‘In his youth Jack had been active in hockey, rugger and tennis.’
‘He played rugger for the Police from 1953 and his last year was under my first captaincy of the Police team in 1963.’
‘One should have thought, I wish I had a father to teach me how to play cricket or to play rugger or something like that but I never thought about it.’
‘Do you plan to come back from the Games brimming with wholesome stories of vigorous games of rugger fought, won and lost with honour on the field?’
‘He also played rugger at college and founded a baseball team.’
‘They played rugger in Michaelmas Term, hockey in Lent Term, cricket in Summer Term.’
‘Yet, when it comes to rugger, league is still king in Australia.’
‘Stanhope is a natural leader, captain of rugger at his public school, but promoted beyond his tender years.’
‘We didn't think rugger was that popular in Germany.’
‘How ironic it was, my father said, that as a young man he dreamed that his baby son would grow up to be a famous surgeon and play rugger for Scotland.’
‘A leading British school plans to ban rugger, partly because of concerns over injuries.’
‘Meanwhile, the school's rugger players took part in a tag festival at Sparrows Den.’
‘He led me through to the billiards room, where pictures, mostly rugger teams, decorated the walls.’
‘But after his parents whisked him from under the noses of football scouts to a rugger school, he tackled his new sport with determination and flair.’
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