Rugby Blog Planning and Research

Steven Green 11W- IE Award

Introduction

Top Rugby blogs tend to include YouTube videos along with top news and reviews round the world. Undisputedly the top blog in the world is Rugbydump (http://www.rugbydump.com/) whose Facebook page has an impressive 215,777 “likes” and whose twitter account has a more modest 41,004 followers. In my research I looked at what the top 5 are from my perspective and what components each one has and the successes and failures of each as well.

Number 1: RugbydumpRugby Blog Name Nature? Facebook/Twitter

page?Aesthetics out of 10?

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1. RugbyDump Website/Blog Facebook+Twitter

8/10 It is quite generic and doesn’t offer opinions. It is more of a feature website that shows cool things that are happening in rugby games.

Number 2: RuckuRugby Blog Name Nature? Facebook/Twitter

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2. Rucku Twitter page No Facebook 4/10 N/A It is more of a rugby social networking site on twitter.

Number 3: Planet RugbyRugby Blog Name Nature? Facebook/Twitter

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3. Planet Rugby Website Facebook+ Twitter 6/10 This website is meant for current rugby news and sometimes feature articles as well along with limited analysis.

Number 4: Rugby LADRugby Blog Name Nature? Facebook/Twitter

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4. RugbyLAD Blog Facebook+ Twitter 7/10 This is more of a blog which is something I want my product to be and it has nice blend between text and videos but offers no analysis.

Number 5: IRBRugby Blog Name Nature? Facebook/Twitter

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5. IRB Website Facebook + Twitter 5/10 The website itself offers news and videos along with live streams. It also offers limited analysis that is frankly quite poor.

Reflection and Planning

3 Things I should have in my Blog:1. I need to be very opinionated like RugbyLad was.2. It should be a Blog!3. I should have a nice background picture like Rugbydump and others had. 3 Things I shouldn’t have in my Blog:1. I should avoid posting news and stick more to analysis.2. I wont have a Facebook/twitter page as I want my Blog to be more of a Blog than just a publicity stunt.3. I shouldn’t have a motto, they tend to be silly and immature like in other blogs: E.g. Rugbydump: “For men with odd shaped balls”