My latest edit for leading New York rugby TV show Rugby Wrap Up features Italy and Stade Français legend Sergio Parisse with a preview of The Rugby Weekend match in Chicago between Ireland and Italy. WATCH IN FULL at Rugby Wrap Up.
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The Guardian has featured one of my videos I edited for New York's Rugby Wrap Up show in an article by Guardian US weekend editor Martin Pengelly on the USA Rugby historic victory over Scotland in Houston on Saturday, 16 June 2018.
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Rugby is the fastest growing sport in the United States and 2018 has seen the introduction of a new professional league, Major League Rugby. Over the last few weeks, I've been busy editing an MLR highlights show for New York online Rugby TV show, Rugby Wrap Up. Watch the shows after the jump…
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David Watkins takes us from his earliest rugby days in rugby union with Newport, Wales and the British and Irish Lions to his decision to move north to rugby league with Salford, a decision that resulted in him being shunned by the rugby union community. The Only player to ever captain the British and Irish Lions in Rugby Union and Great Britain in Rugby League. A canny, darting fly-half from the mining community of Blaina in north Gwent, Watkins used his sport to expand his horizons and make his name known and respected worldwide.
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History was made on April 24th when Rugby United New York, the first professional rugby club in the American capital city, played their first game in New York to a sell out crowd.
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idustrialrevolution.com who create professionally designed plugins and templates for Final Cut Pro X, have featured my editing work for New York based Rugby Wrap Up on their news page. The article shows how the RWU uses XEffects 3D Sports Graphics throughout our recent NatWest 6 Nations shows..
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Rugby Wrap Up asked me to edit a few videos for Premiership Rugby to help promote thegame between Newcastle v Saracens in Philadelphia on September 16 as part of the American Series.
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Living With Lions is the warts and all documentary account of the historic 1997 British and Irish Lions Tour of South Africa. This defined sports documentary making for a generation. For me, it combines my love of rugby, and little known to me at the time would be a big influence on my future as a documentary filmmaker.
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Six Nations chiefs recently ruled out the introduction of relegation and promotion format to the worlds oldest international rugby tournament.
For all the talk of growing the game by World Rugby, the 8 founder unions of England, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa seem to be afraid of losing control of the game and have continually held back the expansion into other countries , instead keeping the game as a cosy old boys club just for them.
In recent years, however, there have been moves by the founder Big 8 unions to move into the Amercian market.
Therefore, why don't the 6 Nations look to tap into the American market by adding USA & Canada to the tournament and make it 8 nations split into 2 pools of 4 with end of season grand final and relegation playoff with Rugby Europe (6 nations B). TV and sponsors would love it and this would open up the game to continental Europe and North America overnight. Sadly it won't happen as the game is run by officials with self-interest, who are afraid of change and losing control.
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