This piece in the Indie has only just come to my attention. It’s odd stuff, reporting that apparently Georgia is making a pitch to Boer farmers in South Africa to move to their country.

There are all sorts of intriguing political, demographic and cultural implications of this, but to explore those would be to miss the point. The most crucial impact would surely be on the world of rugby – if this goes ahead, would it mean that Georgia’s notoriously hulking forwards would be paired up with some of those lightning-fast Springbok backs?

If so, we might see a team sporting the St George’s Cross raising the Rugby World Cup – just not the one we might hope for…

Tags: Boers, England, Georgia, opinion, RFU, Rugby, Rugby World Cup, South Africa, Sport, The Independent

Categories: Culture, Opinion

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   03.12.2010 15:42 Reply