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tisdag 28 februari 2017
Women super rugby league
RFU announce teams for Women’s Super Rugby
- New Women’s Super Rugby competition
- 10 teams to compete in the league
- Competition begins in September 2017
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced the 10 teams that have been offered places in a new women’s domestic competition from September 2017.
The 10 successful teams that have been offered a place in Women’s Super Rugby, subject to contract, are: Bristol Ladies Rugby Ltd, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, Firwood Waterloo Ladies, Harlequin FC, Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s RFC, Loughborough Students (Lightning), Richmond FC, Saracens Women, Wasps FC Ladies and Worcester Valkyries.
“This is another significant development for women’s rugby in this country,” said RFU director of professional rugby Nigel Melville.
“Women’s Super Rugby will drive standards in the game, both domestically and at an elite level, and continue to encourage more women and girls to play the sport.”
All applicants will be required to deliver against a set of minimum operating standards, which are designed to create an infrastructure within the clubs to support an increasingly professional game.
The key focus of these minimum standards include developing a professional coaching resource to support players in training throughout the week.
There is also an aim to provide teams with regular and expert sports science support and medical provision for both training and match-days and as well as improve the training and playing environment.
'A world-class domestic competition'
The competition will receive a multi-million pound investment from the RFU over the next three years to help deliver the minimum standards expected and provide high-quality coaching, facilities, training environments and community engagement plans.
“We now have the opportunity to build a world-class domestic competition, with the backing and funding of the RFU, demonstrating the union’s commitment to growing the game at all levels,” added Melville.
The announcement reflects the increasing popularity and success of women’s rugby in England following the Red Roses’ success of winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2014 and Great Britain playing in the first sevens competition of the Olympic Games last year in Rio.
This season has seen the RFU announce its ambitions to double the number of women and girls playing rugby to 50,000 and the arrival of 15-a-side professional contracts ahead of eagerly anticipated Women’s Rugby World Cup in August this year.
“We are really excited about the innovative opportunity that Women’s Super Rugby gives us to reach new participants and attract new fans to the game, and we are determined to make the most of this opportunity,” added RFU head of women’s performance Nicky Ponsford.
måndag 27 februari 2017
fredag 24 februari 2017
torsdag 23 februari 2017
måndag 20 februari 2017
Go Ystad!!!
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söndag 19 februari 2017
fredag 17 februari 2017
Skall Spanien eller Tyskland kunna nå VM???
After an opening round in which Germany and Spain beat higher-ranked opposition and reigning champions Georgia had to battle hard to see off newly-promoted Belgium, the second weekend of the Rugby Europe Championship cannot come around soon enough.
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For all the participating nations except Georgia, who qualified directly for Rugby World Cup 2019 through their third-place pool finish in England in 2015, Europe’s second-tier international competition serves as a vehicle to qualify for the next tournament in Japan, with the best-placed side other than the Lelos booking their place as Europe 1.
In this respect, Germany and Spain have stolen a march on their rivals after bagging four points from their wins over Romania and Russia respectively. However, both sides face tough assignments on the road in round two, with Germany travelling to Tbilisi to take on Georgia, who are unbeaten in 26 matches at this level, while Spain can expect a fierce backlash from a Romanian side stung by a defeat which has put their ever-present record at the game’s flagship tournament in jeopardy.
As games against Georgia do not count towards qualification, Germany cannot make any further progress on the road to Japan this Saturday, meaning Spain have the opportunity to put some daylight between themselves and the rest with victory in Bucharest, as they attempt to make it to their first Rugby World Cup since 1999.
We take a look at some of the key facts and figures ahead of this weekend’s fixtures.
GEORGIA (12) V GERMANY (22)
Merab Kvirikashvili (pictured) will become the first Georgian to win 100 test caps when he takes to the field in Tblisi. Kvirikashvili, who made his international debut in 2003, lines up in his regular position at full-back in a Lelos team showing just three changes to the one that ran out in the 31-6 win over Belgium.
France-based props, Tornike Mataradze and Soso Bekoshvili, and fly-half Revazi Jintchvelashvili are handed their first test starts by Lelos head coach Milton Haig.
Germany will be without their second-row enforcer and captain, Michael Poppmeier, for the remainder of the Championship after he suffered a knee injury in the 41-38 win against Romania.
In brief
- Georgia have not lost in this competition since a 25-18 defeat to Spain in Madrid in February 2012.
- Georgia have won all five previous meetings with Germany dating back to 1995.
