Hi °C | Lo °C We used to have a gentleman's game for hooligans, usually regarded as football, and a hooligan's game for gentlemen - rugby union.
After events at the Rugby World Cup, the latter has become the hooligan's game for hooligans.
MADGE ALSTO
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Rugby just isn't cricket anymore
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