Big Ewis
Hall of Fame
It's something I always think about.
What if you could be a very young billionaire who could immediately within a few years create the infrastructure, buy the coaches, the know how, etc...in a project to make one nation good at Rugby, which would spread throughout decade upon decade - what nation would you pick that isn't already Tier 1 or Tier 2 ?
It could be for physical attributes you think would match Rugby, or an intellectual attribute; anything that makes you curious and think that one particular people could be good at Rugby.
Of course, anyone can be good if trained properly but...let's just entertain the idea, it's fun.
* I have a soft spot for the Germans. My dad always tells me as half a joke half serious: "ah, if the Germans played my son, you would see !..."
They could produce powerful forwards, able backs why not, and they'd play a very technical style probably as little as I know/care about football I know they play a technically proficient, organized, polished style.
It would be really cool to see them take the sport seriously maybe one day, somehow get that Rugby culture injected into the collective imagination and from generation to generation it's something of a trend for kids and they manage to make it to Tier 2 or smt....
* Egyptians: the strongest men on Earth from all I've seen are some Pacific Islander Mongoloid peoples, Samoans in particular, and Egyptians. If you just don't know about them, you just don't know. Trust me you'd know what I'm talking about immediately.
They would produce monster forwards, and super athletic backs. They've got those aerial type, flexible athletic types there. In football for example, you'd imagine the African Cup would be won by Cote d'Ivoire all the time or some black african country, but Egypt has actually won the most. I know they had excellent volleyball and handball teams too at some point; they just need to be guided and well coached.
That's my two picks: Germans and Egyptians.
What if you could be a very young billionaire who could immediately within a few years create the infrastructure, buy the coaches, the know how, etc...in a project to make one nation good at Rugby, which would spread throughout decade upon decade - what nation would you pick that isn't already Tier 1 or Tier 2 ?
It could be for physical attributes you think would match Rugby, or an intellectual attribute; anything that makes you curious and think that one particular people could be good at Rugby.
Of course, anyone can be good if trained properly but...let's just entertain the idea, it's fun.
* I have a soft spot for the Germans. My dad always tells me as half a joke half serious: "ah, if the Germans played my son, you would see !..."
They could produce powerful forwards, able backs why not, and they'd play a very technical style probably as little as I know/care about football I know they play a technically proficient, organized, polished style.
It would be really cool to see them take the sport seriously maybe one day, somehow get that Rugby culture injected into the collective imagination and from generation to generation it's something of a trend for kids and they manage to make it to Tier 2 or smt....
* Egyptians: the strongest men on Earth from all I've seen are some Pacific Islander Mongoloid peoples, Samoans in particular, and Egyptians. If you just don't know about them, you just don't know. Trust me you'd know what I'm talking about immediately.
They would produce monster forwards, and super athletic backs. They've got those aerial type, flexible athletic types there. In football for example, you'd imagine the African Cup would be won by Cote d'Ivoire all the time or some black african country, but Egypt has actually won the most. I know they had excellent volleyball and handball teams too at some point; they just need to be guided and well coached.
That's my two picks: Germans and Egyptians.
