Searched on Google for iCal Rugby World Cup fixture list and the first result was your website - Now added them all to my google calender, Thank you so much!
Simon said…
Thanks Mike, the calendar's much appreciated! Simon, Dublin
Hmm, the French you say, the All Blacks' nemesis side ;-)
Anonymous said…
Thank you - very much appreciated told my colleagues!
Paul - Petersfield UK
Anonymous said…
Thanks Mike! Just what I was looking for....
Anonymous said…
Thanks Mike
David said…
just imported into google calendar...seems the time is off by 1 hour...
e.g. England v Scotland you have DTSTART:20111001T073000Z (shows up as 5:30pm Sydney time) should be DTSTART:20111001T083000Z (should be 6:30pm Sydney time)
..maybe you created it before daylight savings ended and this wasn't catered for?
A local KO time in the description would be a great help too.
David said…
actually...not so sure now....NZ kicks into daylight savings on 25th Sep....Sydney not until 2nd Oct, so maybe it should show as 5:30pm...so you may have it right after all....though some earlier games prior to 25th (DLS) still seem an hour out...
Timezone: All dates are in NZ - note that the Kiwi summer time kicks in 25th September and the NZ clocks will be going forward an hour (2am will become 3am).
The calendar should automatically reflect your local timezone, especially if you're using Google Calendar. Your summer time may be ending during the RWC and thus may move some of the events by an hour.
Having said all that please let me know if there is a match that you know is wrong and I'll check it out for us all.
Anonymous said…
Mike - you are a legend! Thanks so much for putting in a the effort. Sam.
Greeting, Great work, Added to my Google account, however I couldnt add all the appointments in O2K3.. I found I had to save the file, then in OL went through and use the "Import and Export Wisard" and "Import an iCalendar or vCalendar file (.vcs)".
I then modified the ics file and added a "CATEGORIES" attribute.
Dan, knowtoneed, rhinoab and Peter - pleasure! Only a few weeks to go and the scores will start flowing in :-)
Anonymous said…
Many Thanks Mike, very useful, appreciate the share as will a number of my chums now. Cheers, Ieuan. A Welshman slowly trying to annexing England from London
Anonymous said…
Mate, thank you very much for taking the time to sort this calendar. It was a task I was dreading... Top man!
Joe O Hara said…
Thanks a million for taking the time to do this Mike. Much appreciated!
Just a small note: Bronze Final loaded on Sat 22/10 in my iCal. But the schedule on the RWC 2011 Facebook page states Fri 21/10 as the date for the match. A glitch, perhaps?
Stuart - to be fair to the RWC organisation company (@RugbyWorldCup) they are fully aware that their approach has been somewhat limited but in the grand scheme of things it's less of a priority for them.
But hey, the community has stepped in and helped them out - if only they would share it out to all their followers ;-)
Anonymous said…
what a great app thanks but i'm having a problem getting it to sync with my i phone 4 calendar. Am i doing something wrong or is it just a case of me being a typical prop!!!!
Anonymous said…
Great thanks - saved me ages having to type them all in.
Anonymous said…
Hey Mike, Reckon you could re-schedule last weekend's AB v Aus match so we can have another crack at it?
Anonymous said…
excellent. thanks for thinking about that, Mr iCal. the official RWC site doesnt have an ical download. but they did release official apps last week. i was googling around trying to find a way to get the matches onto iCal and there was a link to your site. thanks again...
Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I trust it's all working for you.
Scores: I'll be putting the scores in as soon as the final whistle goes - if you don't want to know the score then please DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU GO LOOKING :)
Match report links: I will be putting in a maximum of 3 per match: - Official World Cup site - Official home side match report - Official away side match report
And that's it ... probably ... if I go to a game I'll definitely be blogging it and popping a link in ;)
Have made an open (anyone can edit) Google Doc version of the Excel spreadsheet Vince found - http://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2011/09/rugby-world-cup-spreadsheet.html
I concur with @Fishbowler - that was why I raised the question originally. It would be great if the title wasn't updated so at a glance we won't know results and if extra links are included, they go into the description rather. That would be ideal but I know it's not up to me ;)
Anonymous said…
Hey Mike Dood - You have the Wellington games down as being played at Westpac Staduim... But they are at Wellington Regional Staduim !!! lol
Same place, renamed due to sponsorship priorities.
Matt said…
Nice one!!!
Anonymous said…
Big thanks from Germany !
Anonymous said…
Big thanks from Canada, Mike - This is fantastic!! Now, if you could do anything about the 16 hour time difference, that would be much appreciated =0) No? Oh well, it's going to make for some early (!!) mornings. Cheers!
