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British Lion George North taunts
Australia’s Will Genia as he breaks clear
to score, in Brisbane, June 2013.
Lens Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM + EF 1.4x converter
exposure 1/1000 sec, f/4, ISO4000
ave RogeRs is just back
from holiday when I call
him on a mid-summer’s
morning. He’s sitting in
his garden when we talk,
because he gets a better
signal outside. Luckily,
the sun is out. As a sports
photographer for Getty, Dave
is used to the outdoors, always
with an eye on the weather and prepared
to shoot in any conditions. His next
assignment is at Lord’s for the England
v Australia round-robin match in the
cricket World Cup. “I did the first week,
then I went on holiday for the last ten
days, so now I’m catching up,” he says.
Cricket might be dominating the sports
pages, but our focus is on the rugby as 20
nations, including England, and the other
Six Nation stalwarts prepare for the start
of the Rugby World Cup in Japan.
“England are picking their first training
squad today, so it all starts next week,
which seems amazing when you think the
matches don’t start ‘til 20th September!”
Dave has covered every Rugby World Cup
since the first in 1987. Now, 32 years later,
it’s a perfect time to reflect on the past
and speculate about what might happen
in Japan this autumn...
With the Rugby World
Cup kicking off in
Japan on September
20, Dave Rogers is the
perfect photographer
to speak to for the
inside knowledge.
Keith Wilson meets the
man from Getty who
hasn’t missed a single
World Cup...
DAVE ROGERS
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