The News Review:
- Which decade was rugby’s greatest?
- Botswana: Storm Brewing At Rugby Union
- Rugby: Familiar position for Blues debutant
- Rugby: Pair to make debuts for Chiefs
Which decade was rugby’s greatest?
Telegraph.co.uk – Feb 14, 2008
Grand Slams: Wales 1950 1952; England 1957. Best Live Acts: Cliff Morgan Lewis Jones (Wales); Peter Jackson (England); Jean Prat (France). The Sixties Can anybody remember what was going on in the Sixties – on or off the field? Definitely the strangest rugby decade of all seemingly played out on muddy pitches and watched on black-and-white TVs. The spectrum ranged from the tedium of Wales captain Clive Rowlands playing the touchline in that extraordinary game of 111 line-outs against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1963 and the brute strength of France’s Grand Slam-winning side in 1968 to a brace of the best individual tries seen in the Test arena. The graceful Richard Sharp slicing effortlessly through the Scottish defence in 1963 and Andy Hancock scoring his length-of-the-field match-saver against the Scots at Twickenham two years later. And has there ever been a more romantic debut than Welsh 18-year-old Keith Jarrett beating England with a stellar individual performance in 1967? For all that rugby lagged way behind the pop scene – The Beatles Rolling Stones and Elvis were joyously breaking new ground. Free love was everywhere allegedly but as far as rugby was concerned the Sixties were very much love-hate… The spectrum ranged from the tedium of Wales captain Clive Rowlands playing the touchline in that extraordinary game of 111 line-outs against Scotland at Murrayfield in 1963 and the brute strength of France’s Grand Slam-winning side in 1968 to a brace of the best individual tries seen in the Test arena. The graceful Richard Sharp slicing effortlessly through the Scottish defence in 1963 and Andy Hancock scoring his length-of-the-field match-saver against the Scots at Twickenham two years later. And has there ever been a more romantic debut than Welsh 18-year-old Keith Jarrett beating England with a stellar individual performance in 1967? For all that rugby lagged way behind the pop scene – The Beatles Rolling Stones and Elvis were joyously breaking new ground. Free love was everywhere allegedly but as far as rugby was concerned the Sixties were very much love-hate. Grand Slams: France 1968. Best Live Acts: Keith Jarrett (Wales); Richard Sharp (England); Jo Maso Spanghero brothers (France). The Seventies The maddest most fun decade in pop music history certainly in terms of variety virtuosity and sheer talent.
Botswana: Storm Brewing At Rugby Union
AllAfrica.com – Feb 14, 2008
Accusations are flying high as the union vice president Bob Lekan accuses the president Dave Gilbert and his son Gareth of working in cahoots to bring him down. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Lekan a former BRU president who will contest the position again complained that the two are using dirty tactics to de-campaign him. He continued to charge that Gilbert wants to pursue his family interests at the expense of the union. The accusations rose from the letter that the president wrote through his son who works for the rugby office to affiliates.
Rugby: Familiar position for Blues debutant
New Zealand Herald – Feb 14, 2008
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Rugby: Pair to make debuts for Chiefs
New Zealand Herald – Feb 14, 2008
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