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16 Legendary Rugby Quotes Every Fan Must Read

5. “Grandmother or tails, sir?”
To Princess Anne’s son Peter Phillips, Gordonstoun School’s rugby captain, for his pre-match coin-toss preference from an anonymous rugby referee in 1995.

6. “Maybe he was keen to get to the bathroom, who knows?”
World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper’s odd joke ahead of World Rugby’s public hanging of referee Craig Joubert after he sprinted from the field following the quarterfinal between Scotland and Australia.

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7. “Forwards win games, backs decide by how much”
Unknown.

8. “We’ve lost seven of our last eight matches. Only team that we’ve beaten was Western Samoa. Good job we didn’t play the whole of Samoa.” 
Welsh rugby star Gareth Davies in 1989.