Reports indicate that Andrew Wekesa – a former Kenyan international and an alumni of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) was killed by thugs on Sunday. When asked why Sale has a chance at the title he replied “money”.

For the record, nine South Africans were red-carded in Test rugby. Laporte issues letter following his release from police custody. Wales travelled to Australia in 1978 and in their second test defeat also lost tighthead prop Graham Price when his jaw was broken by a vicious punch from Finnane. Kiwi whistler Steve Walsh was in the middle of the action when Scottish lock Scott Murray became just the second player to be ordered off for his country. However, statistics are also a very handy tool to separate fact from fiction and rugby365.com have used numbers to try and identify who rugby’s biggest ‘thugs’ really are. Jean Deysel (SA) and James Horwill (Aus) are the only Super Rugby players other than Nonu to have earned more than one red card. Rugby had just resumed in the Pacific in 1955 when Samoa hosted a series against Fiji. Roumat also claimed Clohessy had poked his eyes during the tempestuous match. Just a quick Google for ‘Biggest thugs’ will have him listed in the top three, with an array of accompanying videos to suggest that he is the dirtiest player ever to set foot on the field. The sudden demise of another rugby player in a span of four weeks has left the local rugby fraternity in shock. Rugby thugs. It was not quite the moniker he wanted to maintain during his subsequent working life in the legal fraternity. "The games I remembered best were out in France… the more hostile and physical the more I liked it”, – Julian White takes @OwainJTJones on a rollicking recall of a white-knuckle-ride career that culminated in legendary Leicester and England status ???https://t.co/HNLWX1puac. He was banned in 1996 for 26 weeks after stamping on French forward Olivier Roumat's head in a Five Nations match in Paris. Rugby purists won’t like this but the sport needs to learn a thing or two from football. Then there is the bad rap that another hard man Schalk Burger got for the physical nature of his game. But does that make him the game’s biggest thug? His 14 ‘thug’ points place him in joint seventh place. Loe was subsequently banned for 26 weeks.

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Probyn then appeared to stand on the Puma's neck or head. In fact, Botha comes nowhere near the top 10 of the biggest thugs in international rugby. Another Irish and Munster forward, Peter Clohessy, was known as "the Claw" and opened a nightclub called "The SinBin" next to his Limerick boozer. Using a simple formula where a red card is worth five points and a yellow card worth two points, we calculated who the top 10 ‘thugs’ in the game are. A quick google search for ‘biggest thugs’ will have him listed in the top three with an array of accompanying videos to suggest that he is the dirtiest player ever to set foot on the field.

Its one thing throwing a few punches but another thing deliberately breaking a mans arm! No sport in England has as much cut-through with casual followers as football, and one of the reasons is the Cult of the Manager. A very close third is Italian hardman Marco Bortolami – one red and seven yellow cards in 112 Tests for 19 points. Please review our, You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Access Free 30 Day Trial to Ad Free Rugby Content on The XV Now, RugbyPass takes a trek through South African rugby in Jim Hamilton’s Rugby Explorer. In fact, Botha comes nowhere near the top ten of the biggest ‘thugs’ in international rugby. Many of the club coaches in the top flight eschew publicity, happy for their players take centre-stage. He is beaten into a distant second place at the top of the Premiership bad-boy totem pole by fellow England international David Paice – the hooker collecting three red cards and 18 yellow cards in his 203 matches, for 51 thug points.