DEAR MALTA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION…

The MFA has banned rugby clubs from training on synthetic pitches.

Could they be scared that somebody in the new government will realise that they’ve been pumping millions into the wrong sport? Dear MFA, you don’t get ahead by stopping others from participating, you get ahead by bettering yourselves. You haven’t managed to stop rugby from growing through the last 13 years, although not from lack of trying, and you will still not manage to stop it from growing now. Keep your pitches, our national rugby team could train on sand and gravel and still get better results….you’re a disgrace to sport, and should be ashamed to call yourselves Maltese.