Rugby

Young Ivorians encouraged to come play rugby IRB The Fédération Ivoirienne de Rugby in partnership with the InternationalRugby Board and Peace and Sport - L'Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport - has launched a major new initiative to educate and sustainably reintegrate 200 young people left on ... See all stories on this topic » IRB

'Moment of truth' for Leinster in rugby European Cup FRANCE 24 Clermont's Alexandre Lapandry (C) runs with the ball during their European Cup rugby union match against Leinster, on December 9, 2012, at the Marcel Michelin stadium in Clermont-Ferrand, central France. Clermont ended the Irish province's 17-match ... See all stories on this topic » FRANCE 24

Rugby mourns former Sale star Tait Bangkok Post Hong Kong's rugby squad will wear black armbands during a match in Dubai on Friday to mark the death of former Sale Sharks star David Tait, the city's rugby football union said. David Tait (C) fends off several Zimbabwe players at the IRB World Sevens ... See all stories on this topic » Bangkok Post

McCaw named NZ rugby player of year Stuff.co.nz Captain Richie McCaw was named New Zealand's rugby player of the year as his champion All Blacks dominated the lavish awards ceremony in Auckland. McCaw collected the Kelvin Tremain Memorial award for the fourth time following his wins in 2003, ... See all stories on this topic » Stuff.co.nz

Joe, this isn't about rugby football, it's about Oliver Cromwell Irish Times SIDELINE CUT: Joe Schmidt has always come across as a terrific guy and it is hardly his fault that he hasn't lived in Ireland long enough to understand that the row about whether Mike McCarthy wears the colours of Leinster or Connacht isn't really ... See all stories on this topic »

Deans didn't use Quade right: Gatland Fox Sports "One of things I was surprised at this year was during the Rugby Championship, the first game they played against the All Blacks they played Barnes at No.10 and ran the ball," Gatland told the Daily Telegraph. "Then the following week they brought ... See all stories on this topic »

Calls for 'sticky' gloves in NRL | Rugby League, NRL Scores, NRL Ladder | Fox ... Fox Sports When Ron Massey talks rugby league you listen and this week one of the game's great innovators had a thought: why don't we let NRL players wear gloves like they do in NFL? Massey was at home watching the football on ESPN when a sports science... See all stories on this topic »

Rugby - Edinburgh go down to Racing Yahoo! Eurosport UK Racing Metro kept alive their bid for a spot in the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup with a hard-fought 15-3 win in a dire affair at rain-swept Murrayfield. PA Sport – 21 minutes ago. Piers Francis scored Edinburgh's only points against Racing Metro ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Eurosport UK

Torrey Pines High School Rugby defeats Patrick Henry in high school boys opener Del Mar Times Last season's Torrey Pines Rugby Varsity was undefeated and almost un-scored upon. Despite losing several key seniors, and with two starters missing, the 2012 Varsity picked up right where they left off, with a 24-0 opening day victory over Patrick Henry. See all stories on this topic »

Chris Hewett's: My plan to save the Heineken Cup - Club Rugby - RugbyUnion ... The Independent They are still many miles apart, the rival factions of European rugby who have spent the last six months fighting a Heineken Cup turf war that may destroy the world's most popular club tournament – a competition so seductive that it lures All Blacks ... See all stories on this topic » The Independent

Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News | New deals for Exeter duo Exeter Chiefs forwards James Hanks and Ben White have agreed new deals that will keep them at Sandy Park for a further two years. www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_8329133,00.html

Rugby in Russia set for huge boost - Official RWC Sevens 2013 Site Staging RWC Sevens 2013 in Moscow will give the Game an important shot in the arm, says Rugby Union of Russia Vice-President Howard Thomas. www.rwcsevens.com/home/news/newsid=2064798.html

Premiership Rugby hint at euro compromise - ESPN Scrum Premiership Rugby officials are reportedly prepared to accept a compromise in order to resolve the long-running dispute over the future of the Heineken Cup. www.espnscrum.com/heineken-cup-2012-13/.../174436.html

Middle schoolers entertain a new pitch: rugby - The Boston Globe A middle school rugby tournament at South Boston's Joe Moakley Park was the culmination of an expanding partnership between Citizen Schools, ... www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/12/09/.../story.html

Rugby world mourns after David Tait falls to his death in Hong Kong David Tait, the former Sale No8 who was once seen as a potential England and then Scotland international, has been found dead in Hong Kong having ... www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Rugby-world-mourns-after-David-Tai...