who wrote the difinitive biography of FM BM and I spoke to him with regard to Manu Tuilagi as he dissected his subject late in life but the comparisons he drew for me were magnificent. This guy compared the RFU and England rugby to the General Staff of the British military just after near tragedy of the Boer War, which was absolutely inept, because the British military, unlike others on the continent, had a developed [...]
who worked both for the RFU and the IRB as repectable liaison man of some capacity in sport psychology. He offered me employment as a psychological mentor and motivator to particular player cases where a player was not responding to international rugby. This guy had read some of my articles in scientific sport psychology journals and believed that my take on certain athletes was spot on. Naturally I was suspicious but I agreed to look [...]
in the world of rugby has just proved why he is the most ineffectual. The rare distinction goes to Manu Tuilagi and if doesn’t get his act together in the next ten days England will lose all three test matches. This young man, IMHO , seems a bit doltish. In other words, he lacks grey matter and in rugby if one doesn’t have the little grey cells working as one plays, well, let me tell [...]
Who just might be the most obnoxious man in world rugby. That in iteself is a huge statement because there are many idiots confined to the asylums known as the RFU and the IRB. I might also include, having read today’s glorious news, once again include the SARU, just when I thought things might be getting better in their administrative adjudication, they appointed two of my favorite players but very inexperienced coaches , to man [...]
from Japan who were in a field drinking Castle and cooking on a Potjiekosa special treat called Waterblommetjie bredie which would be a strange dish and name in Japan. These two guys were in the middle of Japan in a park speaking Afrikaans like they were at a braai in Calvinia. Naturally these big Boer blokes invited me to have something seeing that I was wearing a Bulls jumper. I recognized these two guys immedately [...]