Japan’s national rugby team had never played South Africa prior to the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Furthermore, few gave them much hope against any of the teams in their pool group. Japan had not won a Rugby World Cup match in over 20 years, while the South African rugby had twice been crowned champions.
Rugby is an extremely competitive and physically demanding team sport. Professional rugby players train for months and subject their bodies to harsh physical training ...
On September 6, 2003, England played against France in a World Cup warm up at Twickenham Stadium. I was there to see the hosts hammer France 45–14, but why was I there? Had I bought a ticket to be there? Actually, no.
It all began when a close friend of mine from my university days in Australia invited me to watch a Rugby World Cup game. It was late summer in 2019, and the tournament was being held in Japan...
Duncan Walsh is a high school English teacher who hails from England. We sat down together and talked about his experience playing rugby...
Good day readers. As this is the first article for me, it felt appropriate to introduce myself and my first experience of rugby...
Dad was born in Lincoln on October 27th, 1946. As a child, he lived in the north of England but moved to the south when he was about twelve years old. It was around this time that he started to play rugby.