[Officers] English Slide
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Wed Oct 13 12:50:39 EDT 2004
Good to see England assuming their rightfull place in the world rugby standings
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ENGLISH SLIDE</b></font></p>
<p>A year can be a long time in world rugby, as
England continues to discover. Just under
twelve
months ago, the world champions were on a roll,
with
the William Webb Ellis trophy in their
possession
and a swag of International Rugby Board (IRB)
awards
to their names.</p>
<p>Fast forward to today and the skies have
darkened
considerably. England's struggles have been well
documented: an ordinary season at home and abroad;
the
departure of Martin Johnson, Sir Clive Woodward,
and
Lawrence Dallaglio; and the drop from number one to
number three on the world rankings. Rubbing salt
into
the wounds is the list of nominees for this years
IRB
awards, released this week. In 2003, the English
claimed
the team gong, player of the year (Jonny
Wilkinson), and
coach (Woodward). In 2004 however, the world
champions
received not one nomination for any of the major
awards.
Indeed, if it weren't for the presence of Simon
Amor and
Ben Gollings in the list of nominees for sevens
player
of the year, the awards night on November 28 would
have
been a non-English affair.</p>
<p>South Africa and France are the standouts in the
list
of nominees for the three major categories. The
Springboks are the best represented, with four
nominations, including team of the year, coach of
the
year (Jake White) and two in the player of the year
category (Schalk Burger and Marius Joubert).</p>
<p>Six-Nations champion France runs a close second
however, with Bernard Laporte up for coach of the
year
and Serge Betsen for player. France is also in the
running for team of the year, alongside South
Africa and
European nations cup champions Portugal. </p>
<p><b>Nominees are as follows:<br>
IRB Player of the Year</b><br>
Serge Betsen (FRA)<br>
Schalk Burger (SA)<br>
Gordon D'Arcy (IRE)<br>
Matt Giteau (AUS)<br>
Marius Joubert (SA)</p>
<p><b>IRB Team of the Year</b><br>
France<br>
Portugal<br>
South Africa</p>
<p><b>IRB Coach of the Year</b><br>
Bernard Laporte (FRA)<br>
Tomas Morais (POR)<br>
Gordon Tietjens (NZ Sevens)<br>
Jake White (SA)</p>
<p><b>IRB Under 19 Player of the Year</b><br>
Fabien Cibray (FRA)<br>
Jeremy Thrush (NZ)<br>
Mikaele Tuu'u (NZ)</p>
<p><b>IRB Under 21 Player of the Year</b><br>
Jamie Heaslip(IRE)<br>
Jerome Kaino (NZ)<br>
Luke McAlister (NZ)</p>
<p><b>IRB Sevens Team of the Year</b><br>
Winner: New Zealand</p>
<p><b>IRB Sevens Player of the Year</b><br>
Simon Amor (ENG)<br>
Ben Gollings (ENG)<br>
Lucio Lopez Fleming (ARG)</p>
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Some bright news has come out of the England camp
this
week, with Jonny Wilkinson confirmed as captain for
the
end of year tests against Canada, South Africa and
Australia. Wilkinson - who was absent from the
world
champions last eight tests, of which they lost five
- is
the man caretaker coach Andy Robinson says can lead
them
to a second world cup victory in 2007.</p>
<p>Wilkinson's appointment is a much needed dose of
normality at a time that's been far from stable for
the
world champs. With the fly-half on board as skipper
and
Robinson almost certain to switch from a caretaker
role
to full time head coach after the Autumn
internationals,
things might just be looking up once again.</p>
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South African coach Jake White has his share of
headaches just weeks out from the start of the end
of
year internationals, with a number of his
Tri-Nations
winning squad battling to overcome injuries
sustained
playing in the Currie Cup. </p>
<p>Of most concern is the hamstring of lineout
specialist AJ Venter, who was injured playing for
the
Sharks against Western Province. He's likely to
miss
three to four weeks, ruling him out of the
remainder of
the domestic season. Venter is undergoing intensive
physiotherapy on the injury and will have to
undergo a
fitness test before being given the OK to tour. </p>
<p>Captain John Smit, back-up hooker Hanyani
Shimange,
lock Victor Matfield, and half Fourie du Preez are
also
under injury clouds. There is some good news
however,
with outside centre Bryan Habana set to tour after
undergoing an arthroscopy on his injured knee. </p>
<p>The Springboks play Wales, Ireland, England,
Scotland
and Argentina on consecutive weekends, starting in
Cardiff on November Six.</p>
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Players on the cusp of selection in one of New
Zealand's
Super 12 franchises have been handed a significant
boost, with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU)
approving
a plan to extend training groups heading into next
years
tournament. While the original 28-man concept will
be
retained, each individual franchise will now be
able to
select seven "fringe" players to join
their squad full
time.</p>
<p>The change is not just a win for those in line
for
selection, with coaches also in agreement, due to
the
fact it will replace the Super 12 development
competition. The development competition had often
been
the target of complaints with coaches saying it
didn't
sufficiently prepare players for the rigours of the
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RUGBY</b></font><br>
The financial future of the three Celtic Unions has
been
given a multi-million pound boost, with the BBC
announcing it will broadcast all autumn home
internationals featuring Scotland, Ireland and
Wales for
the next five years.</p>
<p>The deal, which also includes the rights to all
matches featuring regional sides against incoming
touring sides and Six Nations A internationals,
should
they be arranged in the future, runs until the year
2009.</p>
<p>The deal guarantees each respective union a
stable
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broadcasting rights to all international rugby
hosted in
the UK with the exception of England's Autumn Tests
for
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Hostilities have broken out again in the Gulf
region,
with the Standard Chartered Arabian Gulf Cup
