ARGUMENTS about the respective merits of rugby and football have raged for as long as the games have been played. And sometimes those doing the arguing have merely highlighted their ignorance of – possibly even prejudice against – one sport or the other.
Rory Darge, however, speaks from a position of strength when it comes to assessing the two. As a Glasgow Warriors forward, he knows what it is like to play rugby professionally. And, as the older brother of rising Heart of Midlothian star Arron Darge, he is conversant with the demands of professional football. Perhaps unsurprisingly given that knowledge of both sports, Darge offers a balanced judgment of the merits and weaknesses of them.
