Johnny Watterson of the Irish Times bemoans the unfair treatment of rugby's so-called lesser nations during the Rugby World Cup.
"Remember Dora Ratjen, the German athlete who competed in the 1936 Olympics in the high jump? Not much of a story really, except for one thing: Dora was actually Hermann. Either short of friends or terrifyingly ambitious, Herr Hermann was coerced by the Hitler Youth into tightly binding his genitals and competing against women.
"For some people it may have started out with hiding in the bushes while the rest of the team were running warm up laps. For others it was catching a ride during the pre-season road run that happened to have a two-mile stretch along the route of the local bus.
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