31.   British rugby union teams have suffered their worst test defeats on record this summer but the nightmare is not over yet.

32.   But no single rugby league team has attracted more spectators than the Swans, a fact not lost on Brassel.

33.   But the French rugby union team will almost certainly set some kind of scoring record when they host Ireland in the Five Nations championship Saturday.

34.   Charges previously filed against seven people connected to the university rugby team were soon dropped.

35.   Chris Anderson has been reappointed coach of the Australian rugby league team for test matches at home against Britain and New Zealand, the Australian Rugby League announced Thursday.

36.   Clive Woodward was named coach of the England rugby union team Tuesday, succeeding Jack Rowell, while Roger Uttley was appointed manager.

37.   During the World Cup, the rugby team played under a combined Springbok-protea emblem.

38.   English rugby league team Keighley began legal proceedings Monday aimed at securing a place in the proposed Super League.

39.   Flanker Troy Coker was Monday recalled to the Australian rugby union team to face Argentina in the second test at the Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday night.

40.   Flanker Michael Jones was Wednesday recalled to the New Zealand rugby union team to face Australia in the second Bledisloe Cup international in Sydney on Saturday afternoon.