getting
underway for another season. The cup is comprised
of
teams from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Doha,
Sharjah, Muscat and a combined XV from Saudi
Arabia,
with four games to be played to decide which teams
progress through to the quarter finals later in the
year.</p>
<p>Far from being a one-sided contest, Steve Hill
from
Gulf Rugby News says the 2004-05 cup is set to be
one of
the closest yet after a series of upsets in League
competition so far this season. "Dubai Exiles
will be
out for revenge against the Dubai Hurricanes when
the
two sides meet on Friday. The Hurricanes were
quickest
out of the blocks on the opening week of the league
season, gaining a stunning first-ever win in the
competition over their great rivals.</p>
<p>"But the Exiles have since bounced back
with two
successive league victories and are now keen to put
the
record straight."</p>
<p>More fire and brimstone from one of world
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<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Wales</font></td>
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<tr height="30">
<td height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">8</font></td>
<td height="28"> </td>
<td align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/argentina030.jpg"
width="30" height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Argentina</font></td>
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<tr height="30">
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">9</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/scotland030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Scotland</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">10</font></td>
<td height="28"> </td>
<td align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/fiji030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Fiji</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">11</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">
<img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/italy030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Italy</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">12</font></td>
<td height="28"> </td>
<td align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">
<img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/samoa030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Samoa</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">13</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/canada030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Canada</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">14 </font>
</td>
<td width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/romania030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Romania</font></td>
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<tr height="30">
<td width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">15</font></td>
<td width="20" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/usa030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">USA</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">16</font></td>
<td width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/uruguay030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Uruguay</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">17</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/portugal030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Portugal</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">18</font></td>
<td width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/japan030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Japan</font></td>
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<tr height="30">
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">19</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/tonga030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Tonga</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">20</font></td>
<td width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/morocco030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Morocco</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">21</font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/korea030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#ccccff" height="28">
<font face="Verdana"
size="1">Korea</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">22</font></td>
<td width="20" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/georgia030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td height="28"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Georgia</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30">
<td width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">23</font></td>
<td width="20" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
</td>
<td width="40" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/russia030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
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size="1">Russia</font></td>
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<tr height="30">
<td width="75" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">24</font></td>
<td width="20" height="28">
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<td width="40" align="center" height="28">
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src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/chile030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
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<tr height="30">
<td width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">25</font></td>
<td width="20" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
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<td width="40" align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" height="28">
<font face="Verdana" size="1"><img
src="http://203.31.77.115/graphics/rugbynations/ukraine030.jpg" width="30"
height="20" align="middle"></font></td>
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size="1">Ukraine</font></td>
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