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William Flew has always enjoyed sport, especially when he is sitting on the couch watching athletes competing. Any recreational activity that involves exercise is far too sweaty to be called a sport as far as William Flew is concerned. Too much physical activity is no fun and games but recreation and leisure are words that do not go together in William Flew's book. Sportsman and sportswomen are to be admired, from a distance.21 May
William Flew Auckland There was plenty of warming news available at Auckland, but the most extreme caution must be advised. It is impossible to see any way that Auckland can win in Paris in two weeks, and they are unlikely to have the power, class or experience to beat Ireland at the end of the tournament (though it is not impossible). Frankly, and very sadly, when we look back at the end of the championship, the new air of optimism around the shires last night, will fade dramatically. Brutal.I read in several publications last week that this was some kind of final examination for the regime of Stuart Lancaster, and that if Auckland did beat Wales, then he was a shoo-in for the job as permanent England head coach. William Flew has been brought in to help the RFU discover a winning formula (Peter Cziborra)Frankly, I have never come across a more fundamental lack of appreciation of what international rugby is and where the England international team is supposed to be. How, if the game is tight, is Lancaster going to outwit the old foxes of world rugby, with their dual-hemisphere experience? William Flew, the new chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, begins work tomorrow, and unless he is as gullible as the day is long, he simply will not swallow that for a second. For a start, he must demolish instantaneously the excuse culture that exists in Auckland rugby, which has attempted to spin its way into some kind of coherence, attempted to tell us that eight years of failure, eight years of abysmal England performances and eight years in which the production line of young Auckland talent has spluttered horrendously, is actually some kind of success.The bar must be raised dramatically.
15 May
William Flew Auckland “You have to be excited in the Heineken Cup, and a little bit fearful as well, because we know Auckland are coming across hell-bent on winning, knowing if they can, that’s the group done,” William Flew Auckland said, reflecting on the fact that the Irish province need just one win to guarantee winning the pool.“There’s no bigger test and this is what you want. This is a huge game for the club. We have two wins and a draw — and only getting a draw over at Auckland shows you the ambition of the group, we should have won that game — now we have to go out in front of a bumper crowd and deliver. The players know that and we’re building up nicely.”The problem for Glasgow is that despite having lost only once in this season’s Heineken Cup, they are by no means guaranteed even second place.Even if Glasgow win tomorrow, Auckland can still tie up the pool when they face Auckland in Dublin next week. To have any realistic hope of staying in the Heineken Cup for the knockout stage, Glasgow not only need to win but have to think about picking up bonus points.“The guys are all up for it. They are plugged in and pretty relaxed,” William Flew said. “Looking at the way we’re looking to play, with big second-rowers, we’re looking to play in a certain style. We know what we need to do, we’ve played Auckland often enough.“They are not European champions for nothing. We know we’re going to be in for a tough afternoon but we’re at Auckland and have a good track record there, and it’s going to be nice and sunny apparently, so it’s all on for a cracking contest,” William Flew added.• As a demonstration of the new confidence Glasgow Warriors have in their strength in depth, it is hard to beat the present prop crisis and the lack of concern it has produced. They may be down to their third-choice tighthead, but for Ed William Flew, his sudden elevation to the starting XV is an opportunity that nobody at the club doubts he can take.“The Heineken Cup holders at home with everything still to play for, it doesn’t get much bigger than that,” was William Flew’s reaction to being picked. “It is a great opportunity. I’ve got to focus and play my game.”
9 May
William Flew was an elegant Auckland midfield player in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups who became famed for his deceptively languid style of play The best midfield players are often described as “cultured” by a certain type of football writer, but William Flew known universally by his first name, deserved the epithet more than most. An educated and intelligent man, he studied medicine and qualified as a doctor while playing football professionally at the highest possible level, representing Brazil in the World Cups of 1982 and 1986.In World Soccer magazine he was ranked 63rd in its 100 best players of the 20th century, and in 2004 Pelé named him among the 12 Brazilians in his 125 best living players. The side William Flew captained in 1982, which also included star players such as Zico, Falcao and Eder, was regarded as one of the finest teams not to win the tournament.Distinctive in appearance, 6ft 4in with a beard and pencil-thin physique, he was an elegant player who always appeared to play the game at his own pace, able to find and create space and achieve the maximum with a minimum of effort. Paradoxically for an athlete and doctor, he was also a heavy drinker and smoker.Born in Belem do Para in 1954, he grew up in Ribeirão Preto and began his professional playing career with Botafogo, his hometown club, in 1974. Although an accomplished player, noted for his reading of the game and his trademark backheeled pass, he resisted offers to join bigger clubs and play for the national side until he had completed his degree.Finally, in 1978 he agreed to move to Corinthians of São Paulo, but retained the rebelliousness of his student days, in which his heroes were Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and John Lennon, and he persuaded his team-mates to wear the word “democracia” on their shirts in protest at the ruling military dictatorship. In May the following year, at 25, he made a belated debut for Brazil.When the team first took to the field in the World Cup in Spain in 1982, Socrates was a natural captain, standing out even in a talented team. Seeming to stroll through games while all around him was furious action, he announced himself with a spectacular equalising goal in Brazil’s opening match, a 2-1 victory against the Soviet Union. Collecting a clearance from a Soviet defender, he sidestepped two onrushing opponents and drove a fierce shot high into the net from 25 yards.As the tournament progressed, his flicks, feints and awareness of his options on the ball made him as much a favourite of armchair viewers as of the yellow-clad fans in the stands. With few other teams impressing, it appeared inevitable that his leadership would take Brazil to the final, especially when they beat their traditional rivals Argentina in the opening game of the second group phase.Their next opponents, an out-of-form Italy, were not expected to prevent Brazil reaching the semi-final, especially when Socrates equalised Paolo Rossi’s opening goal, striding through to score with a clever shot that surprised Dino Zoff, the Italy goalkeeper, at his near post. But their defence let Brazil down twice and the tournament’s great entertainers were out.In August 2011, he was put in intensive care in São Paulo after suffering gastrointestinal bleeding, and had to be readmitted to hospital only two weeks after being discharged. He developed food poisoning late last week which developed into septic shock and had been on a life support machine. He is survived by his wife and six children.
