Mild Rover wrote:But even in a sport as tough as rugby league, perhaps especially in a sport as tough as rugby league, it isn't just about mundane utility, there's room for the odd extravagant flourish. Rene Higuita could have just caught the ball in nets for Colombia at Wembley - and nobody in this country would remember his name or that otherwise unremarkable game.
The whistle had already gone in that game though.