Rugby

Racial quotas have taken South Africa by storm in the modern era with the South African rugby union as well as Cricket South Africa implementing them with the introduction of players of colour in their respective squads. The history of these instances where teams have not been allowed to compete, or athletes have been denied with respect to these quotas are reminiscent of similar measures implemented during the early years of South Africa’s post-1994 democracy, and represent the highest measure…

The novel, Miracle in the Andes, by Nando Parrado, tells the horrifying story of a plane that crashed in the Andes mountains while carrying a Uruguayan rugby team and some of the players’ family members. Due to multiple great strokes of fortune, nearly all of the people onboard the plane survived the crash, including forty of the forty-five passengers, but the narrator and main character of the book, Nando Parrado, unfortunately lost his mother. They learned early that survival in the Andes…

The aim of this assignment is to gain a greater understanding of who I am through the use of reflexivity, the impact that I have on others, the influence rugby has on my life, my sense of ‘self’ and what it means to me to belong and play a significant part in Bath Rugby Academy. To achieve this I will use resources, theory and tools available to enhance my knowledge and to make any changes necessary to manage and improve my performance as an athlete from a psycho-sociological perspective drawing…

Summary My research project topic looked into the effects of dangerous tackles in high-school rugby league, furthermore, it assessed how these tackles can either be banned or retraining take place within a school in order to reduce the risk of injury caused by dangerous tackling. The research processes I used included a variety of primary and secondary sources including surveys, interviews, internet research and personal experiences playing at club level. I chose to do an essay because it…

Rugby has established itself not only as New Zealand’s most popular sport but as a critical element with traditional significance in our national identity. And rugby took a back seat in 1981, and the sport saw a decrease in popularity as players and supporters came to terms with the anarchy caused by the tour. The tour had damaged playing rugby for the sake of playing rugby and rugby games weren’t looked forwards to as much as in the past, instead the idea of a rugby game bought national…

The film is fiction while it is based off of a real rugby team and a real coach (Coach Gelwix) who teaches his boys about rugby and about being a man. The film is based off of many experiences Coach Gelwix had and some fictional story to make the movie interesting. The film made 24,000 in gross the first weekend it was out and made around 630,000 gross total. The movie Forever Strong is about a 17-year-old boy Rick Penning who is the star rugby player for his father’s…

strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field. This phrase is the Highland High School rugby team’s motto. The Highland rugby team were champions who have 419 wins, 10 losses and 19 USA national championships. The coach, Larry Gelwix, mentored his players to be champions on the field as well as off the field. A movie was made based off of the Highland High School’s rugby team’s story. The movie Forever Strong states, “often, the stories of embattled figures and the…

v Parramatta Storms Rugby League Club, Jack and Bronco (Personal Injury- Head)/ Negligence act. Benji (Plaintiff), a first grade league player of Western Tigers Rugby League Football Club was severely injured following a spear tackle by Parramatta Storms Rugby League Club’s (first defendant) players Jack and Bronco (second and third defendants). Benji was therefore forced into career retirement at his peak due to negligent acts of the defendant. Subsequently, National Rugby League charged the…

In the 1980’s John Kirwan was the new face of professional rugby. A role that every Kiwi bloke dreamed of, however, in reality, John’s life was far from a dream. Throughout his rugby career, John battled with depression, a mental illness which had a substantial effect on his life. Multiple years of struggling were finally relieved after John sought help providing him the ability to overcome his illness. John currently plays a significant leadership role within sport in New Zealand (NZ) offering…

to tour South Africa as the New Zealand protesters re-enabled against the New Zealand government, and the tour was cancelled. However and unauthorised New Zealand rugby team toured South Africa under the name of New Zeeland Cavaliers. The tour was given the name of rebel tour. New Zealand therefore made a decision on not sending a rugby team until apartheid is over in South Africa. This put a lot of pressure on South Africa to end apartheid as no teams were touring South Africa. During the tour…