Back in about 1989 I went on a rugby tour to play against a Royal Navy Field Gun Team in Portsmouth. Some of our team (Whitchurch Hospital Cardiff RFC) were on sabbatical from the Royal Navy and gave the following stern advice the evening before the game, “watch out for the Field Gun players with […]
Field notes to Report……..what we write down is different to what happens
If you are Welsh and have even the faintest interest in rugby you’ll know exactly what this picture is all about (just in case you don’t have read about why Allain Rolland was right). This isn’t a post complaining about referees, they are just like the rest of us, struggling to cope with the reality […]
Bag Packing, Social Skills and Youth Rugby
Youth rugby isn’t what it used to be in my day. We lived up to stereotypes. Not so nowadays, must be the Sam Warburton influence. Saturday was all about learning………… social skills for under 16’s rugby players…..unlikely I know. My sons under 16’s team are going on tour and the fund-raising is as much a […]
