dulwich boys at the world cup

[Brendan]

Alan Dale Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Thomas Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> Just being a bit cheeky really. Seems everyone is

> all over rugby at the moment because England did

> well. I wonder whether the relevance of Rugby in

> modern Britain is being overstated in order to

> boost national morale.

>

I think a lot of the reason is that people are growing disillusioned with football as the commercial side of the game has become so prominent that there is little room left for things like national pride. When the England football team play it is a secondary thing for the players whereas when the rugby team play it is the pinnacle of what those players can achieve. The fans pick up on this kind of stuff.

[Alan Dale]

Either that or people are just fickle glory hunters. Not sure.

[dc]

trinity Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> dc - excellent news for your daughter- lets hope

> she enjoys basketball. Do girls not play netball

> anymore?

Thanks Trinity - she did enjoy it although 5 hours of pretty full on exercise a day left her somewhat cream crackered (I would have died). And yes - she'll be doing netball in her next 'module' - Personally I think we as a nation should concentrate on one or two sports we can excel at - instead of spreading ourselves thinly over everything - and rule the world in those: tiddlywinks anyone?