6 August 2024 #005. Week 2 of the Paris Olympics, The week earlier than the Rugby Championships kicks off.
Will we be seeing a few of this in Perth?
One other quiet weekend of 15s worldwide rugby
Good morning of us and welcome to Tuesday’s rugby information. To say it was a quiet week in worldwide rugby is an understatement, as I can’t discover any worldwide matches that had been performed over the past week and weekend. It’s okay generally to haven’t any worldwide rugby to look at, as there may be at all times membership rugby, or the olympics, or perhaps even making an attempt to earn some home credit score to make use of for when there may be an excessive amount of rugby to look at.
No worldwide staff of the week this week as there have been no video games, however it will likely be again subsequent week, and we are going to enhance the formatting to make it simpler to learn.
Queensland Premier Rugby
Whereas there isn’t any worldwide staff of the week, the Queensland Premier Rugby posted a staff of the week from Spherical 16 of the hospital cup, which was final week. A superb initiative to recognise gamers efforts within the native video games, and I assume that QPR goes to compile a staff of the 12 months.
This week within the Hospital Cup
Following on the theme of the Hospital Cup noticed the penultimate spherical performed out, with some usually excessive scoring matches performed with each Souths and Uni racking up a half century to defeat Bond Uni and Sunnybank respectively.
Bunter Bowl
The win by Wests additionally noticed them retain the Bunter Bowl. The Bunter Bowl was launched within the 2018 Qld Premier Rugby season, and sees the holder of the trophy defend it at every dwelling recreation all through the season. As Wests have gained their final dwelling recreation of the season they may maintain the Bowl till 2025. Its’s the same trophy to New Zealand’s Ranfurly Defend, and the NRC’s Horan-Little Defend, and it provides a component to membership video games all year long in addition to recognising one of many legends of Australian Rugby Geoff “Bunter” Shaw.
From the QPR web site: “The trophy, named after Geoff ‘Bunter’ Shaw, is becoming tribute to the previous Queensland (QRU no. 906) and Wallaby (Wallaby no. 526) centre, who has given greater than 50 years of service to the sport of Rugby as a participant, administrator and volunteer.
Whereas remaining concerned on the elite degree of the sport as a training director and soccer supervisor after his taking part in profession, Shaw has additionally been a selector of metropolitan and regional sides, sat on presidents, advertising and marketing and improvement committees, whereas additionally teaching his membership facet College of Queensland and helping in Sunnybank’s transition from Queensland Suburban Rugby Union by means of to Premier Rugby”.
Queensland Premier Ladies
Spherical 17 of the QPR Ladies’s competitors was performed over the weekend with Sunnybank edging Uni in an in depth recreation. In the identical format because the Hospital Cup, the common season wraps up this coming weekend earlier than 4 weeks of finals culminating within the Grand Last at Ballymore on the first of September.
Some form of performances
A bit of bit off e book once more for a rugby web site, however the same theme to final week with extra swimming. In case you haven’t checked out the exploits of Leon Marchand but, do your self a favour. 4 races, 4 gold medals, a few olympic information in addition. At 22 years previous, males’s swimming has discovered it’s subsequent famous person, and who is aware of how lengthy he can dominate for. There’s a tenuous hyperlink to rugby, Marchand performed some as a junior however discovered his dwelling within the water.
Additionally want to say Summer season McIntosh, the 17 12 months previous Canadan star who took out the 400 medley, the 200 medley, the 200 butterfly and completed second within the 400 freestyle. 3 golds and one silver is an astounding particular person return.
Again to the Rugby
In an article over on the Roar All Blacks legend Sam Whitelock expresses blended emotions about his position as a part of the management group that efficiently petitioned New Zealand Rugby to retain Ian Foster in mid 2022, somewhat than switching to Scott Robertson. The All Blacks did go onto make the 2023 world cup last.
Some rule variations for the Rugby Championships
Courtesy of Ben O’Keefe through Instagram right here, the Rugby Championships will introduce regulation variations aimed to enhance security and the spectacle.
At a lineout if a staff is lifted and jumps for his or her lineout throw which isn’t straight, it is going to solely be referred to as if the opposition compete. No compete = play on. I like this alteration, I assume that the leaping / lifted participant additionally has to catch the ball.
From a ahead perspective, this can be offset by extra safety for the 9. “Safety of performing 9 at scrum, ruck and maul • anybody a part of the ruck or maul can’t deal with the 9 inside 1 metre of that ruck or maul after they decide the ball up and play away with it. Onside gamers not a part of the ruck or maul can deal with them”.
That’s a wrap for this week
I’m certain that there’s loads extra to cowl however I’ll go away it for Yowie, Karl, Happyman, and naturally Hoss later within the week.
That’s it for me this week, over to you G&GRs.
