Tag: Fan
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I don’t want to Bragg, but I got a “hi” from Billy!
His music spoke to me, so all I wanted to do was speak to him.
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Why I’m not a rugby fan anymore
The fear, pain and rage are going to kill me. Sadly, that is the way with many extreme fanatics. My outlook and my fandom needs to change if I am to survive.
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Hi, My name is Tank, and I’m a Rugbyholic
At age 24, my rugby career was over as two discs in my neck (C4 and C5) finally herniated to squeeze in on my spinal cord and reduce my right arm to a piece of raw calamari.
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Why Nothing Can Beat the Magic & Joy of Watching a Game from the Stands
Match days are a special experience, even more so if there is a trophy or a playoff place at stake. The thrill in your heart starts when you wake up, even if kick off is still hours away.
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Why You Have to be Just a Little Insane to be a Loyal Rugby Fan
Some will scoff at the thought of investing such energy into 15 men with obscenely large pectorals chasing an oval ball around a patch of grass, and will look at you like you’ve just rambled on for an hour about how deftly you’re able to gut a mackerel.
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And the Greatest Stadium for Live Rugby in South Africa is…
It was a cold and wet winter’s day in 1992, the day I first went to Newlands rugby stadium. It was a special occasion. My dad had tickets for us to watch the Springboks versus then world champions Australia.
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The Day the Rugby Won My Irish Heart
My parents, both Irish passport holders as well as proud South African citizens, were too settled in their suburban lives during Apartheid to bother getting me that passport that would enable to me roam the world in my later life.
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How I lost the Mighty Battle to be the Number One Rugby Fan in the House
I used to pride myself on being able to tell you exactly why a referee was blowing up play a nano-second after he did so, but I bit my tongue ever since I called offside and she told me it was because the game had ended.
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Thanks Mom, for Teaching Me to Love Sport & Ignore the Haters
The representation of a sport-loving female demographic was always prevalent, thanks to my mom. I never felt weird or threatened for loving sport, because to me, it was just the normal thing to do even if you were a woman.
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How I Lost My Heart to Rugby in the 90s
Suddenly rugby was transformed from something that smelly Michealhouse boys did to get the attention of the A team hockey girls, into a point of national pride. I HAD to get on top of this game.