August 24, 2007

Rugby - Fiji Style: 'Rugby is more important than anything except family' - a story from the islands of the Pacific, where the greatest Sevens players learned their trade.

posted by owlhouse to other at 05:45 AM - 3 comments

Not a particularly well written piece*, but does describe the atmosphere of Pacific island rugby. I travel a lot in the region, and while primarily a football fan, had to learn a bit about Rugby in order to get on at work or socially. * e.g. 'baited' breath?

posted by owlhouse at 05:48 AM on August 24, 2007

In the early 90s, when I was working in Egypt, there used to be an annual rugby tournament in Cairo between teams made up of people from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Egyptians, and a few stray US oil field roughnecks. Fijians made up part of the UN peacekeeping force in the Sinai at that time, and they would send over a side. The result was very predictable. The Fijians won every year that I was there, and never had a close match. Those guys were awesome.

posted by Howard_T at 10:21 PM on August 24, 2007

It is slightly over-written, but still, you just gotta love local sports fixtures.

posted by Fence at 05:46 AM on August 29, 2007

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