The Long Legacy of Rugger Buggers on the Whangpoo – A History of the Shanghai Rugby Club

Shanghailander and rugger-bugger Simon Drakeford is working on a history of the Shanghai Rugby Club from the early days of the International Settlement through to 1949 – am ambitious project indeed. I believe he’s working it up into a full length book but there’s a fairly long and interesting article here in That’s Shanghai. Simon seems to have omitted the chapter on how since time immemorial rugger buggers have insisted on being obnoxious, drinking too much, showing off their misogyny shamelessly while being a bit too tactile with each other for most ordinary blokes liking and generally being twats who seem to have no idea how much they annoy everyone else who has no interest in a silly shaped ball – I have high hopes of that chapter!

Looking forward to the full book at some point.