LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2012) – Grand Prix Sports, a subsidiary of Grand Prix Entertainment a Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment enterprise announced today that AEG Facilities’ Home Depot Center will be the future home of Grand Prix’s rugby world championships as part of Grand Prix’s exclusive partnership with USA Rugby. “Following Grand Prix’s March… [Read more…]
August 26, 2011
by Ted Hardy I will be the first person to tell you that it is absolutely necessary that rugby, as a sport in America, comes with some sort of a price tag. It is an absolute must that rugby be associated with value. Be that for investors to advertisers all the way down to casual… [Read more…]
May 26, 2011
The International Rugby Board has underscored its continued commitment to the fight against doping in Rugby by maintaining record levels of testing and education during 2010. With Rugby participation expanding by 18% since Rugby World Cup 2007, Rugby’s governing body undertook 1,288 tests (443 In Competition and 845 Out of Competition) across men’s and women’s… [Read more…]
April 8, 2011
Article courtesy of IRB.com The International Rugby Board has announced the Panel of match officials who will preside over the 48 matches at Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand in September and October. A streamlined Panel of 10 Referees will be supported by seven dedicated Assistant Referees and four Television Match Officials at Rugby’s… [Read more…]
April 5, 2011
Article courtesy of IRB.com - Global participation increase of 19% since Rugby World Cup 2007 - Olympic Effect being felt throughout the global Rugby family - IRB investment and hosting strategies driving factors The International Rugby Board has welcomed the findings of a major new study which highlights strong growth in Rugby participation since Rugby… [Read more…]
March 17, 2011
Article courtesy of the IRB The International Rugby Board’s One Turf program has moved to the next phase with the selection of five Preferred Turf Producers who will oversee the production, installation and maintenance of artificial surfaces around the world to the Governing Body’s strict technical, performance and player welfare criteria. Leading Turf specialists Limonta… [Read more…]
March 16, 2011
Article courtesy of IRB.com Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) Tournament partners have today reluctantly decided that Christchurch will be unable to host the seven matches scheduled to be played at Stadium Christchurch and these will be rescheduled to be played at other venues in New Zealand. The decision was unanimously supported by Tournament owners… [Read more…]
February 8, 2011
With just over 100 days to go until the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy gets underway in Georgia, the venues, pools, schedule and match officials have been announced for the key international Age Grade tournament. At a well attended media conference in Tibilisi today, tournament organisers revealed that the first ever IRB tournament to be… [Read more…]
January 26, 2011
Article courtesy of IRB.com Coaches from the RBS Six Nations participating Unions have thrown their support behind the IRB’s commitment to address scrum issues at the elite level of the Game. Currently 60% of all scrums collapse in Tier 1 internationals and 40% of scrums are required to be reset while the average time taken… [Read more…]
December 29, 2010
What an exciting year for American rugby! This past year has produced tremendous gains for the game at all levels, with youth and high school rugby seeing the most prodigious growth. This growth is accompanied by an all-time high in exposure for the sport as television networks are finally beginning to pay attention to rugby… [Read more…]
December 28, 2010
Article courtesy of IRB.com Aided by the efforts of Professor Nick Malloy, the IRB has launched IRBPlayerWelfare.Com in an effort to help regulate and improve the standards for rugby players across the globe. The International Rugby Board has expressed its gratitude to Professor Mick Molloy for his leading and significant contribution to the process of… [Read more…]
December 27, 2010
With two events finished on the 2010/2011 IRB HSBC World Series, here’s a look at some interesting facts and statistics from the first two tournaments. Who has been the most dominating team thus far? If you answered current World Series leaders, England, you’d be wrong. While they lead the series in the standings, they have… [Read more…]
March 27, 2012
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