31.   Former national rugby union coach Jacques Fouroux hopes to begin play in an eight-team Super League competition he unveiled in November.

32.   Former New Zealand rugby international Graham Thorne was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday while visiting friends, police said.

33.   Former professional rugby league player Anthony Mundine remains unbeaten as a boxer after a controversial split points decision over London-based countryman Sam Soliman on Monday.

34.   Former rugby union players were given the green light Tuesday to return to the amateur ranks once they have quit rugby league.

35.   He is a former rugby player and competitive rower who still plays golf, tennis and squash.

36.   John Graham, a former rugby union captain of the All Blacks, was named team manager, replacing Gren Alabaster.

37.   Last December, Mundine, a former rugby league player, was beaten by Sven Ottke of Germany for the International Boxing Federation middleweight title.

38.   Other party leaders included Mangosuthu Buthelezi, head of the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party, and former rugby head Louis Luyt, who entered politics just recently.

39.   Sale clubmates Steve Henley and former British rugby league international Barrie-Jon Mather will both be making their full debuts for England.

40.   Williams said former Australian rugby league captain Mal Meninga, now a representative of Super League, already visited the islands and was poised to recruit several players.