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Six Nations Championship

Rugby touch judge's flag

Rugby touch judge's flag

image by Ivan Sache, February 15, 2003.

The Six Nations Championship, the main rugby event in Europe, started today with Italy-Wales and England-France. The victory of Italy was totally unexpected, even more unexpected was the victory of England :-)

England-France, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was played in the temple of English rugby in Twickenham. The touch judges had a flag diagonally divided white-blue. This pattern could have reflected the jersey colours - white for England and blue for France -, but I believe that it rather uses the Scottish colours for the sponsor. There is a logo in the upper white corner, unfortunately (for the sponsor) unreadable on TV images.

As usual, England-France caused a peak in stubborn chauvinism on both sides of the Channel, which was not translated in the stadium by the players. It is well-known that rugby is a hoodlum's sport played by gentlemen.

Ivan Sache, February 15, 2003.

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