divided at the meeting. The NZRU sided with the north and backed Beaumont, much to the surprise of their SANZAR colleagues, with South Africa also voting for Lapasset. It was the axing of Wales&#8217;s David Pickering and Scotland&#8217;s Bill Nolan, in favour of Tatsuzo Yabe and Bob Latham from the emerging regions of Japan and North America, which caused great angst. The appointments represent a huge shift in the power base at the IRB&#8217;s head table, given Japan and North America are more likely to support southern hemisphere plans than Wales and Scotland. As it became apparent the old boys club was to be shattered, the threat of pulling the Lions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Saracens debacle lost Cape millions&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/11/18/saracens-debacle-lost-cape-millions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boertjie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Cape Tourism MEC Alan Winde has slammed WP Rugby Union for being “irresponsible” and denying the Western Cape “hundreds of millions of rand”. Murray Williams, Natasha Prince, Cape Argus Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille is equally peeved. The anticipated Saracens versus Biarritz match scheduled for Cape Town on January 14 was cancelled yesterday as a result of conflict between the city and the WPRFU. The row over whether the Heineken Cup match should be played at Cape Town Stadium or Newlands came to a head this week. Last week the city announced plans to host the match at Cape Town Stadium. The WPRFU insisted it be played at Newlands. A statement on the Saracens website yesterday said the British club had decided the game would now be played in London. “Saracens looks forward to playing a competitive match in Cape Town as soon as local circumstances allow,” it said. “I’m upset about it,” Winde said today. WPRFU’s demands had been “very irresponsible – specifically considering the economy that we’re all sitting with. This game could have been worth a lot of money to our region”, Winde said. “One value would have been the actual hard rand value, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Various and sundry tidbits with added sarcasm and spice</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/11/05/various-and-sundry-tidbits-with-added-sarcasm-and-spice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DavidS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s seven years good luck and mission accomplished and Pepe le Pieu will stay with the stinky fish after all. So apprently all the hullabaloo about Michelle leaving his little ones in the dark and stinky Shark Tank are just that&#8230; hullabaloo. Pepe Le Pieu, fresh off of getting his frogs legs handed to him by a scummy West Rand colored gangsta in the Currie Cup Final has apparently not impressed the Frenchies all that much so Le Pieu will be stuck in the Sardine Tank till at least after the Super 14&#8230; Mon Dieu monsieur&#8230; le fate worse than le morte&#8230; at least in the December holidays he&#8217;ll have some Gauteng babes to look at on the beaches but after that it&#8217;s back to the dit of Natal chicks&#8230; ag shame&#8230; and all&#8230; On another note it&#8217;s been seven years in the making but finally the Headmaster at a sprightly 70-something has retired as All Black coach&#8230; mind you at over 70 it would be better to say he&#8217;s just plain retired&#8230; jisis there are African presidents who have not reigned for as long as he has! But with that World Cup finally but undeservedly foully cluttering New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eish! What a country! (A-M)</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/11/04/eish-what-a-country-a-m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boertjie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[South African slang &#8211; some very well explained. Useful guide for future visitors. Refreshing course for expats. Ag (&#8216;A*g&#8217;) A multi-purpose word, pronounced like the ach in German. &#8220;Ag, no man&#8221; (sign of irritation). Can precede any sentence for various effects, such as the more neutral, &#8220;Ag, I don&#8217;t know.&#8221; Used by some people as a stand-alone expletive. Aikona (Aikõna) No way, absolutely not. From indigenous Nguni language meaning “No”. Sometimes pronounced “Haikõna” Babalaas (&#8216;Bub-ba-lars&#8217;) The hangover from hell. The Babalas is no mythical beast. But look at yourself in the mirror and you&#8217;ll wonder as you examine that furry tongue slithering in a mumbling, parched mouth, puffy eyelids scraping bloodshot eyeballs. Comes from the Zulu word ibhabhalazi. Bakkie (Like “lucky”) Pickup truck in US, &#8220;Ute&#8221; in Australia). Many people own bakkies in South Africa, particularly in the rural areas. Bergie (bêr*gee) Alcoholic hobo who hangs out on the streets of Cape Town) The word bergie comes from the Afrikaans “berg” (mountain) of Table Mountain, where they used to live. Some still do, in bushes or caves. Many stay in the city these days. You seem them huddled in corners at night, wrapped in a blanket, wrapped around a bottle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can rugby be a global sport?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/10/27/can-rugby-be-a-global-sport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boertjie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will rugby ever become a true world game? Only when it makes some serious changes to the annual menu&#8217;s. Joe Karsay, The Roar Seeing the French going agonisingly close to knocking off the all-conquering All Blacks should give rugby administrators food for thought. One of the most interesting things about international sport is that each country – although playing the same game and by the same rules – brings their own national flair (or lack thereof!) to the table. I, for one, would prefer to watch the Frenchies from time to time, rather than being stuck with the South Africans, year in year out. There needs to be more meaningful southern hemisphere versus northern hemisphere rugby in between World Cups. If they are looking for a blue print, they have one in the real world game and other international sports such as cricket. The rugby world is currently sliced and diced by hemisphere and season. The vast majority of meaningful internationals happen intra-hemisphere in the respective winter – in the form of the Six Nations and the Tri Nations (to which Argentina will be added next year). Separately, individual nations tour in their off season. However, these tours, which used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veteran Lions lobby IRB for scrum overhaul</title>
		<link>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/10/21/veteran-lions-lobby-irb-for-scrum-overhaul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/10/21/veteran-lions-lobby-irb-for-scrum-overhaul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prop forwards fear &#8216;unjust&#8217; rules mean World Cup final could be decided by referee&#8217;s guesswork writes Mike Robinson for The Telegraph in Auckland. Three of Britain&#8217;s greatest prop forwards have submitted a paper to the International Rugby Board calling for sweeping changes to the scrummaging laws. Former Lions Fran Cotton, Mike Burton and Ray McLoughlin have branded the present rules &#8220;unjust, illogical and inoperable&#8221; and claim they could result in Sunday&#8217;s World Cup final between New Zealand and France being decided by guesswork from the referee. In all, they have demanded that 13 laws be &#8220;amended or eliminated&#8221; by the IRB. At the heart of their argument is the unworkable nature of the law which states the scrum must be absolutely level when engaged, which they suggest is physically impossible. The former forwards, who were aided in writing the report by Mike Molloy, a former international lock forward and a medical adviser to the IRB and Ireland, argue that &#8220;the action of pushing is initiated by pushing the foot backwards and downwards&#8221;. The subsequent forces generated by the loosehead prop is therefore both horizontal and upwards, so the only way that the opposing tighthead prop can keep the scrum stable [...]]]></description>
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