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You can watch the 2009 World Cup Qualifiers games HERE and HERE for all the images from the games. Search17th December 2009 : USA could win Gold in Olympic RugbyYou probably read that headline and said, “No way.” But that’s not how Nigel Melville, boss of USA Rugby, sees it. As an ex-international he certainly knows the difference between sevens and the 15-a-side game, and he figures that the US could shine in sevens in Rio, in both the men’s and women’s comp, for a couple of pretty good reasons.  One, they have almost six years to spot talent and teach them the tactics. As he says, the men and women who’ll make up the US teams are in high school or are juniors in college right now. Many of them won’t have even seen a rugby ball. But what a base he and his coaches have to work with – hundreds of thousands of athletes who’d give their right arm to rep their country at the Olympics. Recently, one male American teenager ran the 100 meters in 10.04. And there are dozens just a step behind him. Same with the women – some wonderful sprinters who won’t be quite fast enough for the track. And sure you need more than sheer speed for sevens. You have to be able to defend, and you need a good understanding of the game. But that can be taught. Bottom line is, the US could well field a men’s team in 2016 that would be the equivalent of Rocky, Pocock and five Habanas. The Rio Olympics have already boosted sevens in Russia. And as the host nation Brazil – population 192 million – will field a team that could surprise. Likewise Mexico – population 106 million. You think the talented youth of Brazil and Mexico will only ever play soccer? With a chance to become an Olympian, it’s a whole new ball game. Source: The Roar 
17th December 2009 : Cayman - Fiji sizzlers too hot for NorthTop level rugby is still going strong at the club in South Sound (Grand Cayman) and on Saturday the Southern Hemisphere took the second Test in convincing fashion with a 27–17 win over their Northern Hemisphere counterparts. The South, with the help of two surplus Northern Hemisphere front row forwards, Clive Monteith of Guyana and Alain Forget of Canada and the ever dangerous Fijians, Vanassio Tokotokovanua, Severi and Ratu managed the win after a topsy–turvy first half which saw the South open the scoring after 15 minutes of hard hitting action. The North, who arrived at the game with surplus numbers, were constantly troubled by the South in the scrums thanks in no small part to the efforts of Ben McDonald of Australia and Andre Ormond of South Africa but the North were able to counteract the dominance of one set piece with deft lineout work and with the continual infringement of Macdonald Machingura of Zimbabwe at the breakdown the North were able to kick for territory repeatedly. The North backline had their work cut out for them containing the South in defence but on attack the North looked sluggish barring the sniping runs of Keswick Wright of the Cayman Islands and Scotty Forrest of Canada who were both able to put points on the board for the North. Pages: 1 · 2 16th December 2009 : Bahamas Rugby Results & Tables This weekend's rugby: At Winton Rugby Centre *
SG Bahamas Cup - Results to date
Freeport 22 - 40 Baillou Cuckoos 22 - 14 Buccaneers Baillou 32 - 26 Cuckoos Buccaneers 22 - 12 Freeport *
SG Bahamas Cup - Table
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Sands Nassau Cup - Results to date
Baillou 61 - 6 Buccaneers Cuckoos 35 - 13 Baillou Sands Nassau Cup - Tables
For an explanation of the bonus points system, click here. Other Bahamas Rugby Sites: Cuckoos World
10th December 2009 : This Week's Rugby on Setanta Sport Thursday 10 Dec Friday 11 Dec Saturday 12 Dec Sunday 13 Dec Monday 14 Dec Tuesday 15 Dec Wednesday 16 Dec Thursday 17 Dec Thanks, as always, to Janeen Isaacs
09th December 2009 : Invictus: Must Watch MovieMorgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's newest film. Invitus, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon It was a funny query at the time because Freeman hadn’t become the Morgan Freeman of the present; he wasn’t the authoritarian voice of God in documentaries or the very embodiment of the Almighty we’ve embraced in the comedic series (choosing between Freeman and George Burns, well, there’s not much of a choice there) or the black president in times of crisis before we actually elected a black president during a massive crisis. No, back then, to young viewers like myself, he was Easy Reader from The Electric Company, and he was already an actor of advancing age, so how was he ever going to present proof to back up Kael’s question? Yet there he was, as the pimp Fast Black, which would earn him an Academy Award nomination. He would garner another just two years later for his work with Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy. Another nomination would come in Shawshank Redemption before he would win for his supporting role in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby. And in between those golden and near-golden performances, he would, as previously mentioned, give voice to gods and all manner of men with quiet authority and sometimes even evil intent. It is intriguing too that he has come to be associated with Eastwood, another figure bearing certain expectations. Both in front and behind the camera, Eastwood is the epitome of efficient discipline, a monkish adherence to a minimalist code, and sometimes I believe we forget that he has always been this way. It is to easy to assume that it is simply age that has made him this way, worn away the excess from the bedrock. That was Eastwood’s way all along. And, to an extent, it is Freeman’s philosophy, too. He exudes charm and can call on fast flash in a whim, but there is nothing actorly or affected in his expression because he is these things, and he presents them to us in those moments when character demands it. Pages: 1 · 2 |
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