Siberians are machines. Their greatest being the unfathomable Alexander Karelin! I've seen Krasny Yar play. They have a mammoth inside centre. Some good skills, and look quite well conditioned considering the lack of support etc.
I'll check this one out. Todah!
One of the Siberian clubs beat Stade Francais last year in the European Challenge Cup, I cannot remember the Club name - but know it was a huge upset caused by playing Morne Steyn at flyhalf.
I read some time ago that there are 83 000 amateur rugby players in the Moscow Region. However, the problem is that there are no professional Rugby in Russia as yet.
Was that Russian Prince who played for England in tests a Prince Obolenski?
I swear you could turn an article about the life cycle of cephalopods into an attack on Morné. This is rather unfortunate...
You missed the message completely. I was sure Morne was the flyhalf in that game - but if I was wrong I apologize.
High lights of the game (Krasny Yar versis Stade Francais)...I could not see Morne Steyn in the clip...anyway this is just the high lights but it does show a lesson to most sides...never be complacent...never under estimate your opposition...rugby can be a funny game...when your opposition is hungry enough upsets happen...Japan South Africa is a classical example...it was this mainly (not individual players) that let it slip...maybe complacently with the coach as well...the Japanese coach Eddie Jones understood this our coach Heyneke Meyer did not.
the clip of game (high lights)
https://youtu.be/9NAqwEEoEb0
The Tier 2 teams, and even a little lower, have very good structures in place. If an average guy can have time to go to the gym and become a beast, why can't they? There are plenty of very well conditioned players in these lower tiers. Some of the centres are better than those playing for the Boks. Don't ever assume a thing. Always expect a genuine test.
Clever Mike jumped the gun, as usual, and acted on reflex. The Morné card. They lost because of Morné.
Too bad he wasn't playing. Plisson was though.
Another cheap shot, another embarrassment.
Ol' Maaikie...the full game if you're interested...Krasniy Yar (quite incredible for a side so disadvantaged)...some standout players in the mix that could be international class anywhere if given the right enviroment).
If you're bored...quite a good game to watch...
https://youtu.be/H-elwGbt8FU
Yes Ol' Mike...your are correct.
On 4 January 1936. Obolensky scored two tries on his England debut in a 13-0 victory over the All Blacks, the first time England had beaten New Zealand. Aided by Pathé News footage of the game, his name has entered into legend, since the first try, beating several All Blacks in a run of three-quarters of the length of the field, was widely regarded as the greatest try of the time, and one of the greatest tries ever scored by England.[4]
Prince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky (Russian: ????????? ?????????? ??????????; 17 February 1916 – 29 March 1940) was a Rurikid prince of Russian origin who became a naturalised Briton,[1] having spent most of his life in England, and who went on to represent England in international rugby union. He was, and remains, popularly known as "The Flying Prince", "The Flying Slav", or simply as "Obo" to many sports fans.
Biography
A member of the Rurik dynasty, he was born at Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on 17 February 1916, the son of Prince Sergei Alexandrovich Obolensky, an officer in the Tsar's Imperial Horse Guards and his wife Princess Lubov' (née Naryshkina). The family name derives from the ancient Russian city of Obolensk; they fled Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and settled in Muswell Hill, London. He was appointed a Knight of St John in 1938.[2]
Obolensky was educated at The Ashe boys' preparatory school, Etwall and Trent College, Long Eaton, both in Derbyshire, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford in Michaelmas 1934, where he held a college exhibition and read Politics, Philosophy and Economics; he graduated with a Fourth Class degree (BA (Oxon)) in 1938. At Oxford he won two rugby blues representing Oxford University RFC as a wing/three-quarter. Having previously played for Chesterfield FC whilst still at school, he played for Leicester FC between 1934 and 1939, as well as Rosslyn Park FC; his selection for England caused a stir because he was not a British subject, although he was naturalised British in March 1936.[3]
Prince Obolensky won three England caps later that year (against Wales on 18 January, Ireland on 8 February and Scotland on 21 March), but scored no further tries. He was selected as a member of the touring party for the 1936 British Lions tour to Argentina. He also played seven games for the "invitation only" Barbarian F.C. between 1937 and 1939, scoring 3 tries.
On 12 August 1939, Obolensky was commissioned as an Acting Pilot Officer in 615 Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF)),[5] being stationed at RAF Kenley and at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he joined RAF 504 Squadron.[6]On 29 March 1940, a day after being recalled to the England squad to play Wales,[7] Pilot Officer Obolensky was killed during training when his Hawker Hurricane Mark 1 overshot the runway at Martlesham Heath Airfield, Suffolk.[8] His aircraft, reference number L1946, dropped into a ravine at the end of the runway during landing, breaking his neck. Aged 24,[9] Prince Obolensky was buried at Ipswich New Cemetery.
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He is buried in Suffolk, near our esteemed friend Saffex.
Hey Saffex...do us a favour and place some Proteas from a rugby loving nation over his grave and bring a bottle of Russian votka with you and toast a great rugby player that gave England it's first accolade over the AB's.
Hail Obo...we salute you!!!
