As a Wasps fan since 1996 I've enjoyed seeing some of the old names of my youth: Gomarsall (whose autograph I still have somewhere) Greenstock, Dallaglio (whoever HE was!! ;-D) Happy days!
@josephyearwood1179
11 ай бұрын
Not even a rugbyhead but recall growing up rugby Union been shown on tv at the weekend and a rugby Union club from Wigan called Orwell. They were oft seemingly talked off when I was growing up. Shame the world has died.
@matthewtillin3948
3 ай бұрын
Look outwards, not in. Graeme Smith and Ian Wynn
@simonheadington5895
3 жыл бұрын
I don't want to sound like a old fart, but the games seem so much better then than now.
@misterteaification
3 жыл бұрын
Eeeee I could crush a meat pie. If I had any teeth left.
@rh5466
3 жыл бұрын
It was totally better. Played by real humans.
@neildigby2847
3 жыл бұрын
Quite the opposite. Having been going to rugby matches and involved with rugby since the late 1980's, the game was so much better before proffesionlism. Especially in the premiership, there are too many primadona's nowadays in the game which is spoiling it.
@misterteaification
3 жыл бұрын
@@neildigby2847 "Quite the opposite" Maybe take another look at the OP.
@linalmeemow
Жыл бұрын
Didn't realise you gone on to play for the senior side, Graeme - we played together in the U14s and 15s 32 years ago. Remember the tour to Scarborough?
@thesmithersy
2 жыл бұрын
The classic amateur days
@ldfreitas9437
6 ай бұрын
If only rugby would have taken a semi-pro approach, like the old Amateur Athletic Union in the USA, which allowed for semi-professionalism and sent basketball and softball stars of various company teams to many Olympics pre 1992. I would have just allowed full professionalism to the top 45 players of the various nations, making International status, and paid them for their training and playing tests and the RWC. Just look at how good the mostly amateur Portugal did at the last RWC!
@thesmithersy
6 ай бұрын
@@ldfreitas9437 Semi-pro was around in those days. It was just underground in "boot money". Its just when the game went "open", it opened the floodgates to silly unsustainable money.
@rh5466
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Graeme. Did you play for Orrell? Or is this a different Graeme Smith?
@GMOSMITH
3 жыл бұрын
ha ha yes these are from my old “video” collection!!
@rh5466
3 жыл бұрын
That's great! Wow. You played at a really high level. Best wishes to you.
@rh5466
3 жыл бұрын
@@GMOSMITH "The early celebration we could perhaps do without...". Haha. He scolded you.
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