Are you worried you’re not completely up with the goings on with the Rugby World Cup? Then check out these downloads. Get a Rugby World Cup countdown widget (the image can be changed), excel spreadsheets to update as the scores come in, dates to your outlook calendar and for NZ rugby fans: the Rugby World Cup TV3 schedule (thanks MiramarMike for this).
If you’re still sitting on the fence and you’re not sure who you want to support as we head into the final week’s countdown, take a peek at ruggerblogger’s Rugby World Cup Team profiles. I’ve still got a few to add to the collection but if you’re interesting in reading about the Springbok chances, the Wallaby woes, Scotland's steel, the weak link of England or the chiropractor of Samoa, then here is where it’s at. Happy downloading.
Showing posts with label New Zealand Herald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand Herald. Show all posts
Friday, 31 August 2007
Thursday, 26 July 2007
social networking during the rugby world cup
The Daily Telegraph has announced that a social networking platform will be put on their website specifically for followers during the Rugby World Cup tournament. This site will allow fans and experts to blog, upload their own photos and videos and share with their community their experiences of the tournament; an almost mini Facebook if you will for the avid rugby fan. As well as this there will be all the usual latest news and analysis from its journalists and columnists.
This is a great idea and builds on the fantastic message boards of BBC 606 and Planet Rugby that I believe led the way in initially getting people online to discuss their theories and share their biases regarding rugby. I definitely think that stuff.co.nz and the nzherald.co.nz could get more interactive with their rugby fans. Although both websites have excellent coverage of rugby (as one would expect in New Zealand) they both lack a chance for fans to really network.
I was surprised in particular when Stuff launched their new rugbyheaven site recently. Although it is a good site, I really did think that with the Web 2.0 tools in place it was possible to make this site something really special for the fans. Even one message board of some description or at least a fanzine corner like the one on the All Blacks website where fans can submit their own articles and partake in an open, interactive forum would make this site so much better. Instead we have opinions from the experts and no female writers whatsoever. So all in all I think they still have a bit of catching up to do when compared with our British counterparts.
This is a great idea and builds on the fantastic message boards of BBC 606 and Planet Rugby that I believe led the way in initially getting people online to discuss their theories and share their biases regarding rugby. I definitely think that stuff.co.nz and the nzherald.co.nz could get more interactive with their rugby fans. Although both websites have excellent coverage of rugby (as one would expect in New Zealand) they both lack a chance for fans to really network.
I was surprised in particular when Stuff launched their new rugbyheaven site recently. Although it is a good site, I really did think that with the Web 2.0 tools in place it was possible to make this site something really special for the fans. Even one message board of some description or at least a fanzine corner like the one on the All Blacks website where fans can submit their own articles and partake in an open, interactive forum would make this site so much better. Instead we have opinions from the experts and no female writers whatsoever. So all in all I think they still have a bit of catching up to do when compared with our British counterparts.
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