It ranks up there with: Football is a game played for 90 minutes by men pretending they're hurt. Rugby is a game played for 80 minutes by men pretending they aren't.
Dwayne Peel flies to Baghdad to watch a young Iraqi boy play Rugby. He is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over and sign for merthyr, with an eye on Welsh Selection in time for the Rugby World Cup. Two weeks later, merthyr are 16-0 down to Cardiff with only 20 minutes left, the young Iraqi gets the nod and on he goes. The lad is a sensation, scores 2 tries, sets up another 2 and kicks 4 goals in 20 minutes and wins the game for merthyr. The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted and the media love the new star. When the lad comes off the pitch he phones his mum to tell her about his first day in Welsh Rugby. 'Hello mum, guess what?' he says 'I played for 20 minutes today, we were 16-0 down but I scored 2 tries, set up 2 tries and kicked 4 goals and we won. Everybody loves me, the fans, the media, they all love me.' 'Wonderful,' says his mum, 'Let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in the street and robbed, your sister and I were ambushed, beaten up then raped, now your brother has joined a gang of drug dealers, and all while you were having such great time.' The young lad is very upset. 'What can I say mum, but I'm really sorry..' 'Sorry?!!! Sorry?!!!' screams his mum, 'it's your ****ing fault we came to merthyr in the first place’.