Thanks everyone for popping in a comment, really appreciate it.
Hope everyone enjoyed the opening weekend, what a stormer it was. And the game last night in Wellington was brilliant, even had my wife hurtling out of her seat to scream at the players on the pitch :-) Shame Wales lost but just amazing to be there.
Thanks Mike, great calendar, thanks for sharing. Agree last week's game in Wellie was amazing, can't wait for this Saturday!!! Cheers, Jude, Wellie
NickQP said…
Hi Mike great effort with the calendar. I've been subscribed for two or three or four years now thank you very much. I just wanted to check with you if you do update on a daily basis because at the moment you don't have the Irish or Scottish fixtures for this weekend (11-12th November '17) in the calendar - could you check this out please? thanks man cheers Nick Quartey-Papafio (ex-Doncaster, Blackheath & Watford RUFC's)
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NZRU/IRB have told me on Twitter they'll be doing something "in the new year" so watch their space as well.
As I've said the NZRU/IRB did promise a "usable" calendar but at the moment it's still in .doc format (DOH!)
I'll be maintaining the Google calendar either way and will update with match scores, links etc
Adam
Richard in Scotland
Go to France! go the blues!
Hmm, go the Blues you say ;-)
Go Romanian Oaks!!
Pleasure! Be great to watch Romania in a very tough pool :-)
Exactly what I want!
Allez la France! and the others!
Hmm, the French you say, the All Blacks' nemesis side ;-)
Paul - Petersfield UK
e.g. England v Scotland you have
DTSTART:20111001T073000Z (shows up as 5:30pm Sydney time)
should be
DTSTART:20111001T083000Z (should be 6:30pm Sydney time)
..maybe you created it before daylight savings ended and this wasn't catered for?
A local KO time in the description would be a great help too.
Just check the times though because my thick head keeps coming up with the earlier games being an hour different...
Timezone: All dates are in NZ - note that the Kiwi summer time kicks in 25th September and the NZ clocks will be going forward an hour (2am will become 3am).
The calendar should automatically reflect your local timezone, especially if you're using Google Calendar. Your summer time may be ending during the RWC and thus may move some of the events by an hour.
Having said all that please let me know if there is a match that you know is wrong and I'll check it out for us all.
Pass it on and let the world know we can have usable match schedules despite the IRB
I plan to add in links to the match info, maybe TV listings around the world ...
I then modified the ics file and added a "CATEGORIES" attribute.
Mark
I was about to type them all into my iCal but had a brainwave to do a search. "Bingo!"
Cheers, Ieuan.
A Welshman slowly trying to annexing England from London
Saludos desde España.
Just a small note: Bronze Final loaded on Sat 22/10 in my iCal. But the schedule on the RWC 2011 Facebook page states Fri 21/10 as the date for the match. A glitch, perhaps?
Just added it.
Stuart - to be fair to the RWC organisation company (@RugbyWorldCup) they are fully aware that their approach has been somewhat limited but in the grand scheme of things it's less of a priority for them.
https://twitter.com/#!/MiramarMike/status/105781187364134912
But hey, the community has stepped in and helped them out - if only they would share it out to all their followers ;-)
cheers,
Leslie
http://www.bhs.org.za/rwc-2011-score-card
Just a question - you say you'll be updating with links and scores etc.
How will you do that? Just update the old entries? I am keen to use your calendar but not if it's going to become cluttered :(
Scores: I'll be putting the scores in as soon as the final whistle goes - if you don't want to know the score then please DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU GO LOOKING :)
Match report links: I will be putting in a maximum of 3 per match:
- Official World Cup site
- Official home side match report
- Official away side match report
And that's it ... probably ... if I go to a game I'll definitely be blogging it and popping a link in ;)
Still, thanks for sharing, really appreciate it.
When you say you'll be posting the results, is that in the Description or in the Title?
My preference is for Description, so that I don't have to see the results if I don't want to.
Ross, Scotsman in New Mexico
Jeremy
www.webswonder.co.uk
Hope everyone enjoyed the opening weekend, what a stormer it was. And the game last night in Wellington was brilliant, even had my wife hurtling out of her seat to scream at the players on the pitch :-) Shame Wales lost but just amazing to be there.
I've been subscribed for two or three or four years now thank you very much.
I just wanted to check with you if you do update on a daily basis because at the moment you don't have the Irish or Scottish fixtures for this weekend (11-12th November '17) in the calendar - could you check this out please? thanks man cheers
Nick Quartey-Papafio (ex-Doncaster, Blackheath & Watford RUFC's)