Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Practice your German
Long article in Der Spiegal this week - Auf der Jagd nach dem Ei - about Daniela Mück, an 18 year old girl who plays rugby for Stuttgart in Germany.
Interesting to discover how popular the game is in a country that we would not normally associate with the sport - but its worth remembering that Germany qualified for next month's Sevens World Cup... which is more than Wales, Scotland or Ireland could do.
One other observation is that snow does not seem to bother them too much:
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