There is an old saying that "football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans, and rugby is a hooligans’ game played by gentlemen".
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Get carried away!
Rugby pundits on BBC Wales’s Scrum V waxed lyrical about the performance against England and their chances in this year’s World Cup.
"It was only one game," said the presenter. "Don’t get carried away."
"But we’re Welsh," they retorted. "It’s what we do."
Four games lost, one game won -- albeit the one really counts. "As long as we beat the English . . . " It’s a strange phenomenon, this passion and determination to beat the old enemy. It’s what binds us to the other Celtic nations: Italy have yet to learn that they can beat the Scots and the Welsh but it counts for nothing compared to a victory over the men in white.
Read the rest of this article here on the Sportingo site.
"It was only one game," said the presenter. "Don’t get carried away."
"But we’re Welsh," they retorted. "It’s what we do."
Four games lost, one game won -- albeit the one really counts. "As long as we beat the English . . . " It’s a strange phenomenon, this passion and determination to beat the old enemy. It’s what binds us to the other Celtic nations: Italy have yet to learn that they can beat the Scots and the Welsh but it counts for nothing compared to a victory over the men in white.
Read the rest of this article here on the Sportingo site.
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