Article: RugbyU: International media boycott rugby World Cup


AAP Sports News (Australia)
09-07-2007
RugbyU: International media boycott rugby World Cup

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PARIS, Sept 6, 2007 (AFP) - Leading international news agencies on Thursday
launched a boycott of the 2007 rugby World Cup, plunging the event into
controversy on the eve of its opening game.

Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty Pictures and the
German agency DPA said no text, photo or video news on the World Cup would be
sent for 24 hours in protest at restrictions imposed by the sport's governing
body, on the transmission of photos during games.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) restrictions will particularly hit ...

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