Certainly, it was against my expectations! The Lions played the better Rugby, took their chances, and ran with the ball. This is what Rugby was always about! When I read that John Smit was concerned about the citing and subsequent banning of Bakkies Botha for his shoulder charge into Adam Jones in a ruck, I …
Well South Africa have won the world cup … but rugby was not the winner! As I said in my last blog … mauling and brawling is not rugby, but as far back as I can remember South Africa have been able to maul and brawl, England dictated the nature of the game, it would …
In many ways I am a romantic! I believed that rugby was invented by a guy named Webb Ellis at Rugby in 1823 when he picked up a ball and ran. Whether this be true or nay, I cannot tell … however I have always been a lover of the game, since about the age …