Hats off to the #Romanian rugby team in the #RugbyWorldCup game against Scotland last night. Losing 84-0, the Tier 2 team looked exhausted, by time the clock struck 80 minutes. When they got possession of the ball all they had to do was kick the ball out of play to end the game. They chose … Read more
France v Republic of Ireland European qualifier in 2005. Thousands of Irish fans started singing, well actually, humming, the French National Anthem, with great gusto. In fact, so much gusto that the French fans stopped, stared and listened in utter surprise with the Irish fans. A smiling Brian Kerr, Irish manager, said it helped calm … Read more
With the Rugby World Cup 2023 just a few days away, the atmosphere in France, the hosts, and around the world is building. Some great rugby and with it, will come great sportsmanship stories. A quick classy French sportsmanship story involving Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll, leads to another French sportsmanship story which leads to a Maori … Read more
Have you ever been let down? Disappointed? Dejected? Here’s the story of a brilliant young rugby player, Mathew Tait, who won his first cap at 18 years of age. He played ok. He was described by Mike Catt as “the future of English rugby”. BUT THEN, SURPRISINGLY, HE WAS DROPPED after that first game (against … Read more
The Strongest, Most Spirited Rugby Player In Rugby World Cup 2015 Meet Lindsay Hamilton. She was born almost limbless, but that doesn’t stop her playing rugby. Watch Lindsay playing rugby. She is an absolute inspiration and a real heroine of sport. Lindsay is almost limbless yet she plays scrum-half for Halifax Towers RFC women’s rugby team in Canada. … Read more
A man who suffered 27 years of imprisonment because he demanded basic human rights for himself and his people, bore no bitterness. A man of great dignity and wisdom. A man who lit up the world with his smile, who broke the stiffness of formality by wearing splendid bright coloured African shirts to various meetings. … Read more
The All Blacks played like the ‘great prophets of doom’ as Bill McLaren once described them as they closed out the fantastic French revolutionaries – a team that was in disarray yet played wonderful rugby (only in the final) while the favourites played a rugged dogged defensive game to nervously win a thrilling Rugby World … Read more