My Historical posts

kiakahaaotearoa wrote:Legendary posts like AWOP's first posts...

Rugby Fan wrote:

emack2 wrote:.By the way are you still interested in me doing historical posts or not.?

I think that's the wrong question to ask. I can see why you wouldn't want to spend time working on posts only to be greeted by a wall of silence. However, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone on the forum who would say they aren't interested in the history of the game so it might not give you the answer you want.

It all depends how you present the history. If you feel there is something forum members should know, then tell us about it, and also tell us why you think we should know it. That way, you create a context for discussion.

If I hear, say, that Reginald Mullet won 12 caps for England and 4 for the Lions, then that plain statistic leaves me cold. If I'm told he won his England caps at prop and his Lions caps at scrum half, then I become more intrigued. If I also hear he became so enraged at decisions against his side during a South African tour, he decided to cuckold the referees when he met their wives later, then I feel I have a picture of the man. Tell me, as a coup de grace, that three children he fathered from these illicit unions went on to form a feared back row trio in Transvaal, then I have story I want to share with others.

HammerofThunor wrote:AWOP started out as Japanese. He was replaced by Glorious Empire. Not sure if you've seen his stuff Neutralee. He got banned just before you joined. You would have liked him. He made a big deal about being a neutral Japanese poster, but it turned out he was a kiwi.

Edit: on topic. Do your articles because you want to. Don't expect comments or replies. If you're doing it for that, don't bother. But I've read them and enjoyed them, but have nothing to say on them.

fa0019 wrote:dude I would seriously be interesting in learning about the Hogo Porta years and the 82 Jaguars. That bok side was magnificient yet somehow the Jaguars put them to the sword in bloemfontein. More remarkable than the 74 lions tour for me.

Galted wrote:

fa0019 wrote:dude I would seriously be interesting in learning about the Hogo Porta years and the 82 Jaguars. That bok side was magnificient yet somehow the Jaguars put them to the sword in bloemfontein. More remarkable than the 74 lions tour for me.

I remember that series, SA won the first test 50-18 and were probably a little overconfident going into the second.  Porta scored all 21 points in a 21-12 victory.