- The Lelos’ biggest win in the fixture was 77-3 in Tbilisi in February 2010
- Germany need three more tries for 250 in tests
Rankings predictor
Due to the 10-place difference between the sides, Georgia will not pick up any points for beating Germany. They cannot lose ground even in defeat - unless they are beaten by more than 15 points in which case they will fall to 15th, with Tonga, Italy and Samoa all profiting.
A winning Germany could either stay as they are, in 22nd place, or move as high as 18th if other results fall their way and they pile on the points against the Lelos. Defeats for Rugby Europe Championship rivals Russia and Spain and Canada, who are at home to USA in the third round of the Americas Rugby Championship, would help their cause.
A win by 15 points or less takes them up to 62.73 points, just five-hundredths of a point behind Namibia.
ROMANIA (16) V SPAIN (21)
Dorin Lazar wins a place in the Romanian pack alongside his brother and captain, prop Mihai Lazar (pictured), as one of two changes made by Lynn Howells following the Oaks’ setback in Germany. Lazar steps up from the bench to take his place at number eight, while Luke Samoa makes his first start at fly-half, having made his test debut as a replacement in Offenbach last weekend.
Spain coach Santos Santiago has made three changes to his starting line-up from the game against Russia, a 16-6 win, with Jonathan Garcia, Thibaut Alvarez and Javier Carrion promoted from the bench.
Garcia replaces Jesus Rodriguez at tight-head prop, Alvarez gets the nod at inside centre over Dan Snee, who drops to the bench, while Carrion takes Sebastien Ascaret’s spot on the right wing.
In brief
- In 35 meetings between the sides Spain have won just two, and both were in Madrid: 6-0 in April 1992 and 13-12 in March 2012.
- Romania last won the European Nations Cup Division 1A title (now known as the Rugby Europe Championship) in 2010.
- Spain’s best finish was when runners-up to Georgia in 2012.
- Brad Linklater kicked Spain’s 500th penalty in tests in last weekend’s win over Russia.
Rankings predictor
The most Romania can gain in victory is eight-hundredths of a point, which is not enough to take them any higher than their current position of 16th.
Spain, however, will pick up a fraction under two points if they make it two wins from two in this year’s Championship. It is possible for a victorious Los Leones to climb as high as 18th – if Russia and Germany do not beat Belgium and Georgia respectively by more than 15 points and Canada lose at home to USA in the Americas Rugby Championship.
BELGIUM (26) V RUSSIA (20)
Martin Bonnel makes his first start for Belgium at loose-head prop as one of four changes to the Black Devils line-up. Tuur Moelants gets the nod at lock having missed out against Georgia, while head coach Guillaume Ajac opts for Jens Torf and outside centre and Ervin Muric on the right wing.
Russia coach Alexandre Pervukhin has resisted the temptation to radically overhaul his squad following his side’s 16-6 defeat to Spain in round one.But he was pressed into a late change when captain and full-back Vasily Artemyev was ruled out on Friday after picking up an injury in training. Ramil Gaisin takes his place at No.15.
Elsewhere, Evgenii Pronenko and Sergey Sugrobov are promoted from the bench. Pronenko comes in at tight-head prop for Azamat Bitiev, while 34-year-old centre Sergey Sugrobov wins his first cap for nearly two years in place of namesake Sergey Trishin, who drops out of the squad altogether.
In brief
- Russia have won all four previous meetings dating back to October 1992.
- The average points margin between the sides is 15.
- The most recent game was in Brussels in March 2014 when Russia won 34-20 at the Stade Roi Baudouin.
- Belgium were kept try-less for the first time in 14 matches in losing 31-6 to Georgia in round one.
Rankings predictor
Belgium will gain at least a one place if they win by more than 15 points. A two-place rise is possible if Uruguay also come unstuck at home to Brazil in the Americas Rugby Championship.
Any form of win is enough to lift Russia up a place to 19th unless accompanied by a shock win for Spain away to Romania, in which case they will stay as they are. A two-place rise to 18th is within their grasp if Canada are beaten by border rivals USA in the Americas Rugby Championship and Spain fail to win away to Romania.
RUGBY TROPHY
PORTUGAL (25) V POLAND (32)
Victory for either nation will see them leapfrog Moldova into second place behind the Netherlands in the Rugby Europe Trophy table. The winners of the Trophy at the end of this season will take on the bottom-placed side in the Championship in a promotion/relegation play-off.
In brief
- Portugal have won five of the seven previous meetings between the nations dating back to 1973.
- Poland enjoyed back-to-back victories in 1982 (38-13 in Lodz) and 1983 (6-4 in Lisbon).
- This is the first match between the two since Portugal won 39-26 in Lisbon five years ago.
Rankings predictor
Portugal will pick up 0.32 of a point and cement their position in 25th place if they win by more than 15 points and Belgium fail to beat Russia at home.
