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Rugby
Articles
The
Golden Decade
History can be turned on a moment - or series of moments. Moments
of magic or moments of desperation? Both, it would seem, since in
sport the two often go together. To the real winners of elite competition,
desperation draws the magic. Norman Tasker looks at Rugby's Golden
Decade.
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These
Boots are Made for Kicking
In
the Sydney offices of Athletes Management Australia, where Greg
Keenan, Nick Johnston and Cameron Day look after the bourgeoning
affairs of a small army of Australian and New Zealand Rugby internationals,
two glass cases are proudly displayed. They contain two pairs of
old football boots, each of which played a part in changing the
history of the Australian game.
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Rugby
traditions
As
the British and Irish Lions tour Australia this winter, some 10,000
British tourists will follow them. Such is the volume of support
that not all of them can even be guaranteed tickets to the games.
But still they will come, lapping up the atmosphere at minor games
and live sites, and collecting memories that they will take home
with them as the real dividend of their visit.
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A
Symbol for the Ages
When
John Eales kicked off as captain of AustraliaÕs Rugby team in 1996,
success was no shoe-in. The team had not long before stumbled badly
at the World Cup in South Africa, they had lost a string of champion
players, and they were wrestling with a new professional environment
that required much change.
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Allan's
Career a Link Between Eras.
Norman
tasker talks to a rugby prodicy with a sense of history.
Just
as J.J. Giltinan had given Allan the Kangaroos jersey as recognition
of his feats as a schoolboy, the early international Rugby jerseys
also came Allan's way as acknowledgement of a remarkable contribution
by a young man ahead of his time.
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Our
Own Cup to Woo the Collector
When the British Lions were in Australia last year for their Rugby
series against Australia, they brought with them something like
20,000 supporters. When they gathered for the first Test in Brisbane,
the scene inside and outside the ground was extraordinary. Everybody
wore red - mostly Lions jerseys.
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