Oval balls at lunchtime
Jan 29th, 2008 | By Ian Poulton | Category: IrelandShane Hegarty of the Irish Times writes this morning criticizing the idea of schools holding a Mass before a rugby match. Pondering the question over tea and toast, there seem much more fundamental questions that might have been asked about schools’ rugby in Ireland. No other rugby playing nation seems to get so fixated about the performances of teams of fifteen schoolboys. All four Irish provinces hold a tournament, but the Dublin-centric Irish Times focuses upon the Leinster schools.
I enjoy rugby. I particularly enjoy French rugby; but maybe …