Rugby World Cup 2007 | Minter Dial

Rugby values multi-cultural – RWC 2007 commentary

by Minter Dial | Oct 18, 2007 | Branding, Sports

Rugby values are truly multicultural if they can cross the Channel. I was enthralled by a couple of articles written in the “Coupe du Monde — Planète Rugby” magazine by Le Nouvel Observateur (the article is no longer available on line). Even though it was...

Strikes in Paris, Blogger & Yankees

by Minter Dial | Oct 17, 2007 | Sports

With a transport strike in Paris now underway, a breakdown with Blogger today (although it wasn’t exactly a strike, it almost felt like it) and the general strikeout by the Yankees (and maybe soon the Red Sox in the ALCS), it seems that strikes are in the air....

RWC 2011 Minnows to be fished out – IRB Millar Proposal

by Minter Dial | Oct 7, 2007 | Sports

The IRB’s President Syd Millar has stated that he wants to reduce the number of teams competing in the Rugby World Cup 2011 (to be held in NZ) from the current 20 to 16 teams. This would mean that there would be just four open slots for which the lesser teams...

Rugby as a (role) model for competing

by Minter Dial | Oct 7, 2007 | Leadership, Sports

Is rugby the best role model for competing? I believe so. I may be entirely biased since I played rugby (union) for more than fifteen years of my life, but I have established a personal credo that says that when I encounter another rugby player I am very probably...

2 by 2, France joins England (En-glad!) by beating NZ All Blacks 20-18 in RWC quarterfinals

by Minter Dial | Oct 7, 2007 | Sports

What a day! First England and then France down the mighty teams from down under on the same day in the RWC 2007 Quarter Finals. Historic? yes. Unimaginable? Totally. I got off the plane at noon yesterday in Paris and my parting words to my French colleague, Boris,...