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Rugby Union

 

57 old farts.

Will Carling on the Rugby Football Union

 

I don't think that there was a soul in England who didn't know Godfrey Staunton, the back three-quarter, Cambridge, Blackheath, and five Internationals. Good Lord! Mr Holmes, where have you lived.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Missing Three Quarter

 

Four musketeers in one; Porthos for size and appetite, d’Artagnan for enthusiasm and fighting spirit, Athos for stubbornness and Aramis for his thoughtful nature.

Georges Duthen on Lucien Mias, French lock

 

I take the Gucci view about hard work on the practice field - long after you’ve forgotten the price, the quality remains.

Alan Jones, Australian RU coach

 

If Wales went to war with Russia tomorrow I honestly reckon Wales would have a bloody good chance.

Andrew Slack, Wallabies captain before game with Wales.

 

Like you, during a long and tempestuous history, we came under the yoke of our Anglo-Saxon brothers. You wisely, though, had much more sense than us, in that you devoured as many as you could.

Alan Thomas, Welsh RU president, welcoming the Fijian tourists.

 

No leadership, no ideas. Not even enough imagination to thump someone in the line-out when the ref wasn’t looking.

JPR Williams

 

The relationship between the Welsh and English is based on trust and understanding. They don’t trust us and we don’t understand them.

Dudley Wood, Rugby Football Union Secretary