Much has been made of the England rugby team’s humiliation at the hands of the Welsh last Saturday. The critics were at their most vitriolic, England were a sham, it was too late to go back to the drawing board so close to a World Cup, Martin Johnson was, reportedly, incandescent with rage. Wales on […]
I recently spent a happy hour and a half watching a recording of the famous 1973 Barbarians vs. All Blacks match played at the old Cardiff Arms Park. It was more like watching sport from another planet than a comparatively recent era and the contrast with the modern game was stark. These days, it can […]