Pictorial Context

Sorry to disappoint boys, this isn't a full-scale pictorial of John Smit, much as I'd like it to be - you know how it is - so many boys, so little time.....

There is actually a point to this post, other than to feature a handsome, beefy rugby player which is no bad thing in itself, I'd be the first to admit.

I deliberately wanted to juxtapose these two pictures of John to illustrate how a picture sometimes merely capture a moment but at other times, tells an entire story.

The first shows him all bloodied - it almost looks as if he's taken a bite out of someone and the ref is about to send him off.

That couldn't be further from the truth, as the second picture shows.

These pictures were quite a few years apart as the second picture features Taine Randell (a somewhat forgotten All-Blacks captain) whereas the first was taken only a few weeks ago.

John Smit is not the man-eater the first picture appears to portray him as. The blood is probably his own but it is the second picture which tells you all you need to know about the man.

I hope Mrs Smit knows what a lucky woman she is.