I have put together a couple of web pages that allow one to post
scores and match summaries onto a consolidated web site. I designed it as
a supplement to rec.sport.rugby in that while I hope someone will take the
time to put up reports from international, provincial and select-side matches
it is geared towards the club sides of the world. I would hope it allows us 
the possibility of keeping track of sides we might have played for or against 
in the past but have lost track of over the years. In this light, please try
to make an effort to put your home side's scores up, you never know who might
find something to smile about.

        That said, a few words of caution. My system admin has been nice
enough to let me set this up here so please try to be tasteful in your 
comments (if not objective). Additionally, I'm sure some will find great
amusement in informing the world that Moe's Tavern's C side has crushed the
All Blacks. Please don't. 

        The process is quite simple, access the URL:

                http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~dtracey/rugby/scores.html

 This is the page that allows you to either report a score or look at the
scores already posted. Click on "report" to report a score (I'm a forward
so I realized I had to make this as easy as possible for the backs :)

        I have broken things down by country for the time being. If you
don't see your country listed as a choice e-mail me and I'll fix it. If
things start getting really cluttered I will start to further break things
down into provinces or local unions. I have also included a League page but
not knowing much about the sport and where it is played I just lumped the
League-playing world into one group.

        At the least, please fill in the country the match was played, the
teams names and a reasonable estimate of the score (if you aren't sure who won
or even who was playing please make some phone calls first). There are some
text fields following for the scoring and match comments. I realize it is 
often not known who on the other team is doing the scoring so just put in 
what you know or ask someone on the sidelines to keep track. Your e-mail
address is requested at the bottom.

        Then click the "Post Score" button and a copy of the report that gets
tabulated will pop up. Now if you go back to the original URL and click on 
your country's name the week's results pop up and the scoreline of the match
you just entered is there as a link to your report!

        A final word, I hacked this thing together over the last day or so
more as an exercise in html forms processing than as producing a polished
product. Thus, though the function of the system works, the interface is a
bit rough and will smooth out over the next week or so. Any comments or 
suggestions are welcome.

        Yrs, etc.

                Dominic Tracey

-- 
Sigh no more ladies,    |One foot in sea,            |So sigh not so,
Sigh no more,           |The other on shore,         |But let them go,
Men were decievers ever,|To one thing constant never.|And be you blithe & bonny.
                      *** dtracey@csugrad.cs.vt.edu ***