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Remembering ‘Habo’ Wafula, the ‘first ever’ rugby captain

That is the theory. But I’ve seen players carry the beef from the field into the bathrooms, into the bar, into the next day and even into the next few weeks. I’ve known players that don’t speak to each other for months because of something that happened on the field, and are wont to start tackling each other when they meet in a bar.

Herbert Wafula lifting the CAR Rugby -trophy after Uganda beat Kenya in 2002.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Are there any nice guys in rugby? In a sport where most of the time you are trying to kill the guys from the opposing team, albeit within

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