Crombie Jardine - The Worlds Greatest Rugby Quotes

On hearing this the Harrovian pricks up his ears, and though he might previously have sided with Rugby, the insinuation against the courage of those who do not allow shinning arouses his ire, and causes him to refuse to lay with one who has offered it. Thus it is found impossible to get up a game The Field, 1861 Considering how it was in the years before rugby and football became distinctly separate sports Peter John FitzSimons (Born Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, 1961) A former rugby union player, FitzSimons joined the Wallabies in 1984. He is an Australian journalist, commentator and author. In June 2011 he was named a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to literature. Forwards are the gnarled and scarred creatures who have a propensity for running into and bleeding all over each other Peter FitzSimons Without a doubt the manliest men on the pitch. Large, often hairy, beer swilling carnivores that can and will smash anything in their path.

Revelling in the violence inherent in the scrum, they are rarely considered nice people, and in fact to some they arent even considered humans at all. Front rowers tolerate this attitude far and wide because they recognise their role at the top of the food chain and are used to suffering the fools that surround them. Accused by some of simply being dumb, I prefer to think of this group as open to unconventional ways of thinking Peter FitzSimons Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair... come the revolution the backs will be the first to be lined up against the wall and shot for living parasitically off the work of others Peter FitzSimons Forwards are the gnarled and scarred creatures who have a propensity for running into and bleeding all over each other Peter FitzSimons