Rugby & The Olympic Games
Rugby has a chequered history as an official Olympic event, it was first featured as a 15s competition at the Paris Olympic Games in 1900...
Rugby has a chequered history as an official Olympic event, it was first featured as a 15s competition at the Paris Olympic Games in 1900...
Incredible as it may sound but one-armed rugby players have made the headlines more than once, as did Irishman Thomas Gordon who represented the Irish national team even though he had only one complete arm...
The Irish Lions, Lieutenant Colonel Paddy Mayne, Charles John Monro, All Blacks stand on the bright side of rugby Hall of Fame, but have you ever heard of Marc Cecillon or the "Bloodgate" ?
Controversial moments in rugby are many and cover a wide range of topics on and off the field of play. There has always been present the so called ‘mind games’ or one upmanship between adversaries but sometimes...
This satirical take on rugby players and their numbered positions is commonly mocked within the dressing room and clubhouse bar...