Sporting Memories & Comment
Personal essays on great sporting occasions. Considered comment on the game as it stands today. Written by those who were there — or watched, and have never quite forgotten.
The Springboks were loathed by black South Africans. For many, the jersey represented white oppression. For Afrikaners, South Africans of mainly Dutch descent, rugby was integral to their cultural identity.
Scotland at the Parc des Princes — Five Nations, February 1995 By Stuart Lennon "C'est bien, non?" We nodded enthusiastically. Prop forwards in the mid 1990s were
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