World Rugby launch

[Blue Smartie]

http://www.rugbydump.com/2014/11/39...by-board-rebrands-changes-name-to-world-rugby

The logo is charming. Design fees well deserved. Surely no one can disagree...

The strap line "building character since 1852" sounds a bit public school-ish

It says to expect the refs to be wearing new kit for the weekend tests.

 

[crossref]

I don't get the logo - it's half a rugby ball?

 

[The umpire]

The strap line "building character since 1852"...

Sounds like a beer advert...

 

[Ian_Cook]

So, they have changed "International" to "World" and dropped "Board"

What a momentous, earth shattering change this is. I can hardly even begin to understand its implications. Pity they couldn't have done something useful, like speed up the wheels of their grinding bureaucracy!

(is my cynicism showing?)


ETA: Will the Rugby World Cup become the World Rugby Cup, i.e. WRC? I hope not!

 

[OB..]

http://www.rugbydump.com/2014/11/39...by-board-rebrands-changes-name-to-world-rugby

The logo is charming. Design fees well deserved. Surely no one can disagree...

The strap line "building character since 1852" sounds a bit public school-ish

It says to expect the refs to be wearing new kit for the weekend tests.

For 1852 read 1823, though it is a pity they insist on clinging to this old myth.

Much of the website has changed.

 

[Blue Smartie]

I was typing from memory so if I got the date wrong more fool me

 

[KML1]

It's actually 1886, but I have no real understanding of why!


There's a goody bag of WR stuff to be won at www.rugbyreferee.net - feel free to drop by!

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

I don't get the logo - it's half a rugby ball?

They should have used the dumping man.

World Rugby?

Team GB?

As Alan Partridge said "Consignia and Scope? It's the Post Office and the Spastic Society!!"

 

[Dickie E]

It's actually 1886, but I have no real understanding of why!


There's a goody bag of WR stuff to be won at www.rugbyreferee.net - feel free to drop by!

"RT the tweet" ? :wtf:

I probably don't want a miniature rugby ball badly enough to try to get my head around that.

 

[menace]

Aren't free conference show bags great for unloading onto some other poor sucker but labelled as a "prize". I usually use them as golf day prizes. epper:

 

[TigerCraig]

It's actually 1886, but I have no real understanding of why!

Cos that when the IRB was formed

 

[OB..]

It's actually 1886, but I have no real understanding of why!

Cos that when the IRB was formed

In 1884 there was a dispute in the England v Scotland game over a try by England. In those days you chould challenge a decision on a point of law by referrring to te appropriate Union, and Scotland refused to accept the referee's decision. As a result, the 1885 match was not played. In 1886 the Four Nations had a meeting in Dublin at which Scotland conceded "for the good of the game".

Scotland, Wales, and Ireland agreed to form an international body with parity of representation to deal with such disputes in future. England pointed out that apart from inventing the game, they had more clubs and players than the other three put together, and were not prepared to be outvoted by a minority. Eventually after arbitration, in 1890 the IRFB was formed with England having 6 votes and the others 2 each.

Over the years as other nations joined, England reduced its representtation to 2.

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Scotland, Wales, and Ireland agreed to form an international body with parity of representation to deal with such disputes in future. England pointed out that apart from inventing the game, they had more clubs and players than the other three put together, and were not prepared to be outvoted by a minority. Eventually after arbitration, in 1890 the IRFB was formed with England having 6 votes and the others 2 each.

And we wonder why everyone hates us! :biggrin:

 

[Ian_Cook]

And we wonder why everyone hates us! :biggrin:

Even to this day, the voting arrangements are such that the Foundation Nations (Home Nations + South Africa, Australia New Zealand and France - total 16 votes) ) cannot be outvoted by the rest of the world (10 votes)

 

[L'irlandais]

Not all that long ago FIRA-AER changed their name to Rugby Europe. Perhaps they might have agreed on word order with World Rugby, before doing so.

 

[FlipFlop]

Europe Rugby sounds wrong. Rugby World sounds wrong.

World Rugby sounds right. Rugby Europe sounds right.

I suppose European Rugby would have worked, but even longer to say/type than Rugby Europe (RE isn't the same a FIRA-AER)

 

[L'irlandais]

I guess you're rignt, it's just a shame they didn't communicate (better?) on such important milestones.

 

[OB..]

"Rugby World" is already the name of a magazine.

 

[L'irlandais]

I think World Rugby is fine. Just feel the European lot got it wrong.