Rugby-Pioneers

Australia - France : semi-final RWC 1987

I have just received a mail from Sean Fagan in Australia (RL1908 - a great site dedicated to Rugby League history down under - rush there if you don't know the site !) and it suddendly reminds me of this 1987 Rugby World Cup semi-final in Sydney...

Almost 20 years ... and I remember it as if it was last week... I was a student then... 5 am in the morning with all my rugby teammates (we just forgot to go to sleep that night...) and this incredible last minute try scored by Serge Blanco... final score : 30-24 for the French...

I almost cry everytime I see it (even though I know it's far from being a "perfect" try such as this one (New Zealand vs France 1994) or that one (Barbarians vs All Blacks 1973)...

I have "borrowed" this video from French journalist Pierre Salviac (yes, the guy commenting on this video...) who is now blogging at www.mondialdurugby.com.

I encourage everybody to visit his website !

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Italian rugby postcard, fascist propaganda...

This Italian card comes from a time (1930s) when Rugby was heavily promoted in Mussolini's fascit propaganda...





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Season III is open !

I am back to town... and here we go again for another season of rugby memorabilia !

Please check your bookmarks, tune your RSS reader, and tell your friends...  I hope that there will be a lot of people around this blog this year to share and discuss about the early days of our favorite sport ! Again, I encourage fellow collectors and rugby fans to contribute and share pictures, images, stories... This place is yours !

the "picture of the day" is another nice rugby poster print, by French artist André Galland, advertising for Kina Lillet, from the same series as the one below posted before holidays.




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