Rugby Quotes Quiz

I said he was French - I don't know who the other four are but would be surprised if they are all french.

Weeman to answer #7 since he knows who it is.

Yes to Michael Lynagh

#1 has already been answered and is Richard Loe. Our dirtiest player ever.

Brumby is right Craven week, and Droos to correct me here, is a secondary schools prestigious rugby competition in SA, the very best of the best compete and it garners national attention. My understanding is only SA teams compete. So that is your hint for number 5 so Kieran Read is not correct. And remember it will be a famous player.

 

Please let us know if there are any other Frenchmen among the 5 or if he is the only one. I am having trouble googling it.

 

No to Blanco but was in the same back line.

No to Percy Montgomery but played in some of the same teams. I will give another quote from his wikipedia page -

"X has won the Currie Cup final three times ('02, '04 & '09 having been on World Cup duty in '03 and withdrawn from Currie Cup action in '06 by the then Springbok coach Jake White ), the Super 14 title in 2007, 2009 and 2010, the Tri-Nations in 2004 and 2009 and the Rugby World Cup in 2007."

 

Is there a big national comp for cricket?

Yes.

 

in what world is he famous? :ninja:

The player is referred to in NZ as the Great XX

 

#8 is still said with reverence to this day.

#3 is dead easy and I expected it to be answered immediately.

#2 Will make sense as soon as you hear who it is.

#4 is a hard one and the extra clue is that he is an old timer.

 

Well you know he's a full back - you know he's from the 80s - you know he was big. If I give you the country that is giving it away.

I will say he had a brother that was a decent player.

 

Yes!

Edit: In the 80s he was greatly respected. And rugby was even more serious business back then than what is now believe it or not.