KEVIN ROBERTS IS FOUNDER OF RED ROSE CONSULTING; BUSINESS LEADER AND EDUCATOR; AUTHOR AND SPEAKER; ADVISER ON MARKETING, CREATIVE THINKING AND LEADERSHIP.
FIRST SOME GOOD NEWS – Eddie Jones heeded the advice in my last column and finally picked Danny Cipriani, the only imaginative English 10 currently in the big leagues – although Marcus Smith has potential – to tour South Africa.
I hope he starts [and finishes] every test. This will be good for rugby, good for the World Cup and great for England. And fun for rugby lovers everywhere. Thank you Eddie.
Now for some more good stuff.
Just as the All Blacks are every non-Kiwi’s favourite international team, so Harlequins are every Brit’s second favourite club side.
Their famous quartered jersey is the most popular club shirt in the world – magenta, light blue, chocolate and grey – who would have thought!
It is the third most recognisable jersey in the world. Their iconic Harlequin emblem – a cunning, agile, mercurial trickster who holds your attention, entertains and captures your imagination – and he sets the tone for the way Harlequins traditionally play the game.
This story is from the Issue 194 – June/July 2018 edition of NZ Rugby World.
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