Total Rugby Radio show 230, from 17:30 UK time on Thursday 13 August ...
- Sevens rugby's Olympic dream
- Women's Personality of the Year: Debby Hodgkinson
- Profile: Fourie du Preez
- Fijian inmates learn refereeing
- A Ugandan prop in NZ
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RUGBY’S OLYMPIC DREAM LIVES ON
Rugby moved a step closer this week to fulfilling its ambition of rejoining the Olympic Games. At an IOC meeting in Berlin, both Rugby Sevens and Golf were recommended for inclusion in the 2016 summer games. We hear from IRB Chief Executive Mike Miller.
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TRI NATIONS FOCUS: FOURIE DU PREEZ
Highlights and reaction from the latest round of the Tri Nations, plus we hear from the most recent world-class scrum half to play for South Africa, Fourie du Preez.
WOMEN’S PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: DEBBY HODGKINSON
Australia’s Debby Hodgkinson was confirmed at the weekend as the IRB Women’s Personality of the Year, in association with Emirates Airline. We speak with her.
NEWS ROUND-UP
Australian Rugby CEO John O’Neill on Melbourne’s chances of landing a Super Rugby franchise, Jamaica’s rugby President Jacob Thompson on being awarded the Badge of Honour for Long and Faithful Service, plus the World Rankings, the Africa Under 19s, the Women’s Nations Cup and more..
A UGANDAN IN NEW ZEALAND
Playing prop for St Mary's College, Kampala in his native Uganda, Mark Ocwich was about as far away as you can possibly be from the manicured rugby fields of New Zealand, but that’s where he now finds himself studying at one of the country’s oldest boarding schools.
FIJI: BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON CRIME
Ten miles outside Fiji's capital Suva lies Nasinu Prison, where some of the inmates are being trained up as referees in a bid to help them reintegrate into society and learn a lasting profession. We visit the prison to find out more about this unique story.
