Sean no longer has the monoply of "Colonial Rugby"... ;-) I have been gathering images of "colonial" rugby under French ruling for some time, and it's quite amazing to find evidence of rugby games in countries that you wouldn't have suspected... Indochina (VietNam), Marocco, Ivory Coast, Senegal... or Tunisia today.
This postcard, dated 1908, shows "Rugby Club Marine Sidi Abdallah" (i.e. Navy Rugby Club) - a French Navy camp in former Ferryville (now Menzel Bourguiba), near Tunis. (large pic here)
Nice zoom on the team captain... "Maori" ball, "anchor" jersey and... splendid French moustaches !
Identificateurs Technorati : rugby, tunisia, sidi abdallah, navy
