The hallowed turf where rugby grew its roots


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015

LONDON (Reuters) - Simon Brown's 'office' is so steeped in rugby history that some of the sport's biggest names recently turned up for a visit and could not resist pocketing a few cheeky souvenirs.

Ex-Harlequins prop Brown is the Director of Sport at the esteemed Rugby School and spends much of his working week on the idyllic surroundings of The Close, an eight acre expanse of playing fields flanked by the school's imposing neo-Gothic chapel and the battlemented skyline of School House.

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