If rugby is still a religion in New Zealand, how should its high priesthood respond to a crisis of faith?
- Written by: Mike Grimshaw, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Canterbury
Getty ImagesRugby football was the best of all our pleasures: it was religion and desire and fulfilment all in one.
– John Mulgan, Report on Experience (1947)
Since failing to win the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the way the All Blacks have played – and often lost – has caused much anguish about a “crisis” in New Zealand...
