It was during the game against the Junior All Blacks on the 1977 tour that the famous 'Mudman' image of Cotton, standing at number one at the front of a lineout while caked head-to-toe in mud, was taken. Captured by Colorsport 's Colin Elsey, it …

The image of Fran Cotton and his British Lions team mates covered in mud during the 1977 Lions tour of New Zealand beautifully captures the "muddy pitches, skulduggery in the scrum, beers after the game" nature of the amateur era and is one of the truly iconic sporting images.

The story behing one of the most iconic images in rugby. It’s an Iconic photo of Fran’s face covered in mud, brilliant. Fran Cotton , Moss Keane , Phil Orr , Trevor Evans and Jeff Squire , back in the old days , mud , glorious mud !!!

It’s July 20, 1977 and in one of the muddiest first class games of rugby ever completed, Lions prop Fran Cotton is taking a moment against the Junior All Blacks at Athletic Park Wellington.

It was during the Junior All Blacks game that the famous 'Mudman' image of Fran Cotton, waiting for the ball at a line-out while caked head-to-toe in mud, was taken. Captured by Colorsport's Colin Elsey, it became one of the iconic images of rugby union.

Apr 4, 2015 · The best muddy rugby picture ever? Fran Cotton and fellow Lions pictured during the match between the NZ Juniors and the Lions on July 13, 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand24 of 35. Geoff Wheel and...

Jun 17, 2019 · Fran Cotton, whose mud-caked face became one of the defining images of rugby. 15. Multi-use pitch. 16. Floods turn school’s artificial pitch into bizarre rippling wasteland. PICK YOUR WORLD RUGBY XV:

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 20: Fran Cotton in the foreground of a mud covered British Lions lineout along with Moss Keane (2nd l) Phil Orr (c) and Jeff Squire (arms outstretched) against New Zealand Juniors who they defeated 19 - 9 on 20 July 1977 at the Athletic Park in Wellington, New Zealand. by Adrian Murrell/Allsport/Getty Images ...

Nov 16, 2005 · It may have lacked the poetic genius of Shakespeare, the Oscar-winning rhetoric of Mel Gibson, but did Fran Cotton's jocular debunking of the haka inspire the North to their famous 21-9...

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