I am Italian, a great rugby fan, I am 62 years old and I am really moved by the beautiful memories - which are also mine, I remember perfectly the first World Cup - of these two rugby legends. "Old bugger", Sir John’s self-irony is wonderful and extremely healthy.
I remember taking my twins into their butcher shop in Onehunga and he always gave them a cheerio sausage. This is when rugby was it's best, prior to turning professional. Brilliant team at this time.
Ricordo perfettamente il match in diretta sulla Rai io e tre amici del Cagliari Rugby Club. Il primo tempo duro ma ancora accettabile. Nel secondo tempo vennero fuori gli All Black e poi quella meta di John Kirwan francamente fu devastante! Scoprimmo allora che gli All Black non erano di un altro emisfero ma di un altro pianeta.
Doesn't matter what the team is their all men who can tackle. JK was scoring trys like this before the World cup including a 70m try against Queensland, Waikato.......
As italian i have to admit that rugby is definitely not our "national" sport wich is(was?!) football. Anyway i'm really enjoying the world cup these days. I'm just disappointed for Ireland who lost a big occasion to reach the final. France South Africa was also an incredible match!!
