Interesting...but I don't buy the line that the England rugby team is

some kind of cultural melting pot, just because Robinson had a tough upbringing. They are still (at a rough guess) 70% white, middle-upper class, with a large proportion of them being privately educated.

I don't see why the sport of Rugby (or at least English rugby) is protesting so much.

Posted By: Hertz van Rental on October 16th 2007 at 12:48:23

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FAO blindasabat (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 12:39:54
- so your liking of Rugby because it isn't like 'soccer' (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:19:04
  - Paul Sackey played yoof football for some London team (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 13:51:50
    - i know QPR are shit, but they still beat us... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 14:07:57
  - If one Rory Underwood, or Jonny Wilkinson is lost to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 13:20:56
- Interesting...but I don't buy the line that the England rugby team is (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Oct 16, 12:48:23
  - The same goes for Scottish Rugby (General Chat) - Costa Del Colney, Oct 16, 12:55:47
    - There are plenty of Rangers fans who where England football shirts too. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 16, 13:03:57
      - *Where*? FFS. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 16, 13:08:23
        
        There, (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:11:59
        
        Wait for it (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 13:16:31
      - Except me - I hate being forced to be feckin British, I'm English. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:07:36
        
        who swears in 'Oirish' (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 16, 13:20:53
        
        Huzzah. However, I do that becuse it somehow (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:27:44
        
        or England (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 16, 13:30:07
        
        or Britain (even Brom knew that...) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:34:22
        
        Some of it is in the UK though innit. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 13:41:01
        
        no (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:46:51
        
        Erm. No. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 13:51:22
        
        no? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 14:00:25
        
        and 21st Century dinosaurs (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:49:45
    - I'd prefer to call it sad. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 12:57:46
  - probably because they're bored of all the ignorant class hatred that gets thrown at them (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 12:49:31
    - I guess they get as bored with that as football supporters (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 12:52:01
      - You're mixing players with supporters there... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Oct 16, 12:55:05
        
        I don't think that's quite right (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 13:03:01
        
        I'd be surprised if NZ weren't the most culturally diverse (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 16, 13:07:32
        
        Did you see this? (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:06:44
        
        Yup, really interesting (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 13:14:39
        
        Plus Habana is from Zimbabwe (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Oct 16, 13:37:07
        
        Nope, apparerntly he's a pukka Sith Efrican (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 13:55:47
        
        Zat right? (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 13:53:07
        
        Was doing that myself (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Oct 16, 13:57:15
        
        And was educated in Joburg! (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 16, 14:01:22
        
        My mate lives about 2 miles from me here in Cairo. (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Oct 16, 14:04:04
        
        True about the schools. However, I think they have a much (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:22:00
        
        it's a funny that i ended up going to a school (in Cambridgeshire) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:26:57
        
        Which one was that? They did play rugby at (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:30:38
        
        Hinchingbrooke (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:48:51
        
        New tennis courts and a gun to shoot the rabbits. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Oct 16, 13:49:57
        
        i remember my head of house getting the kids to stone a rabbit to death once (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:51:16
        
        Does your son play for the Ely Tigers? ( I think that's what they're called?) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Oct 16, 13:41:39
        
        Yes. He was captain two seasons ago - (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:43:14
        
        Nice one, my mate is a bit shit and has ropey legs.... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Oct 16, 13:45:35
        
        I was a bit shit too, but (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:47:26
        
        I quite enjoyed the chucking yourself about in the mud bit... (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Oct 16, 13:50:59
        
        i played it, i was shit at it, i did not enjoy it (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 16, 13:50:21
        
        Yep, me too. In fact I was shit at all the sports I did, (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 13:57:38
        
        Well, having never met any of them, I don't feel (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 12:57:15
- Yep good article. Trouble is OG, you can't tell folk (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 16, 12:46:45

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