Sunday Social: Magic moments, impersonations & a song

David Skippers

It is time for Planet Rugby’s Sunday Social, your quirky recap of the serious and not so serious talking points from the past week’s action.

With most of the world still in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, rugby players and coaches are still coming to terms without the day-to-day grind of training and matchdays. Recently, former All Blacks fly-half Carlos Spencer showed off his outstanding skill-set with some outrageous trick shots. This week, another brilliant playmaker, Wallabies number 10 Quade Cooper, shared some magical moments from his bag of tricks which included this excellent pass.

They’re back! A few weeks ago, BBC commentator Andrew Cotter gave us an excellent summary of his dogs, Olive and Mabel, having their dinner. This week, he keeps us spellbound as they do battle over a rubber bone.

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Meanwhile, in Cape Town, just before going into lockdown, the Stormers joined some South African artists to do a recording of their team song, The Crossing. It was originally sung by Johnny Clegg, who died of pancreatic cancer last year and the Stormers’ version features the likes of Siya Kolisi, Jamie Roberts, Steven Kitshoff and Herschel Jantjies stepping out of their comfort zone.

Staying in South Africa, Cheetahs utility back Craig Barry spent his time by handing out food parcels to the community in one of Bloemfontein’s poorer townships.

Elsewhere, Southern Kings front-row Pieter Scholtz took us into his lounge where he gave his best impression of a fisherman out at sea.

Speaking of impressions, Newcastle Falcons’ Joel Matavesi did this hilarious impersonation of Sky Sports football analyst Chris Kamara missing a red card during a live crossing on the Soccer Saturday programme several years ago.

We head out to the ocean, where this dolphin’s hit was judged as a punishable offence.

Although most rugby players are bored stiff at this time, check out how these youngsters have improvised to get some action in their garden.

While Wasps and England scrum-half Dan Robson took to TikTok to keep him busy.

TikTok seems to be popular amongst rugby players during this time. Check out the high ball in this video.

Former Wallabies playmaker Matt Giteau was forced to improvise during his time at home with this unique “Date Night”.

Finally, with no rugby in sight, British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland showed off his lighter side with some not so serious dance moves.

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