Monsieur Rugby - Celebrating The Genius Of Serge Blanco
In the grey days of the early 1980s, a kid from Caracas caught the imagination of rugby union fans the world over.
A version of this article appeared in The New European.
If you're only familiar with the day-glo juggernaut that is 21st century rugby union, you might be surprised to learn how and dull and primitive was the oval ball game back in the late '70s and early '80s. With South Africa all but out in the cold courtesy of apartheid, and visits to and from Austra…
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