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Friday, August 22nd, 2003
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12:55a - Rugby: the sport of brutal dictators and cute little boys
Who would have thought that a page called Famous Rugby Players could be so entertaining? I found it while searching for the following quote about Idi Amin from Britain's Dominions Office in the 1960s:
"Idi Amin is a splendid type and a good rugby player... bone from the neck up and needs things explained in words of one letter."
Other fun quotes from the page (which includes both real people and fictional characters like Edmund Pevensie from The Chronicles of Narnia and George W. Bush:
"Prince William as an Eton Rugby player; he is not that good and is on the third XV; a friend of mine was coaching a Catholic school team against that side and before the game told his players that they would have a chance to tell their grandchildren that they tackled the King, so every time William touched the ball, he would be descended on by the entire team. At the end of the game one of the boys walked up to him, shook his hand, and said 'My mum has a cat named after you.' William had no comment."
Jay Laga'aia: He portrayed Ugluk, another Orc in "Lord of the Rings." (Do I detect some type-casting here? "Yeah, let's get some scary-looking Kiwi ruggers to play the bad guys!")
Other ruggers: Benito Mussolini and Che Guevara. Well, read the page.
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