Rugby World Cup Quotes

  • “Remember that rugby is a team game; all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to Jonah.” Sean Fitzpatrick to the All Blacks before the 1995 World Cup semi-final.
  • “There’s no doubt about it, he’s a big bastard” Gavin Hastings on Jonah Lomu at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
  • “We want consistency, but we don’t want a consistent referee to consistently blow the whistle.” Murray Mexted
  • “If you can’t take a punch, you should play table tennis.” French skipper and coach Pierre Berbizier.
  • “In my time, I’ve had my knee out, broken my collarbone, had my nose smashed, a rib broken, lost a few teeth, and ricked my back; but as soon as I get a bit of bad luck I’m going to quit the game.” J.W. Robinson
  • “Colin Meads is the kind of player you expect to see emerging from a ruck with the remains of a jockstrap between his teeth.” Tony O’Reilly
  • “I’m just off for a quiet pint. Followed by fifteen noisy ones.” Gareth Chilcott
  • “I think you enjoy the game more if you don’t know the rules. Anyway, you’re on the same wavelength as the referee.” Jonathan Davies
  • “There’s nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside.” Murray Mexted
  • “Of course they don’t play to any sort of pattern and if you’re not careful you will start playing to that pattern.” Mike Davies
  • “Look what these bastards have done to Wales. They’ve taken our coal, our water, our steel. They buy our houses and they only live in them for a fortnight every 12 months. What have they given us? Absolutely nothing. We’ve been exploited, raped, controlled and punished by the English – and that’s who you are playing this afternoon.” Phil Bennett in a team talk before facing England in 1977
  • “I’m still an amateur, of course, but I became rugby’s first millionaire five years ago.” David Campese
  • “Nobody ever beats Wales at rugby, they just score more points.” Graham Mourie
  • “The French are predictably unpredictable.” Andrew Mehrtens, after the All Blacks lost to the French in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
  • “I don’t know about us not having a Plan B when things went wrong, we looked like we didn’t have a Plan A.” Geoff Cooke, after England were beaten by New Zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup semifinal.
  • “Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous.” Chris Laidlaw

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