I have embraced many sports on our journeys round the globe, but one remains completely alien. I say that having ventured to watch it on occasions, although I stress that it was never the main attraction of the trip. Romania v Spain in Bucharest springs to mind. Auckland v Waikato in New Zealand. Eden Park impressed. Barbarians at both Murrayfield and Twickenham, courtesyof of sponsor tickets from work. You can't really complain, when it is free. We are talking rugby. Rugby Union to be precise. Rugby in my mind was always a game played by posh kids at private schools. Well outside South Wales, where it has a universal appeal. At a normal Comprehensive school, we were football - only football. The egg chasing was left to the rich kids at their private schools. I find
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