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This was the world's first world wide web (WWW) server for rugby. For quite some time it was the only rugby web server but, of course, now everybody has their own rugby page. Nevertheless, over the years so much has been accumulated here that it is still probably the most extensive rugby resource on the web.
This server is running httpd_1.3 software from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in Illinois. It runs on an obsolete machine, which makes upgrading difficult.
An essential feature of documents made available via www is that they are hypertext based, permitting one to follow information threads through www servers all over the world. To view documents you need a www browser. Document appearance will depend on the actual browser you use. The one we use at this site is Mosaic-2.4. (Again, we're limited by an obsolete machine.) I endeavour to view documents with this as they are being prepared. If what you see looks particularly weird it may be either that the document is still in preparation and I haven't fully fixed it up or it may be that your browser doesn't support all of the features that Mosaic-2.4 supports.
The information compiled here has been supplied by a number of individuals in addition to myself. I started this server in Jan 1994 and maintain it, as a rugby related hobby and to learn more about the world wide web and markup languages. Since it is a hobby, please appreciate the limitations in the level of service that can be provided. Be also aware that the information here is in a state of flux both in its content and organization.
The httpd server software automatically logs file access and errors in accessing by default. Typically about 200 people a day (and sometimes more) from all over the world access the information stored here. This is actually a useful feature as it tells me what is of most interest. This is the only use I have for this information.
If you wish you can view a summary of the
usage statistics.
(See if your site is in the top 10!)
Initially I will gather information about rugby from all over the world but I hope that someday others will take up the call and provide information about their own countries via their own servers. (A beauty of the world wide web is that all such servers can share their resources in the sense of directing the user to another server without the user necessarily being aware of where the information is coming from.) A network of mutually mirrored servers throughout the world is also being mulled over. Hence the long term focus of this server will be North American rugby, a rugby FAQ and an on-line hypertext version of the Laws of the Game. It is also my ambition to make video clips of highlights from rugby games available from this server.
This site now (as of 18 Oct '94) has a T1 link to the outside world (an upgrade from the saturated 56k link that existed when this service began). Even so, you might find some transfers slow; please be patient if that is the case. I've endeavoured not to include any large in-line graphics in the documents and to include blank alternates for browsers that don't support graphics. If the ones that are there are bothering you, you might care to check whether your browser has a delayed downloading option for graphics.
If you want to tell your friends about this server then the WWW rugby FAQ may be a useful document to pass along.
For example, using Mosaic-2.4 find the Options
menu at the top of your Document View page and
select Load To Local Disk. Then just retrieve
the document by using Open URL or Reload Current.
(You should always be able to work out the URL
for a figure by viewing the source of the document
referencing it --- using Mosaic again to do this,
via the File menu).
(To follow the above links you must have
an NNTP newsserver available to you; generally you can
define this using the NNTPSERVER environment variable
in UNIX or via an X11 resource; with NCSA Mosaic for MSWindows
look for NNTP_Server="...." in the [Services] section of
mosaic.ini. If this doesn't work
for you, try one of these public access sites:
If you're after the latest match results and match reports and
can't find what you want in the
news or
results sections
then this is a good place to try.
The standard of
discussion has unfortunately deteriorated markedly over the
years from the early days of rec.sport.rugby when it was
almost always informative, insightful and intelligent but
there is still some excellent information posted there.
Long-time participants yearn for a return to better
times and would appreciate you not contributing to any
further decline.
Some people find that they can read news articles but that
the local computer police have blocked their ability to
post articles. Well, if you can send e-mail you can always
post via a news gateway. For instance, if you want to post an
article to rec.sport.rugby one possibility is to send an
e-mail message to one of the following gateways:
Newcomers to rec.sport.rugby should read the
rec.sport.rugby FAQ.
In particular you should note that some readers have to pay to receive
Usenet news and you should consider carefully whether what you post is
worth them paying to read. Save your snide comments and bickering for
private e-mail or one of the live chat sessions --- better still, go to
a bar where your nose can be punched if you step out of line!
Here's some useless
statistics about rec.sport.rugby.
See also the French language newsgroup
fr.sport.rugby.
This place is very
good for finding out domestic UK results such as the Courage league. It
also has articles about rugby, including match reports, by its
sports writers but they are almost all jingoism of the worst kind.
If you need to read this stuff you need a reality check.
Note that articles in the Electronic Telegraph are copyright.
Ben Clegg has a longer listing of
rugby resources on the WWW.
The BBC has a weekly
schedule of sports programmes
that is easily browsed for rugby programmes.
Sky also has an on-line
schedule of rugby programming. In the USA the International
Channel has started showing rugby and they have an
on-line guide.
The US
What's On Tonite!
is neat but you'll be bloody lucky to find any rugby. The
Ultimate TV list
has a lot of potential to be useful if people can ensure that rugby programs
are featured.
One can also try shortwave radio broadcasts.
Radio New Zealand has many
broadcasts of New Zealand games. You can also try
Radio Australia
and the
BBC World
Service.
Mailing lists using the majordomo software generally support the
following command set.
These lists are currently available.
