World Cup of Rugby maybe be last in New Zealand Events

The World Rowing Championships and Rugby World Cup next year can make the last world sporting events in New Zealand may be due to host the escalation of costs and accommodation costs, Head Rowing Championships organizers said.
New Zealand won the right to host the World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro in October instead of 31 November 7, 2006, a year after the country received in 2011 to present World Cup, and before the global financial crisis hit.Organisers rugby next year, said they expect that a NZ $ 40,000,000 ($ 27,250,000) trading loss , established by the Government and the New Zealand Rugby Union drawn.
"I am very concerned that New Zealand can not afford, a global sporting event after the Rugby World Cup (2011)," World Rowing Championships Reuters CEO Tom Mayo said in a recent interview in a cafe next to the Port of Auckland. "I have no doubt." Global Sports seem now their attention on tourism, government authorities or as a major provider ... (And) I do not know whether the Government would be prepared to ensure Human Rights Global Search Sports.
"Passion, the skills and knowledge is there, but ... it will make more and more expensive." The Auckland region has recently made the bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2018, having withdrawn from the central government said it would not cover of the cost. "(L One of the things) that is public financing of readers of the basis of population and New Zealand will be difficult because its population (about 4.2 million EUR) is too low," said Mayo.
"Auckland would be difficult to set a Commonwealth Games in increased per capita, at a rate (tax)." We do not trade organizations sitting here, say they can finance. "It always comes back to the government, and the bulk of global sports organizations know this and are looking at cities and say," How can you tell us? "

Rob Howley listed in Rugby European Dream Team

Rob Howley was the Welsh side into an all-time Heineken Cup elected to mark 15 years of competition. The former scrum half, has today's attack coach in Wales, 12 in 38 tries scored and won the Heineken Cup Challenge (2003) and Heineken (2004) with wasps.
Players from five countries and six teams were selected by a jury of nine men European Cup rugby with former players, coaches and media members. Martyn Williams, Wales won the Fair Play Award ERC.

"It was generally believed that Williams, the personification of the player who play rugby in the values of the European club competitions and defended it, is an inspiring example of how the game should be played," ERC statement.
Toulouse, celebrated Guy Noves unanimously as the best European coach of the past 15 years. The panel consisted of Sir Ian McGeechan ERC, Lawrence Dallaglio, Ieuan Evans, Fabien Galthie, Donal Lenihan, Michael Lynagh, Stuart Barnes, Stephen Jones and Jacques Verdier.

Designation of Rugby Ball

The first was mentioned on the form and size of a rugby ball is made by the end of the 1890s. In 1892 the rugby ball track from November to November ¼ inches, a circumference (end) 30 to 31 inches and a broad range of 25 ½ to 26 inches. The rugby ball has a weight of 12-13 grams and has a hand sewn with eight stitches per inch. A year later, there were adjustments in relation to the weight of the ball, which introduced 13-14 ½ ounces of the next regulation in 1931, a reduced width was changed from 24-25 inches and the weight was 2.1 to 13 1 / 2-15 ounces in 1931 increased.

The International Rugby Board has the size and shape of a rugby ball under the Act 2 So now is a rugby ball oval and consists of four panels official, an overall length to 280-300 mm in diameter (end) of 740 770 mm and a size (width) 580-620 mm. It is made of leather or other synthetic material. It can be treated to make it water resistant and easier to understand. The Rugby Ball weigh less than 460 grams, or less than 410 and a pressure from 65.71 to 68.75 kPa or 0.67 to 0.70 kilograms per square centimeter, or 9 inch 5 to 10.0 pounds per square inch. The existence of free balls is allowed if the players or teams will not search for power by the bullet. The IRB also shows that smaller sizes can be used in games among young players.

The Laws of Rugby

Characteristic features for both rugby codes (league and union) are the oval ball and the ban on the transfer of the ball forward so that players can run the floor with the ball or with his feet to win. As the sport of Rugby League away from its union counterpart, rule changes have been carried out to make a faster, more try-oriented game.


The main differences between the two games, besides league with teams of 13 players and the Union of 15 years, with the approach and its consequences:
* Possession occur Union Contest players to the side: Depending on the
situation, either a jerk or foot can. League player can no longer deny
possession, after taking an attack: The game continues with a game ball.
* In the league if the team to score in the possession not before a set of six
tackles, he gave the property. Union does not have to tackle six normally hold
a team to the ball for an unlimited number of transactions before scoring, so
long as it maintains possession and not punishable.

All parts of the code of the Union include the scrum, where packs of opposing players against each other for the possession and the Line Out, where parallel lines of players in each team, perpendicular to the lateral push (the side line) attempt the ball out of touch (the area behind the sideline to catch thrown).

In the league code, the scrum still exists, but with reduced significance, because it requires less players and is rarely challenged by the academic Fray. Set pieces are generally started from where the ball game. Many rugby league positions have similar names and requirements of the rugby union positions but there is no winger in rugby league.

History of Rugby

A golf game, similar to Rugby is a game from the ancient Greeks called episkyros (Greek: επίσκυρος) won. In Wales, is one such sport or cnapan "criapan" and has medieval roots. The old Irish predecessor of rugby may be CAID. The Cornish called it "hurling, targets", which dates back to the Bronze Age to confuse the Western countries as "hurling over country" (not beaten with Irish, which throws the ball with a stick or Hurley said do not run, made ), East Angles Camp Ball, "the French" La Soule "or" Chole "(a game disorderly activities). English villages were probably playing fute ball in the citation [1100 needed]. The English public schools have developed their own variations of this game, Eton Wall Game is an example.
"The invention" Rugby is not the act of playing early forms of the game of rugby at school or elsewhere, but the events that led to its codification. The football game, which was at Rugby School 1750-1859 allows handheld game, but no one was allowed to run with him in the hands played on the opponent's goal. There is no limit to the number of players on each side and sometimes there were hundreds who roll on a kind of huge mouth. The sport has caused significant damage to both.
The innovation of running with the ball for some time 1859-1865 was introduced. William Webb Ellis was breaking the rules by the local front credited with the ball in a game in 1823. Shortly after the written rules for the sports that have so far identified only because of the local agreements were, and the boys at Rugby School produced the first written rules for their version of the sport in 1870.
At that time, the influence of Dr. Thomas Arnold, Director of Rugby, in all other public schools begin to be felt and its emphasis on sport as part of a balanced education course to the widespread adoption of rules rugby across the country, and ultimately the world .