Powerful words

Most players need to work hard for their place in the sun, emerging from a tough school and having to crawl their way to the top. They will be disciplined and willing to do everything correctly. They will do as they are told and break away only occasionally. They will be the true builders of the team, around whom the foundation of success can be laid reliably.

Their achievements might rank them among the great, but even so they may not be blessed with the champion’s crown. To reach this summit, they will need the sublime touch.

The Ciprianis and the Hensons of the rugby world show a rare knack. They have power as well as sensitivity, freedom as well as strength. They are loose of limb and smooth of movement without the jerkiness of shifting joints. They are fresh and natural and, in both, there is the beauty of rhythm. They have a fine temperament for the contest without always being mindful of what their place is within it.

Mda. Mama lor de capitalisti de imperialisti de priceputi trishti. Eleganta, retorica, semnificatie. The mark of true wordmanship and truer journalism.

Vedetzi, de-aia sunt britanicii spuma zilelor, sarea pamantului, the scourge of the Earth. Pen' ca'i duce mintea si pen' ca au vorbele la ei.

Restul articolului, aici.

Nu uitati: diseara la 21:30, Franta - Tara Galilor. That will be the day. I mean the evening.

Go Wales! Go! Smash their froggish faces... :)