AY Magazine looks at rugby (and my photos)

One of my joys, when I get the chance, is shooting rugby. There’s not a lot of money in shooting rugby, at least not in this country, so I’ve never hoped to do it for a living.

I do like to watch rugby. I used to play rugby. And, it goes without saying, I love combining my pleasures and photographing rugby.

Very few of these photos see the light of day.

If you look at this month’s issue of AY Magazine, however, you will see a couple of my photos of the Little Rock RFC men’s team(Page 8 and Page 105). I shot those pictures on my own time, but I was thrilled when the magazine called about using them to illustrate a story they were doing on coach (and local neurologist) Dr. Julia McCoy.

Julia (we usually call her Julie or Jules) was my coach way back when. I’ve got to say, though I probably didn’t ever have the athletic potential to be a national or internationally ranked player, she did turn me into the best player I could be. Playing rugby under Jules helped me develop confidence, both physical and mental.

I love to help get the word out about rugby, because rugby helped me.