1.   The Australian rugby team drew the first game of their European tour, sixteen-all against France at Lyon.

2.   The Australian rugby team extended its lead with a try from Stirling Mortlock.

3.   Australian rugby league enjoys a huge following in New Zealand.

4.   All I could do was distract myself, which I did by chatting with an Australian rugby player turned New York City hair stylist.

5.   If this were, for example, Australian rugby, Stevens would not have been playing last night against the Bruins.

6.   Murdoch is a little late to corrupt college basketball, although his takeover of Australian rugby is a model.

7.   They include the rights to broadcast the U.S. National Football Conference, Australian rugby and British Premier League soccer.

8.   Potential World Cup players Stephen Larkham and John Eales sent encouraging signs to Australian rugby union selectors Saturday when both made successful returns after long injury layoffs.

9.   ACT forward Jim Williams was Friday named to replace David Campese as captain of the Australian rugby union sevens team for a tournament in Dubai next week.

10.   Actor Russell Crowe has been accused by an Australian rugby league coach of trying to lure several players to South Sydney, a team which Crowe avidly supports.