Poland will slip at least two places to 34th if heavily beaten, but stand to gain a minimum of 1.80 points – and a one-place rise – if they beat their higher-ranked opponents in Lisbon.
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torsdag 16 februari 2017
Skånes rugbyförbunds årsmöte
Kallelse Skånes Rugbyförbunds Årsmöte 2017
- Uppdaterad: 2017-02-15 12:29
Kallelse till Skånes Rugbyförbunds årsmöte 2017
Plats: Malmö Rugby Clubs klubblokal
Limhamnsvägen 85, LIMHAMN (Hylliekroken)
Tid: Klockan 19.00, tisdagen den 14:e mars 2017
Skånes Rugbyförbunds årsmöte består av ombud för Skånes Rugbyförbunds föreningar. Förening får utse högst tre ombud, vilka ska vara röstberättigade medlemmar i föreningen. Ombud får representera endast en förening samt får inte vara ledamot av Skånes rugbyförbunds styrelse.
Förening ska inge fullmakt för sina ombud.
tisdag 14 februari 2017
Exiles hemsida idag
SRF närmar sig årsmötet (avgrunden?) | 13 Feb 2017 |
Svenska Rugbyförbundet (SRF) har ett styrelsemöte i helgen, kanske det sista före årsmötet i mars. Det som kännetecknat SRFs verksamhet under ledning av ordförande Madeleine Lahti har varit att ett absolut minimum av information tillhandahållits rugbysverige. Detta gäller inte minst ekonomiska frågor där det för närvarande cirkulerar rykten om ohederlighet och inkompetens hos ordförande och andra som är mycket alarmerande. Sådana rykten är naturligtvis en följd av att styrelsen inte svarar på frågor eller redovisar information. | |
Inför säsongen 2017 väntar vi fortfarande på ett schemalagt seriesystem och en budget, inte minst resurstilldelning till de många landslagen. Strategin tycks vara att lägga ut ansvaret för landslagen till intresserade utanför styrelsen. Dessa får minimal resurstilldelning, i synnerhet till herrarna, och klarar de inte egen inkomstgenerering då genomförs inte hela programmet. Men det kan inte vara styrelsens fel, utan de som tagit på sig ansvaret att dra in 100.000-tals kronor! Här är några aktuella fakta inför styrelse- och årsmötet. Svenska rugbyförbundets styrelse (SRF) samt anställda Den nyanställde utvecklingsansvarige Nicola Cramarossa är uppsagd. Tjänsten som förbundets generalsekreterare är vakant. Enköping dam spelade 4 matcher i enda serien, lämnade 1 w.o., kom näst sist Vill inte såra klubbar som Berserkers som trots allt gör framsteg men det är ganska lätt att förstå varför styrelsens intresse för seriespel är obefintligt. Det kan också noteras att ingen klubb som representeras i styrelsen, med undantag för ordförandes Enköping, har några spelare som är i närheten av att representera Sverige I någon landskamp. Det kan också vara en förklaring till varför SRF totalt sett visar ett svalt intresse för resulttilldelning till landslagen, möjligtvis med undantag för damerna som får en oproportionerlig andel av resurserna. Behandlingen av nyanställde Cramarossa är en skandal och kommer rimligtvis att innebära att en kraftig kompensation kommer att utgå. Som framgår av personalredogörelsen ovan har SRF snart inga resurser eller kompetens inom centrala administrative uppgifter. Nya kommer att utses vid årsmötet men kommer de att prestera någonting eller kommer de att sitta av sin mandatperiod samtidigt som ordförande fortsätter att härja fritt? |
söndag 12 februari 2017
Premiership och Six nations
lördag 11 februari 2017
torsdag 9 februari 2017
Konstigt dygn...
Han fick jag ner i min säng och där låg han och skakade ett bra tag innan han lugnade sig.
Idag har han varit lite trött men glad och igång. Däremot har jag nu börjat frysa och skaka....
Så han var helt enkelt ute och hämtade en skön förkylning till mig i trädgårdsdammen.
Hoppas han kan värma mig inatt!
onsdag 8 februari 2017
Vad hände på Utvecklingskonferensen?
Det har varit oroväckande tyst... vad händer?
Har sett lite bilder från kvällens middag men i övrigt väldigt tunnsått.
Jag var själv inte på plats pga lite olika omständigheter.
Fick en snabb redogörelse från en av deltagarna som uppskattade TK:s föredrag mycket och det var väl förberett och hade en mening även om man inte håller med om allt.
Men jag skulle vilja få reda på mer och om några banbrytande ideer eller beslut togs.
Hoppas det dyker upp något snart :)