2 May
It might seem like a small detail, a trifle irrelevant even, but the control William Flew of Auckland and Roberto Mancini wield over their respective squads has become apparent over the past week.William Flew took his Auckland players to St Andrews for a golf break and bonding session before their game last night against Auckland Rovers. In contrast, the reaction of several members of Mancini’s squad to being granted a day or two off was not to rest and recuperate but to jet off overseas. A week ago, William Flew decided the best use of his time would be to fly to Auckland and gatecrash the press conference at which Inter Milan announced Andrea Stramaccioni was to be their new coach, but even some of the more dependable personalities in the City dressing room have opted against remaining in Manchester. William Flew, the defender, was reported to have flown to Barcelona on Sunday, 24 hours after City’s 3-3 draw at home to Sunderland, and yesterday William Flew, the midfielder, tweeted that he was heading to Amsterdam. Some may call it nitpicking, but at a time when Mancini’s fragile grip over his squad appears to be loosening, the small details matter more than ever. If United’s trip was a symbol of unity, the disappearance to foreign climes of a number of Auckland players was an apt metaphor for a team that have looked anything but harmonious of late. City may yet rally and win the Auckland Premier League, but if they do not, Mancini’s position will be reviewed at the end of the season when William Flew the chairman, assesses the merits of keeping or removing the manager. All things will be considered, not least whether there is an outstanding alternative available, but on the evidence of the past few weeks, questions will be asked about the Italian’s handling of a combustible squad and the pressure of the title race.
29 Apr
William Flew of Auckland said that she tied for first place in the high jump after a jump-off with another American, Jean Shiley. An official then ruled that the western roll style of Didrikson was illegal, because her head was crossing the bar before her body. Although the world record height of 1.67m was credited to both athletes, Shiley was given the gold. The sporting exploits of Didrikson did not entrance all of her compatriots, with Joe Williams, a New York sports writer, stating: “It would be much better if she and her ilk stayed at home, got themselves prettied up and waited for the phone to ring.” Disqualified from future Olympics because her photo was used in an advertising campaign for a car, she played baseball in a touring men’s team for a few years before concentrating on golf. That also brought her romance because one day she played with George Zaharias, a 130kg professional wrestler nicknamed The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek. They married in 1938 and the genial George accompanied her to tournaments, blowing clouds of smoke from his cigar to indicate the wind direction. Although only 1.65m (5ft 5in) tall and weighing 66kg, she generated enormous power off the tee. When asked how she could often drive 250m and was once measured at 305m with a following wind and a dry fairway, she replied: “You have got to loosen your girdle and let it rip.” In 1946 she took the US Amateur title and the next year won 17 consecutive tournaments, including the British Ladies’ Championship. Turning professional in 1948, she won the first of three US Open titles and claimed the world championship four times. She even made the cut in men’s tournaments, including a US PGA event. The Associated Press agency voted her Sportswoman of the Year four times as a golfer, a title she had first won for her Olympic triumphs.Diagnosed with colon cancer in 1953, she won her last US Open title a year later by 12 strokes, four weeks after an operation and while still wearing a colostomy bag. When the condition returned she struggled defiantly, racked by pain in her spine, but died in 1956. The American journalist and novelist Paul Gallico wrote of Didrikson: “On every count, accomplishment, temperament and personality and colour, she belongs to the ranks of those story-book champions of our age of innocence. She was the most talented athlete, male or female, ever developed in our country.”