There are actually two lists here: uswrugby-announce and
uswrugby-discussion. USWRUGBY-ANNOUNCE is a moderated
list containing things of an informational nature only, such as
postings from the national office, tournament notices, tournament results etc.
USWRUGBY-DISCUSSION is an open, unmoderated discussion list relating to
women's rugby. Virtually any topic related to women's rugby is fair game.
Please note that the list is NOT sponsored or otherwise recognized by USARFU
or the USARFU Women's Committe, although USARFU representatives/officials
are certainly welcome and encouraged to subscribe and participate.
The uswrugby-announce list is fed into the
uswrugby-discussion list so you do not have to subscribe to
both. If you only want the announcements, just subscribe to
uswrugby-announce. If you want the lot, just subscribe to
uswrugby-discussion.
Getting your own copies of on-line information
If you want your own copy of something here, gif
image perhaps, then please don't ask me to mail
it to you because it should be easier for you to
get it yourself using your www browser.
Other on-line sources of information
Discussion on all aspects of Rugby Union worldwide. This includes the
day to day happenings in the sport, discussion of results and
transfers, rule amendments etc. Player transfers from Rugby Union to
Rugby League may be cross-posted to the sister group
rec.sport.rugby.league
along with any other relevant information.
They will be much slower, but better than nothing.) You can also perform
a
keyword search of articles in rec.sport.rugby .
rec-sport-rugby@cs.utexas.edu
rec.sport.rugby@bull.com
rec.sport.rugby@news.cs.indiana.edu
rec.sport.rugby@news.demon.co.uk
rec.sport.rugby@undergrad.math.waterloo.ca
rec.sport.rugby@nic.funet.fi
rec.sport.rugby.usenet@decwrl.dec.com
(Note the substitution of `-' for `.' in the newsgroup name for
the first of these gateways.)
Put your article title in the mail subject line and type
your article as the mail message. Send the mail, and the
article should appear. An alternative is to send mail to
remailer@csua.berkeley.edu but beginning your article with
the following three lines:
::
Post-To: rec.sport.rugby
Note the last of these three lines is a blank one.
(Please don't abuse these services by excessive or unnecessarily lengthy
postings. All of these sites are heavily loaded. Also, do not use them to
post offensive articles. In short, treat them with the utmost respect.)
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The Northeast Rugby Union, comprised of the New England, Met New York, a nd New York State Unions, has set up two e-mail-based mailing lists: a Newsletter and a Discussion Group. Subscription to both groups is free for eligible individuals or RFCs and can be obtained by filling out the attached form and e-mailing it to NorthRugby@aol.com.
The Newsletter, published by the NRU, will contain information about the programs, events, and affairs of the NRU. It is open for subscription to the entire USARFU rugby community. As a subscriber you will automatically receive periodic editions of the Newsletter.
The Discussion Group, administered by the NRU, will provide a means for networked exchange of NRU-related information and group discussion of topics relevant to the NRU. Subscription is limited to NRU-affiliated teams; their members, players, and administrators; and USARFU personnel. As a subscriber, you can post memos to the list, and you will automatically receive memos posted to the list.
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If you are a coach or interested in coaching, you can join by sending a message to:
majordomo@lists.uoregon.edu
with the following in the body of the e-mail:
subscribe rugbycoach USER@MACHINE.SITE
using, of course, your own e-mail address in place of USER@MACHINE.SITE.
You should receive confirmation of your joining fairly soon afterwards.
To send messages to the list, address e-mail to:
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The method that is easiest for me is if you start up your own server. This may be an http server like this one, or a gopher or wais server, or you may just make a few files available for ftp or you may have some interactive program (that calculates the likely winner of the next world cup for example) that you make available in a telnet session. Normally it is trivial for me to make links to other servers and so you can be responsible for maintaining just a special (small) piece of information, leaving everything else to others (like me).
If your site already operates an http server then it may be
fairly trivial for you to provide information. Many sites
permit users to make their own private documents available
from a directory called something like public-html in their
own login directory. (The details will depend on what type of
http server your site operates and how your systems administrator
has configured it.) Typically a URL for such documents is of
the form http://www.site.domain/~userid/document.html.
Check with your systems administrator.
If setting up your own server, or documents, is more than your resources, ability or willingness permit then by all means feel free to forward information to me; I will add it as time allows or as I see fit. (There is no need to send me copies of articles you post to rec.sport.rugby --- I can get them directly from there --- but you may draw my attention to an article if you are afraid I might miss it, or not recognize its brilliance!) If you do send me something please be wary of infringing copyright --- this server is not excused from adhering to copyright laws.
If you become aware of other sources of on-line rugby information in addition to the ones above please do let me know about them.
Please also feel free to suggest things that you would like to see included here. I can't promise I will act on all suggestions but if you don't make suggestions then I am certainly less likely to act. And don't be too shy to point out errors in any of the documents here --- I do want to provide correct information.
Information for contributors
The preferred means of submission for text is as a file in html
(hypertext markup language) format. If you can't
write
in html,
or convert to html, then just send ascii, preformatted
if possible (and try