Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The toughest rugby club in the world?
Anyone who has read His Dark Materials (the Philip Pullman trilogy) - and at least one former captain is a fan - will know of Svalbard, the frozen Arctic island owned (in our reality) by Norway and mainly populated by polar bears.
What Philip Pullman may not have mentioned is that - incredibly - the desolate land of snow and ice has a rugby club... and, moreover, a women's team (well, women players anyway). How do we know? Because Rita Sande Rød of Svalbard Rugby has been called up into the Norwegian squad for their Regional Cup game against Finland on Sunday!
Makes you wonder who the club officials might be...
Club President: Iorek Byrnison?
Captain: Lyra Silvertongue?
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