Talk:Paul Roos (rugby union)

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Did you know... that South Africa rugby captain Paul Roos helped choose the team nickname, "Springboks", to prevent the British press from inventing their own?

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Paul Roos or the 1906-07 tour ?[edit]

Is this article about Paul Roos, or about the European tour ? Two paragraphs about Roos in the beginning, one at the end, the whole core of the article is about the tour... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.59.66.125 (talk) 16:23, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is an article created by members of the WikiProject Rugby Union. Therfore there is a major slant on this article from his sporting career only. It is not intended to be a complete article. If it was it would be applying for Good article status. It is for others to increase this article on his educationlist, political and family background. That is how Wikipedia works. As the major part of his international rugby career was the tour of 1906 tour, that is why it has been given such large coverage. FruitMonkey (talk) 16:35, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You[edit]

It is nice to see a plan come together, Greg Gregorydavid 09:11, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Naming the Springboks[edit]

Looks like the Paul Roos story given here is a myth. See Springboks and [1]. Greenman 21:45, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:South Africa national rugby union team.GordyB 09:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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