history of rugby

Japan Bidding on 2015 and 2019 World Rugby Cup Hosting Privileges

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Jay and has no comments yet.

Japan lost to New Zealand the privilege of hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup. As a result, the Asian nation has announced their interest in hosting the 2015 and 2019 Rugby games. Representatives of the Japan Rugby Football Union has announced late Tuesday – September 30, 2008 – that they have intensions of bidding for [...]

Eddie Jones of Saracens’ wants to Keep Rugby Ugly

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Jay and has no comments yet.

Eddie Jones of the Saracens Rugby Club sat down with Simon Mayo a week ago. While there, Jones talked about how the ELVs were ruining rugby and how Rugby should be kept ugly. Here is what Jones had to say
“The reason for the lack of quality is that sides are unsure of the way the [...]

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Jay and has no comments yet.

Rugby is one of the oldest and one of the most popular contact sports in the whole world. Rugby has a wide fan following and the Rugby world cup is an affair which is keenly followed and supported. There are two forms of Rugby prevalent in the world today which are quite popular. The Rugby [...]