RUGBY+WORLD+CUP

26/9/11

Sonny Bill Williams and the All Blacks' backline may be enjoying the new slimline adidas jerseys, but prop Ben Franks says they are not ideal for a scrummaging front row. Franks told Radio Sport that while the skintight jerseys were not solely to blame for scrum problems, they were making it difficult for the forwards to bind. "Especially for a loosehead it's a lot harder to get that initial bind - there's nothing really to grab so you're kind of grabbing for skin!" "[The forwards] are usually the last ones to be thought of. I'm pretty sure the props didn't put in an order for super-tight jerseys from the get-go." Franks gave Sonny Bill Williams plenty of stick for his wardrobe malfunction in the opening game of the Rugby World Cup. Williams joked the prop was "a little jealous", and Franks admitted the jerseys are more suitable for the backs. "They are the ones that sell the jerseys. The front rowers just tag along." The scrum has been a major focus for referees at the World Cup and Franks can empathise with fans' frustations over the constant resetting of scrums.

"As a player you want to be playing and we enjoy the scrums. But no-one wants to see four or five scrums in a row. The referees can only do so much - you don't know what the other team is trying to do, whether they've turned up the scrum or not... "The weekend was a good one with France. You saw two teams who wanted to scrum and the scrums were good." Crusaders prop Wyatt Crockett, who narrowly missed the cut for the All Blacks' World Cup campaign, came under scrutiny for being penalised at scrum time during the All Blacks' Tri-Nations campaign. He told Radio Sport it seemed to be a problematic area for fans and players. "Referees have got a big part to play. You see some games, where there are two Tier One countries going at it, and the scrum seems to be a bit better. But where there are mismatches then there are a lot of resets and it's frustrating for the viewers. "When you watch the All Blacks against Japan and our scrum is really dominant, but our guys are still getting penalised as much as them, that's just ridiculous."

16/9/11



__**WELCOME TO YOUR INQUIRY WORK FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BASED AROUND THE RUGBY WORLD CUP BEING HELD IN NEW ZEALAND**__

You have been given a country to adopt for the duration of the Rugby World Cup and are going to carry out a study on this country.

__WALT - use websites and search engines correctly to research a country participating in the Rugby World Cup__ S.C. We will be able to find out the following information about our adopted country: Basic proflie facts, similarities and differences with NZ, history, geography, symbols, rugby uniform, language (greetings), national anthem, music and dance, clothes, food and drink, celebrations. We will be able to write 10 interview questions for an interview with a resident of the country We will be able to write a diary entry for a day in the life of a 12 year old from our country We will be able to state 3 places of interest tourists could visit to better understand the culture of our country We will be able to profile a rugby player from our country

__WALT - think critically about New Zealand and tourism based around the Rugby World Cup__ S.C. We will be able to state 3 place of interest tourists could visit to better understand the culture of NZ We will be able to locate the host cities of the world cup Rugby matches

To help you investigate more about Rugby World Cup 2011 and your adopted team, there are a number of places you can look: There are many books available to help you with this study, some of which may be at home, in your classroom or the library. Newspapers, magazines and online news websites

There are also many websites you can research Rugby World Cup 2011 www.rugbyworldcup.com International Rugby Board www.irb.com New Zealand Rugby Union www.allblacks.com Ruggerland www.ruggerland.co.nz REAL New Zealand Festival www.nz2011.govt.nz Tourism New Zealand www.newzealand.com Participating team websites Regional tourism websites

You are to make your way through the following work booklet below. Think about how you are going to produce the work as it is in PDF form. Will you use pages or is there another way you could do it? It is entirely up to you!