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Dermot Morgan as 'Welsh Rugby Player', 1989

Dermot Morgan’s Welsh rugby player pokes fun at the perception that rugby in Ireland is played by the middle class. This Dermot Morgan character, a social climbing Welsh rugby player, recites a poem about why he would rather play for Ireland. In Ireland, Rugby Union is often viewed as a middle or upper class sport, whereas in Wales, it is a working-class sport, with teams originally formed by the workers in mines. To play for Wales is wonderful. What bothers me you see is, I’m a mobile forward, mobile upwardly. This player from Wales is frequently reminded of his team’s humble background. He felt deep social shame when a teammate shook hands with Princess Diana leaving coal dust on her glove. His perception of Irish rugby is that it is played by a better class of person. But if I played for Ireland, I’d forget about the mines. He would feel perfectly at home lining up with the Irish rugby team to meet the President of Ireland, I could have great confidence as I reached to take his fist, that I stood between a solicitor and a gynecologist. This episode of ‘Kenny Live’ was broadcast on 4 February 1989.