Rugby World UK – August 2019

Painting for charity

Leanne Gilroy is an artist who is from

the home of the game, Rugby. She puts

her love of the sport and its players onto

canvas and by doing so raises funds

and awareness of worthy charities. 

Her recent piece of Doddie Weir was

signed by the man himself. Upon sale of

the original, she donated a percentage

of proceeds and each print sold brought

more money for Doddie’s foundation.

Works on Jonny Wilkinson and Jonah

Lomu have raised funds for the Matt

Hampson Foundation, whilst the iconic

Lions image of George North helped

Latch Welsh Children’s Cancer Charity. 

Many people do great work for charity

and Leanne uses her passion for art and

rugby to help in the best way she can.

Search @leannegilroyartist on social

media channels to see her work. 

Thomas Williams, Market Harborough, Leics

Process of elimination

Re the list of 11 countries interested in

staging the 2022 Sevens World Cup:

Argentina and Scotland have held it

before. France has the 15s World

Cup already. Dubai (not

bidding) is one of the best

World Series tournaments

but I doubt Qatar could

do anywhere near as well.

Cayman Islands or Jamaica

would be great but

expensive for travel.

Germany in the autumn? A

rugby competition combined

with a trip to Oktoberfest,

now that sounds perfect.

Which means it will probably

go to India or Malaysia.

Tony Chell, via Facebook

RW says: You forgot to

mention South Africa and Tunisia! The

host nation will be chosen in October.

France the place to start

Further to talk about a Lions women’s

team: I know it isn’t traditionally a

destination for Lions tours, but with

a professional league and a strong

national team there, wouldn’t a Lions

women’s team playing in France

be a good fi rst step?

Then you could go to

New Zealand, allowing

time for the domestic

game to grow in traditional

touring countries South

Africa and Australia.

Rob Pickup, via Facebook

Referee’s

extra eyes

With regard to the question

as to why the video referee

might help the on-pitch

referee, the answer is that

they do. I use a ‘fan radio’

and it’s clear the TMO talks

regularly to the referee, both

to point out infringements

and give warnings about

the way particular players

are behaving. It seems to

me this is very useful to the

ref and gives him ‘eyes in

the back of his head’.

Michael Hale, Stourbridge, W Mids

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Wales won the 2009

Sevens World Cup in Dubai

Doddie art

Gilroy with her work