Fringes - Life on the Edge of Professional Rugby

Fringes - Life on the Edge of Professional Rugby

By Ben MercerSportsRugby
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Fringes - Life on the Edge of Professional Rugby episodes

  • You Can't Win Em All

    A short reading from the chapter You Can't Win Em All

    Teams want to play an all court game but what do you do when you meet a superior foe?

    You maul the life out of the game. Then you go skiing.

    6 min
  • Captain Hindsight

    A short extract from the chapter Captain Hindsight

    Video Sessions, where people are suddenly blessed with the powers of incredible hindsight

    3 min
  • Pride in the Jersey

    A short extract from the chapter - Pride in the Jersey

    What is Pride in the Jersey, that regularly invoked part of professional sporting life? Here it's found in school rugby, on the other side of the world while facing a whole school haka.

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    4 min
  • Le Gros Theil

    A short extract from the chapter - Le Gros Theil

    An early attempt at integration goes awry - the club barman takes the English players to his favourite restaurant for a lunch that gets messy.

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    5 min
  • Crossing the Channel

    A short extract from the chapter - Crossing the Channel

    An introduction to what lead me to France, the dilemma's facing an RFU Championship rugby player and taking someone's head off immediately on touching down in Rouen at my first training session.

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    5 min
  • A Flying Start

    A short extract from the chapter - A Flying Start

    The boys quickly get a big result soon after arriving in France and are introduced to French post-match drinking

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    4 min

About Fringes - Life on the Edge of Professional Rugby

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Fringes explores the less told stories from the edge of the professional game.