The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
No rugby player wins 100-plus caps for his country without knowing a thing or two about this rough old game, so George Smith's return to the Wallaby back row for tomorrow's sell-out meeting with England at Twickenham gives Martin Johnson and company something to ponder. The rugged little flanker from the ACT Brumbies is one of eight survivors from the side that started...
icWales (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
CARDIFF-BASED service accommodation provider, Acityabode, has appointed ex-professional rugby player Neil Hanna as group marketing manager.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... unless they had got a lucky bounce from a high cross-kick, England would still not have scored. George Smith got so bored at one stage that the Australian flanker made an error, letting Shane Geraghty have a dart. But apart from that, it was painting by numbers. I have no idea what attack coach Brian Smith does with England's back line when the forwards head off to practise...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
• Italy come off 12 defeats in a row, never beaten New Zealand • Ben Smith, Tamati Ellison make in front of record 80,000 crowd Nick Mallett believes New Zealand's decision to pick a second string for tomorrow's Test at the San Siro will work against his Italian side. Mallett's opposite number, the All Blacks' head coach, Graham Henry, will rest most of his top players for...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... At all. So yesterday we had a Prime Minister degraded from Heathcliff to Dobby the house-elf and a rugby player who is 'Heathcliff himself', and that was only yesterday - we have had heaps more in the past. Today's crop of Heathcliff lookalikes brings football coach Kevin Fallon as added by Stuff . As Kevin [Fallon] – who still casts an image of a Heathcliff clone fresh from...
The Scottish Football Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
As football remembered the fallen over the weekend, one of the most poignant acts of remembrance came at Tynecastle.13 Hearts players volunteered to fight in 1914. The McCrae's Battalion website takes up the story:In August 1914 Great Britain went to war with Germany. As eager young men flocked to join Lord Kitchener’s volunteer army, professional football became the target of a vitriolic...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Breaking through stereotypes is a way of life for Ikram Butt, the winger who became the first Asian to play rugby for England. And sport, he tells Chris Arnot, shows how 'a bit of give and take' can foster community harmony Ikram Butt was the first Asian rugby player to pull on a shirt emblazoned with the cross of St George and the sponsorship logo of John Smith's...
ABC (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Matt Giteau became the eighth John Eales Medallist after being named Australian rugby's players' player at a gala event in Sydney on Thursday night.
Sassyqarla Entertainment Blog (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Kylie Minogue is thrilled her sister has finally found a man who can keep her under control. The 'Wow' singer's younger sibling Dannii is dating rugby player Kris Smith and the 'X Factor' judge admits her family is pleased she has settled down at last. Dannii said: "Kylie loved him. She knows that he has me under control. I am much calmer these days, so she's pleased about...
ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Kylie Minogue is thrilled her sister has finally found a man who can keep her under control. The 'Wow' singer's younger sibling Dannii is dating rugby player Kris Smith and the 'X Factor' judge admits her family is pleased she has settled down at last.
Fametastic (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Kylie Minogue is thrilled her sister has finally found a man who can keep her under control. The ‘Wow’ singer’s younger sibling Dannii is dating rugby player Kris Smith and the ‘X Factor’ judge admits her family is pleased she has settled down at last. Dannii said: “Kylie loved him. She knows that he has me under [...]
