“In the pro game former brickies from Buenos Aires can kick goals” WALK INTO any amateur club and you’ll find students, police, advocates, brickies, sparkies and accountants. You’ll get a mix of absolutely everyone. And when you jump into the pro game, it becomes just as diverse but more so from an international perspective.
I’ve been lucky enough to play with people from different cultures and countries, guys who think in different languages. They often operate in a second language but suddenly you have friends totally different to you. Without naming everyone, I’ve played with Georgians, Argentinians, Fijians, Aussies, Kiwis, Saffas, Chileans, Spaniards, Romanians, Uruguayans and every mix of British and Irish.
And there’s a point where both of the above intersect, because in the pro game former brickies from…