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The Hong Kong Sevens is over: We celebrate with 12 notable quotes on rugby

25 September, 2018 by Expat Living 3 Min Read

https://expatliving.hk/the-hong-kong-sevens-is-over-we-celebrate-with-12-notable-quotes-on-rugby/

The international rugby union season is in full flight, with a few weeks of Six Nations already under our belts (England sits atop the ladder for the moment), and the newly expanded Super Rugby season kicking off just last week. But of course, the talk of the town is the up-and-coming 2016 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on 8 – 10 April. With all this in mind, we thought it was the perfect time to reflect on what some of the big names have had to say about the great game over the years.

Butting heads in the scrum
Butting heads in the scrum

“Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the centre of the city.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Remember that rugby is a team game; so all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to Jonah.”
– anonymous fax sent to the New Zealand team prior to their World Cup semi-final against England in 1995; Jonah Lomu scored four tries

“For an 18-month suspension, I feel I probably should have torn it off. Then at least I could say, ‘Look, I’ve returned to South Africa with the guy’s ear.’”
– Johan le Roux on biting Sean Fitzpatrick’s ear

“I’m still an amateur, of course, but I became rugby’s first millionaire five years ago.”
– Wallaby David Campese in 1991

Flying high... dominating the line-out
Flying high… dominating the line-out

“He’s the sort of player whose brain doesn’t always know where his legs are carrying him.”
– Wallaby teammate Nick Farr-Jones on Campese

“Me? As England’s answer to Jonah Lomu? Joanna Lumley, more likely.”
– London Wasps and England player Damian Hopley in 1995

“Rugby backs can be identified because they generally have clean jerseys and identifiable partings in their hair… come the revolution, the backs will be the first to be lined up against the wall and shot for living parasitically off the work of others.”
– Wallaby Peter FitzSimons

“I thought I would have a quiet pint … and about 17 noisy ones.”
– Gareth Chilcott on playing his last game of rugby for Bath in 1993

 

“You can go to the end of time, the last World Cup in the history of mankind, and the All Blacks will be favourites for it.”
– Wallaby Phil Kearns

“We’ve lost seven of our last eight matches; the only team that we’ve beaten is Western Samoa. Good job we didn’t play the whole of Samoa.”
– Welsh rugby star Gareth Davies in 1989

“Grandmother or tails, sir?”
– anonymous referee speaking at the pre-match coin toss to Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips, the captain of Gordonstoun School’s rugby side

“One of the stories that inspires me is that it is documented that a honey badger killed a lion in a one-on-one. What happened was that he clawed the canastas off the big fella. He just went one-two on the ball bag, and the big fella has walked around the corner and fell over … That, to me, is outstanding.”
– Wallaby Nick “Honey Badger” Cummins

 

Keep you eye on our Calendar for events and info surrounding this years Rugby 7’s!

Categories: Fitness Health & Fitness Tags: Hong Kong-1 Men Rugby Rugby 7s Sport

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