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Can Rugby League conquer America?

This weeks post will be devoted to the "other side" of rugby, which is Rugby League. Often divided by the north and south in England, Rugby League was a game created in the north of England and set out a few different rules and point system for those who were sick of the scrums and lineouts found in the Rugby Union game

Now Rugby League has hit America, and with some force. http://www.amnrl.com/ is a great site which gives a good insight into the way Rugby League has been taken under the wing by the Yanks. A-list Actors such as Russel Crowe are getting involved with exhibitions matches, increasing the awareness of the sport itself

However, being compared to American Football is far too early, the patriotic fans of "football" will take more time to embrace a new sport altogether. But it will be interesting to see what journalists in USA think of England's invasion.

This Guardian Blog gives the reaction of an English Journalist who has his own views of the way Rugby League will impact over in America. He describes it as "cold and bitter"...the weather that is.

Other sites that caught the attention this week were http://www.rl1908.com/rugby-league-web-sites.htm. This gave history to the rugby league and gave numerous helpful links for anybody interested in Rugby League

Also the Rugby League review made sure a fan of Rugby League would not miss out on the action whether it was in England, America or even Russia!


Next weeks blog will look deeper at the blogs posted by journalists and the public, yourself.

Thanks for reading

Picture courtesy of "rugbypics"

From Avenham Park to Foster Building

This is a brief video explaining how to get from Avenham park to the University's Foster building in Preston




Now you will know exactly where to go!!

Rugby available on the world wide web

Rugby is a sport loved by a large part of the population, however, it has never been able to come close to the global interest that is football

BBC sport (www.bbc.co.uk/sport) is an easy site to recognise this favourtism of football. The 39th premier league game has caused a lot of controversy, but has the public forgotton about the six nations? It appears that it only attracts attention from journalists when it comes round to the weekend of play. http://www.thisisrugby.info/ is a popular site which offers a similar, yet not so publicised, layout to the BBC and sky sports

But other useful sites such as: http://www.scrumbag.tv offer a more light-heared approach to the game. It doesn't just offer statistics and manager reports, it delves into the fans views and gets a perspective from people who really make the game what it is

The fans can also get their opinions across through blogs which have continued to get more attention even in the top sites such as www.skysports.com. Blogs make comments available and offer a colourful perspective which a journalist is unable to create most of the time

This can also be illustrated in: http://www.lasttackle.com/index.php, one which allows blogs to be more dominant. Journalists are realising this and therefore have increased their online audience. The revolution of the internet for Rugby Union and League discusions has only just begun through the eyes of the world

Now it appears Rugby League is taking America, something I will discuss on my next post

Photo courtesy of "Brisbane Blog Is Against Censorship's photo"

Introduction

This is a blog devoted to both Rugby Union and Rugby League. If you have an interest in either of these topics then this blog will be right for you

It will attempt to cover

• Different ways in which Rugby is written about on the web
• How Blogs are written on the web and their advantages
• Rugby's interaction with the public
  
• The journalistic process for writing about Rugby on the web