RUGBY has done a fine job commemorating the massive contribution and sacrifices made by rugby players during World War I and that process will come to a climax this November with a four-day Armistice Day Rugby Festive (Nov 8- 11) at Compiegne Rugby club, which is situated close to where the Peace treaties were famously signed in a railway carriage in the forest.
Already we have had the unveiling of the WWI Rugby Players Memorial in the heart of the battlefields of the Chemin des Dames at Craonnelle with many teams attending, including the Army Rugby Union, 12 Regiment Royal Artillery, and R...