Small Town Values Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) (NEWS DUMP: Israel Folau Situation) RFU and Saracens to hold talks with Billy Vunipola over his support of Israel Folau http://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/26503894/rfu-saracens-hold-talks-billy-vunipola-support-israel-folau Quote Vunipola's post has since been liked by his cousin Toby Faletau, who plays No 8 for Wales. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Folau teammates 'like' anti-gay post as sponsor Qantas backs RA action https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6027766/folaus-teammates-like-anti-gay-post/ Quote Samu Kerevi and Allan Alaalatoa, have liked Folau's post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Black Vaea Fifita 'likes' latest Israel Folau anti-gay outburst https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/04/all-black-vaea-fifita-likes-latest-israel-folau-anti-gay-outburst.html Quote Israel Folau's latest homophobic outburst may have rugby repercussions on this side of the Tasman, with All Blacks flanker Vaea Fifita among the first to 'like' the social media post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AFL superstar Gary Ablett embroiled in Israel Folau controversy https://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl-superstar-gary-ablett-embroiled-israel-folau-controversy-002711003.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABHYUrbGs7okoC807XtZAZryGwKprIumd4RR-q4-RKRMZOmHtQCwMfiY_e5q8Rjzb7joyI4n12ExhYJ-H-h-uX4v_FTYSLaEB0jn5pUh4RjNkfVaNGSt8Rik8v39gC70Cft99t0-FRcajy2Lt1Uo2E1WP8DfLq6CDzAYGDVEzu1r Quote AFL stars Gary Ablett and Matthew Kennedy have found themselves embroiled in the Israel Folau furore after reportedly liking his controversial Instagram post. Ablett and Kennedy are both deeply religious, with Ablett removing his like on Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel Folau condemned by gay rugby icon Gareth Thomas and other stars https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/111951722/folau-reaction-gay-rugby-icon-gareth-thomas-leads-condemnation-of-israel-folau Quote Wallaby Israel Folau have been slammed by leading sporting figures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rugby Australia issues Wallabies star Israel Folau with termination notice https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/rugby-australia-issues-wallabies-star-israel-folau-with-termination-notice/news-story/51e4d8ff4b10bb691a9a4385ea53fbe3 Quote Rugby Australia has officially issued Israel Folau a “high level” breach notice and the Wallabies star faces termination of his contract over his social media activity on April 10. The notice comes less than five days after the 30-year-old veteran of 73 Tests shared a meme that informed the masses that hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters”. Folau has 48 hours to accept the sanction or have the matter referred to a Code of Conduct hearing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel Folau could SUE Rugby Australia for religious discrimination https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6917641/Israel-Folau-SUE-Rugby-Australia-religious-discrimination.html Quote Israel Folau could sue Rugby Australia on the grounds of religious discrimination if his current contract is terminated, an expert has claimed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israel Folau prepared to exit rugby without legal fight http://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/26521226/israel-folau-prepared-exit-rugby-legal-fight Quote Israel Folau says he will miss rugby but is prepared to walk away from the sport without a fight for the sake of his faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Quick Thought) Billy Vunipola did a excellent job of explaining the common person of faith's position on the matter in his above Instagram post. Unfortunately the pervasive narrative that a faith based belief that homosexuality is a sin, & therefor is equivalent to hating gay people - seems too strong to overcome. Logic over emotion, a nuanced thinking approach, an open-minded dialogue, & a little common-sense could've easily resolved this issue. But, instead we overreact & enact the nuclear option. Just another sign of the times. Edited April 16, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 2018/19 - HSBC - World Rugby - Sevens Series: (Results / Highlights) *** ** * (Mens - 8th Leg - Singapore) South Africa take the title in Singapore https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/414570 South Africa denied Fiji back-to-back titles in Singapore with a dramatic 20-19 victory in the Cup final at the National Stadium. ***** Medals / Top 3 Placings South Africa - Gold Fiji - Silver England - Bronze https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/mens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Side Note) Two legs remain & if the US aren't careful Fiji will pip them at the post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) Edited April 30, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Small Town Values Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) 2018/19 - Gallagher Premiership - Best Tries - RND 19 / 2018/19 - Pro14 - Best Tries - RND 20: (Gallagher Premiership) (May, Try - Voted Best of Week 19) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Pro14) https://www.pro14rugby.org/2019/04/15/baloucoune-johnson-and-hanrahan-shine-top-tries-from-round-20/ Edited April 24, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 2018/19 - Heineken Champions Cup (Tier 1) - Semi Finals - Results: *** ** * https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/matches/fixtures-and-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2018/19 - Heineken Champions Cup (Tier 1) - Final - Fixture: * ** *** https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/matches/fixtures-and-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2018/19 - European Challenge Cup (Tier 2) - Semi Finals - Results: *** ** * https://www.epcrugby.com/challenge-cup/matches/fixtures-and-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2018/19 - European Challenge Cup (Tier 2) - Final - Fixture: * ** *** https://www.epcrugby.com/challenge-cup/matches/fixtures-and-results/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Times AEST - Check Local Listings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) 2018/19 - Heineken Champions Cup (Tier 1) / European Challenge Cup (Tier 2) - Semi Finals - Highlights: (2018/19 - Heineken Champions Cup SF - Highlights) (Leinster Rugby v. Toulouse - Aviva Stadium - Ireland) ~~~ (Saracens v. Munster Rugby - Ricoh Arena - England) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2018/19 - European Challenge Cup SF - Highlights) (La Rochelle v. Sale Sharks - Stade Marcel Deflandre - France) ~~~ (ASM Clermont Auvergne v. Harlequins - Stade Marcel-Michelin - France) Edited April 24, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) 2019 - Super Rugby - Best Tries - RND 10: Edited May 9, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) 2019 - Rugby World Cup - News: Damian McKenzie's World Cup dream over with ACL injury http://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/26526874/damian-mckenzie-world-cup-dream-acl-injury Quote Key All Blacks attacking weapon Damian McKenzie has been ruled out of rugby for the year with a knee injury, meaning new tactics may be required in their Rugby World Cup defence. Coach Steve Hansen confirmed on Monday that Chiefs fullback McKenzie had damaged his anterior cruciate ligament during the Super Rugby win over the Blues on Saturday. He isn't expected to return to rugby until early 2020 in a major blow to the Chiefs' campaign and leaving Hansen with a puzzle over how to replace his versatility. The elusive 23-year-old's ability to play both fullback and five-eighth had made him invaluable over the last two seasons. Edited June 2, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Small Town Values Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) 2018/19 - Gallagher Premiership - Best Tries - RND 20 / 2018/19 - Pro14 - Best Tries - RND 21: (Gallagher Premiership) (Collins, Try - Voted Best of Week 20) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Pro14) https://www.pro14rugby.org/2019/04/29/anscombe-seymour-and-ioane-all-feature-in-top-tries-of-round-21/ Edited May 9, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 (2018/19 - Guinness Pro14 - News) Guinness PRO14 Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals Confirmed: https://www.pro14rugby.org/2019/04/27/guinness-pro14-quarter-finals-semi-finals-confirmed/ Quote GUINNESS PRO14 FINAL SERIES FIXTURES CONFIRMED With 21 Rounds of record-setting action in the books PRO14 Rugby can confirm the line-ups for the Guinness PRO14 Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals. Five of the six teams who have qualified for the Guinness PRO14 Final Series are previous champions while Benetton Rugby’s presence marks the first time that an Italian club has qualified for the knock-out stages. Conference A will be represented by Glasgow Warriors (1), Munster Rugby (2) and Connacht Rugby (3) while Conference B will be represented by defending Guinness PRO14 champions Leinster Rugby (1), Ulster Rugby (2) and Benetton Rugby (3). All games will be live on Premier Sports throughout the UK, eir sport in the Republic of Ireland and DAZN in Italy. GUINNESS PRO14 – QUARTER-FINALS Saturday, May 4 15:00: Munster Rugby (A2) v Benetton Rugby (B3) Thomond Park, LimerickLive on eir sport, Premier Sports & DAZN 17:35: Ulster Rugby (B2) v Connacht Rugby (A3) Kingspan Stadium, BelfastLive on Premier Sports, eir sport & DAZN GUINNESS PRO14 – SEMI-FINALS Friday, May 17 19:35: Glasgow Warriors (A1) v winner of Ulster v Connacht Scotstoun, GlasgowLive on Premier Sports, eir sport & DAZN Saturday, May 18 15:00: Leinster (B1) v winner of Munster v Benetton RDS Arena, DublinLive on eir sport, Premier Sports & DAZN Champions Cup Play-OffOspreys (A4) and Scarlets (B4) will compete in the Champions Cup Play-Off and a provisional date has been identified and will be confirmed by PRO14 Rugby in due course. PRO14 Rugby will need to take account of whether an additional eighth Champions Cup place might be available were Leinster to win the European tournament and all four Challenge Cup Semi-Finalists have already qualified through their domestic leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 2018/19 - HSBC - World Rugby - Sevens Series: (Results / Highlights) *** ** * (Women's - 4th Leg - Kitakyushu - Japan) Canada win HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens with last-gasp try https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/416344 Quote Canada captain Ghislaine Landry converted her own try with the last play of the HSBC Kitakyushu Sevens final to beat England 7-5 and secure a first title on the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series since 2017. ***** Medals / Top 3 Placings Canada - Gold England - Silver USA - Bronze https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/womens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 (edited) 2018/19 - Pro14 - Quarter Finals - Results / Semi Finals - Fixtures / Quarter Finals - Highlights: *** ** * (QF - Results) https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Munster Rugby v. Benetton Rugby - Match Report) https://www.pro14rugby.org/report/hanrahan-kick-sends-munster-through-to-semi-final ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Ulster Rugby v. Connacht Rugby - Match Report) https://www.pro14rugby.org/report/ulster-finish-strong-to-see-off-connacht-in-best-farewell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SF - Fixtures) (AEST Times - Check Local Guides) https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (QF - Highlights) (Munster Rugby v. Benetton Rugby) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Ulster Rugby v. Connacht Rugby) Edited May 9, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 (edited) 2018/19 - Gallagher Premiership - Best Tries - RND 21: (Burrell, Try - Voted Best of Week 21) Edited May 15, 2019 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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