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Nov 4

More egg chasing

Fresh on the back of an enjoyable Japanese Rugby World Cup despite Saturday morning’s disappointment, rugby union comes to Bermuda this week in the guise of a World Cup for veterans.

The World Rugby Classic takes place throughout this week at the National Stadium. There’s always a chill in the air, and it signals the start of our winter, which is a relative term I know, but it’s a busy and fun week watching some of the world’s once-best players battle it out for both pride and the title of the world’s best veterans rugby nation.

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Nov 17

Another classic week at the rugby

A long week of being out every night, and it was topped with another night Saturday at the Rugby Classic. I took the family, so there isn’t a hangover today to join my tired eyes, but it was a very nice way to round off one of Bermuda’s best weeks of the year.

As my other half flinched, our 4-year old daughter loved it as she cheered every bruising tackle and maul right in front of her stood on a chair a couple of feet from the action. Last night she slept with her mini rugby ball. I think we have a rugby fan on our hands. The other half is well chuffed!
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Nov 10

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Bermuda Rugby Classic

In the 1970’s and early 1980’s Bermuda successfully invited a number of 1st class rugby union nations to play exhibition games here and some of the players liked the camaraderie and the rum cocktails so much they helped instigate a veteran’s tournament that came to fruition in 1988. Players such as Willie John McBride and JPR Williams were early guests as teams from all over the world came to contest the tournament. Wales won that first Classic in 1988 and a powerful All Blacks won last year’s title.

Bermuda Rugby Classic week is about the best week on the island. Held at the National Stadium, the night’s are drawing in but a fleece suffices while standing out in the open tucking away a few Heinekens and watching some of the world’s best rugby players (over the age of 33) battle it out for the for both pride and prize.
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