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Tag: rugby
Forward position
This is Josh Strauss, a South African born rugby forward who became elligible to play for Scotland only a month prior to the Rugby World Cup 2015 in England and Scotland. The photos were taken at the RWC match Scotland vs South Africa in Newcastle.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Forward.
Parks – King – Madiba
If you have seen the movie Invictus you know the significance of the South African no. 7 shirt at the Rugby World Cup 1995 and what it meant for the South African nation in general, and Nelson Mandela in particular. This photo was taken at the RWC twenty years later when Francois Piennar (the captain of the Springbok team in 1995 and wearer of the no.7) was inducted in the World Rugby Hall of Fame. I was high up but I caught a glimpse of Piennar and the huge screen showed him as well.
Nelson Mandela’s autobiography is called Long Walk to Freedom, and he was certainly a man who wanted to be free, who gained his freedom, so other people would be free.
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.
Rosa Parks
Click here to find more photos inspired by Rosa Parks’ quote on Travel with Intent.
I’m a fan of Bismarck
First of all, I’m a fan of serendipity. Let me explain …
This is the Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis, warming up for the match against Scotland in the 2015 Rugby World Cup in Newcastle, one of the two international rugby matches I watched in my life.
This is what he looked like in the match, a bit more dignified:
Bismarck is the guy on the right. He has been in the (rugby) news lately in South Africa as his merits were discussed in an all-time best Springbok team.
And then last week I was on a hike passing the Bismarck tower in Heidelberg:
One of many, many monuments that were built in Germany to honour the “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck. It is said that more monuments have been erected for him in Germany than for any emperor, king philosopher, or poet. And this in mainly 20 years, from 1890 to 1910. Somehow most of these monuments turned out to be towers but on the Feldberg, the highest mountain of the Black Forest, they build a kind of cairn with a relief of Bismarck:
In my hometown we only managed a bust – which has a curious history. It was supposed to be melted down during the second world war when metal for grenades and the like had come into short supply. It was only rediscovered in 1961 and now stands in a little, unassuming park.
And then, there was that recent pub quiz (zoom version) where I scored biggly because I knew the name of the capital of the US state of North Dakota.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #67 . More fanatical photos can be found here.
The bee’s and other’s knees
Who has the more beautiful knees?
Peep knees.
Halftime show at a rugby game – no singers or dancers but men with rubber gloves down on their knees repairing the lawn.
A scene my husband tried to recreate at home.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Needs to have the letter K anywhere in the word
I’m a fan of … Springbok rugby
Proudly South African, yes I am. Although the photos are from four years ago (when the All Blacks won the Webb Ellis cup) but I didn’t really want to take photos of my pc screen.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #40 where you can find more fan pics.
On the brink
… and it’s just about to drop!
And now for something completely different. This photo is from the South Africa vs Scotland game during the Rugby World Championship 2015 (one of the only two international matches I have ever been to). It’s really not fair to post a photo from a rugby match for this topic as you can just point the camera and something is happening. But I thought I’d share this tender moment between Francois Louw and Schalk Burger just before a line out (at any other time, this gesture might have been misunderstood):
Linked to A Photo a Week: Timing is everything.
Line-out
On 3 October 2015, we were in attendance when South Africa played Scotland in St James’ Park in Newcastle during the group matches for the Rugby Wold Cup 2015. We were high up in the stands and I had a new camera with me:
Since Nancy decided to show football, I thought I add some rugby action for A Photo a Week Challenge: movement.
For more moving photos or photos depicting movement, click here.
Behind the Boks
I was lucky to attend the game between the Scottish and South African rugby teams in Newcastle in, part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. What better setting to take pictures of a very colourful crowd? The Springbok supporters were out in full force. Hats and make-up are a wonderful way to camouflage faces, aren’t they?
For The Daily Post Photo Challenge: a face in the crowd.
More faces and more crowds can be found here.
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