The News Review:
- Rugby Continues to Translate in Area
- Rugby legend Mark Andrews ‘” back in town to speak at his old school ‘”…
- Rugby Racerow Tarnishes The Rainbow Nation (from Sunday Herald)
Rugby Continues to Translate in Area
Washington Post – Jun 6, 2008
correction strong {color:#CC0000;text-transform:uppercase;}Rugby Continues to Translate in AreaUnofficial State Title Game Is a Sign of Sport’s GrowthBy B. KoubaroulisSpecial to The Washington PostFriday June 6 2008; E11Gareth Willatt reels in the lateral slides his hands around the curved edges of the oblong rugby ball tucks it under his arm and sets about precisely navigating the turf field at Old. As he negotiates the gaps between a group of his teammates Willatt weaves and dives absorbing shouts from his NOVA under-19 coaches. He’s constantly processing the team’s plays: “Cougar” “Cobra Sprint” “Viper” often calling variations — or audibles — to other setups such as “New Zealand” and “Australia.
Rugby legend Mark Andrews ‘” back in town to speak at his old school ‘”…
Dispatch Online – Jun 6, 2008
What are you doing now that you’re retired from rugby? A. I have a farm and family farms in Elliot that I farm (beef and mutton) with my two brothers. That is more a sideline than anything else. My proper job is with a company that supplies health euipment bicycles and sporting euipment to Game Makro and Dions. I am responsible for sourcing developing and presenting the Trojan health range to the buyers as well as Dunlop bicycles and the rest of the equipment that we supply. I spend 100 days a year in China visiting factories sourcing product.
Rugby Racerow Tarnishes The Rainbow Nation (from Sunday Herald)
Sunday Herald – Jun 6, 2008
Nelson Mandela became state president and apartheid was consigned to the dustbin of history. But a South African obsession with race continues to raise its head in the most archaic ways threatening to undermine the ideals of the country dubbed the Rainbow Nation by Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. And this weekend South Africa faces a furore over a race rugby and politics row which erupted when a newspaper ran a story under the headline: “Watson is black. The subject of the headline – 23-year-old Luke Watson – is by any tests of the late unlamented apartheid-era Race Relations Board white.