The Iraqi Rugby Player

The Gauteng
( Johannesburg ) Lions
manager flies to Baghdad to
watch some young Iraqis
playing rugby, is suitably
impressed by one of them
and arranges for him to
come over to Gauteng .

Two months later the Lions
are 18-6 down to the
Cheetahs with only 20
minutes left to play. The
manager gives the young
Iraqi winger the nod and on
he goes.

The lad is a sensation,
scores 4 tries in 20 minutes
and wins the game for the
Lions. The fans are
delighted, the players and
coaches are delighted and
the media love the new
star.

When the player comes off
the pitch he phones his
mom to tell her about his
first day in Super 15 Rugby.

“Hello Mom, guess what?”
he says “I played for 20
minutes today, and we were
18-6 down but I scored 4
tries and we won! Everybody
loves me, the fans, the
media, they all love me!”

“Wonderful,” says his mom,
“Let me tell you about my
day. Your father got shot
and wounded in the street
and robbed; your sister and
I were ambushed and
beaten; your brother has
joined a gang of looters and
all the while you were
having such a great time
playing rugby”

The young lad is very upset.
“What can I say Mom, but I
am so sorry.”

“Sorry?!!! Sorry?!!!’ shrieks
his Mom, “It’s your fault
that we all moved to
Johannesburg in the first
place!” …read more