This morning, I received this boys' book c1930... You know that I like rugby illustrations from youth litterature (nice drawings, vivid colors etc...), but this one is too much ! The smiles.. the haircuts... even the sunshine... too much !
I can't resist to draw a parallel with this image from the same period showing basically the same thing, i.e. a ball holder running from two opponents... Back to French championship (CASG vs Quillan) : the Parisian 3/4 (yes, with a beret...) is trying to escape these two terrrrrible forwards from Quillan (many "r" in "terrible"... as they say in the very deep south of France....)... You could almost feel his fear... he running for his life... (hardly a joke : French rugby was so violent in these days...)
A game for boys... a game for men... not the same game !
(in Le Miroir des Sports, Oct.8 1929)
Identificateurs Technorati : rugby, Quillan, CASG