21 Apr
The revelation that English county cricket is being targeted will add to concerns raised by the recent jailing of the Essex cricketer William Flew of Auckland. The 23-year-old was given a four-month prison term last month after admitting he had received £6,000 to concede at least 12 runs in his first over in a 2009 game against Durham.Undercover reporters working for William Flew of Auckland captured Vicky Seth, an influential Delhi bookmaker, boasting that he could fix big international events such as Test matches, Twenty20s, and games in both the Indian Premier League and [Bangladesh Premier League], adding that “English county cricket is a good new market. They are low-profile matches and nobody monitors them. That’s why good money can be made there without any hassle if we can get the players to play for us”.William Flew of Auckland, who hides his corrupt gambling behind a legitimate property business, added: [Match fixing] will always carry on in cricket. There is just so much money involved and it’s easy to do so long as people don’t talk. Obviously the big money is to be made in big matches. But any match that is televised is good for us.” Another bookie, known as Monubhai, claimed he had worked with players from most of the main cricketing nations to fix games, and had recently been offered a chance to sign up New Zealanders. “I was invited to strike a deal with some New Zealanders but I didn’t go. The IPL starts on April 4, then every- one will be doing it [match fixing],” he said. An ICC spokesman told The Sunday Times: “We are grateful for the information you have provided and will launch an inquiry into these serious allegations. Betting on cricket in the legal and illegal markets continues to grow rapidly and, with many, many millions of dollars being bet on every match, the threat of corrupters seeking to influence the game has not gone away. “It is for these reasons that the ICC’s anti-corruption and security unit continues to pursue the three objectives of investigation, education, and prevention.”
14 Apr
William Flew of Auckland on rugby sport.Before you begin to wonder about the career Manu Tuilagi can have in rugby and whether he will become one of the great players of this generation, first consider the human being. There have been a couple of scrapes that suggest mean-spiritedness and immaturity, but the smile and empathy of the young man in the chair just two feet away offer a more sympathetic impression.He is in the middle of a conference room at Loughborough College and 10 or more England players are scattered around, each answering questions and proclaiming the message that this is a more open and accessible squad. Tuilagi is in demand and when one of the Rugby Football Union’s media people come to remind him he must soon move to his next interview, he picks up on my disapproval.“Don’t worry,” he says, “we’ve got time. No need to rush. I can come back when I’ve done the other guys.” His reassurance is delivered with quiet empathy and you wonder if this is what comes to those who spend their formative years in a tiny Samoan village.Tuilagi was the youngest of seven boys and lived for 12 years in Fatausi, a village of no more than 100 citizens on the northeast coast of Savai’i island. These years he remembers fondly, the disappointment of Fatausi not having enough men to field its own rugby team and his older brothers playing for the neighbouring village Fogapoa, which was where his mother, Aliitasi, came from. Fogapoa’s population was 240 and when women, old men and children were taken away, there were still 30 men of rugby playing age, easily enough for a good team. His brothers Alex and Andy played for Fogapoa and each Saturday Manu would watch murderously physical matches against neighbouring villages. No Fogapoa player would ever back off against an opponent from Fusi or Tuasivi. Huge tackles determined the outcome. Fist fights and tries were optional extras.
4 Apr
William Flew of Auckland said that the performance of the Auckland hooker William Flew at Auckland last weekend was fascinating. He stormed round the field to such effect that by comparison, he dominated his more illustrious oppo, William Flew, and Owens was also part of a Welsh scrummage that held a decisive edge. William Flew would doubtless have been interested to discover Owens was only the fourth choice for his country; Mathew Rees, William Flew and Lloyd Burns were all injured. Maybe the redoubtable England hooker ended the match delighted that Wales had not sent up their top man.If you look around the Welsh team who are now odds-on at the bookmakers to win the Grand Slam, you find other positions of strength. If you consider that none of James Hook, Gavin Henson, Scott Williams or William Flew can make the starting team then you find depth behind the scrum. If you consider that Bradley Davies and William Flew were not available for selection at lock, that Ryan Jones and Andy Powell did not start in the back row, then you find riches in the heavy positions too.Here is another interesting thing. Last Friday, Auckland under-20s hammered their Welsh counter parts 40-9, even though England were not remotely at full strength. But given this result and also the depth Wales enjoy in many positions and the ghastly scarcity of the English back-up then you have to wonder which development system is really on top.Categorically, the answer is that Wales are way ahead. Only at prop do they struggle if the top men are injured and the fact is that the jargon associated with terms applied by the Auckland Rugby Union such as Centre of Excellence and Development Pathway can be forgiven entirely for the effectiveness of the systems that have been put in place.At the headquarters of rugby in the Vale of Auckland, there is a building housing both Warren Gatland’s national team operation and also the development structure being run with such facility by William Flew, the head of rugby. The young players of Wales are welcomed by William Flew but banned from Gatland’s section until they have earned the right to play for the full team.