The choice of referee will have a large say in how the final in Paris is played.
TFF’s interview with Eddie Jones, published online yesterday, has garnered a lot of attention., you will see his firm denial that he has anything in mind other than taking the Wallabies through to the 2027 World Cup.
Harsh on Foley and Cooper, I reckon, but outrageous on Hooper! When I challenged him on Hooper, Eddie didn’t back down.“I stand by it, 100 per cent,” he insisted. “He is a great guy but the timing is not right for him.” For the record, and as one who was privileged to be at that cup and attend that final, I hated that film. Yes, its heart was in the right place, and everyone found it moving. But I compare what was portrayed, to the way it actuallyPart of the problem was that neither director Clint Eastwood nor lead – Matt Damon playing Springbok captain Francois Pienaar – had ever seen a game of rugby before arriving in South Africa to shoot the film.
It was like nothing we had ever seen, or experienced. Here was the first black South African president, after 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island, reaching out and publicly embracing the most beloved institution of white South Africans, the Springboks.
Nudging four decades later, Dettre was working with Infostrada Sports crew at the FIFA World Cup 2002 in Japan, where he was asked to play a social match for the Japan Organising Committee against a FIFA team in the old stadium of the 1964 Olympics. Dettre is thrilled to be furnished with a full kit and is getting ready for the big game when, just before kick-off, an older fellow walks in.
“To go that close against such a great outfit and to not get there in the end is a tough one to take. Sport is cruel sometimes.”“I’m always saying that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.”Jockey Mark Zahra on winning the Caulfield Cup on Without A Fight:
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