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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
SYDNEY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Rugby in the southern hemisphere is poised for major changes not seen since the sport went professional in 1995, Australian Rugby Union (ARU) chief executive John O'Neill said on Tuesday.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
ARU general manager John O'Neill unveiled plans for a major shake-up of the rugby landscape including a fifth Australian side to take part in an expanded Super 15 competition.
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Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Australian rugby fans could be in for a treat next year as ARU CEO John O'Neill has mooted the possibility that the All Blacks may tour Australia next June to play local Super 14 teams followed by the Wallabies going to New Zealand to play Kiwi franchises."
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
When it comes to picking top coaching talent John O'Neill reckons he knows a good thing when he sees one. Now in his second stint at the helm of Australian rugby, Mr O'Neill was the boss of Football Australia when in 2005 he scored...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
John O'Neill, the chief executive of the Australian Rugby Union, has been berating the northern hemisphere for its refusal to bow to the IRB’s ideological determination to revolutionise rugby union with the sweeping Experimental Law Variations. He cited the ugly nature of the World Cup semi-finals and final as compelling reasons for change. The contrast, according to O'Neill, between the World Cup...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
ARU boss John O'Neill has warned that rugby risks being split if northern hemisphere countries do not embrace the experimental law variations, but this is just the sort of flawed justification that I have previously highlighted, says Brian Moore.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
IEUAN EVANS has accused John O’Neill of scaremongering with his dire warnings over world rugby being split in two.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
IEUAN EVANS has accused John O’Neill of scaremongering with his dire warnings over world rugby being split in two.
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
André Watson has rubbished claims by Australian Rugby Union CEO John O’Neill suggesting the northern unions will not implement the ELVs. O’Neill said England, Wales and Ireland had a change of heart regarding the new laws which are due to be implemented globally on 1 August. However, Watson, Saru’s manager of referees, told an Afrikaans newspaper [...]
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
THE substantial fee the International Rugby Board is seeking to host the 2019 World Cup could put off potential bidders, Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill said.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
THE power struggle for rugby union’s soul has began in earnest with Australian rugby chief John O’Neill warning the sport could be split in half if Wales and the rest of the northern hemisphere don’t adopt the more controversial Experimental Law Variations.
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22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Australian rugby chief John O’Neill says the IRB is charging too much for the right to host the 2015 and 2019 World Cups.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
RUGBY boss John O'Neill has returned fire at David Gallop, saying his NRL rival had a forgettable seven days last week with "nonsensical" barbs at union and a sword-and-sandal clash with Souths' famous owner.
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BBC Sport | Rugby Union | Welsh | U (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Australia chief executive John O'Neill says the game may be split in half over if the northern hemisphere fails to adopt rule changes.
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Total Flanker (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
It seems Aussie rugby chief' John O'Neill just can't prevent himself from talking out of his arse, scaremongering threats gushing forth in a tourettes-like fashion whenever he doesn't get his own way. Fresh from having recently issued dire warnings about the potential extinction of one of the rugby codes in Australia, O'Neill is now said to be "furious" at the continued resistance by by England, Ireland...
