The four most famous Of all are Eton College, HaITOW School, WinCheSter ColIege and RUgby SChoOL •These PUbliC SChooIS aim at ShaPing CharaCterS as WeIl as individuahty. TraditionaIIy they emphasize two factors in education. One is the StUdy Of ClaSSiCS and science, the Other is the ...
Fresh from this success, Derek wrote his first commercial hardback, an idiot’s guide to the laws of rugby, cunningly disguised under the title, 'Rugby - Success Starts Here'. Thirty-seven years later, it’s still in print, now a paperback, called, more honestly, "Rugby: A Player’s G...
Fash fashion has been a phenomenon that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as players like Zara and H&M took over the fashion industry by leveraging on shorter and shorterdesign-manufacturing-distribution cycles. Reducing these cycles from months to a few weeks. With just-in-tim...
A rugby player, a front row forward with a local club, was admitted with his first psychotic illness. The ward called me to say he had stripped himself naked and was jumping off his bed onto the tiled floor head-first because, ‘God is telling me to have epileptic fits.’ The burly c...
If Arsenal did once stand for anything it was a pride of its UK roots common decency etc . Indeed that is still a big selling point in itself. Let the Kroenke’s worry about financial loss. The hit in the pocket might even make Stan “Elephant killer” wince. I’m more than happy ...
Sense of belonging: “Look, at the time, we lived in [name of town], it was a shithole, we couldn’t even go play outside and everyone was into football or rugby. Driving into [name of bigger city] to come to the centre was massive for me, having friends outside [name of town...
This study aimed to determine the effect of 3 mg.kg−1 acute caffeine ingestion on muscular strength, power and strength endurance and the repeatability of potential ergogenic effects across multiple trials. Twenty-two university standard male rugby un
Today, the Turia has become a treasured communal space: a green ribbon that connects the fruit orchards on the outskirts to the Mediterranean Sea. Weekends are filled with soccer, rugby and baseball games at one of the many sports facilities in the park. On a sunny day, families picnic unde...