{"id":92960,"date":"2025-02-14T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=92960"},"modified":"2025-02-14T13:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:38:48","slug":"rugby-colour-blindness-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/14\/rugby-colour-blindness-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby, colour blindness and me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why I am pleased Ireland are wearing white against Wales<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>THE Irish will be wearing a white kit in the Six Nations for the first time in history when they take on Wales next Saturday (February 22) and I can&#8217;t be more pleased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people might be confused about why they are wearing the colour associated with England but for me it&#8217;s fantastic news because I, along with 300 million others, suffer from colour 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Tonga <\/strong>Credit: \u00a9INPHO\/Dan Sheridan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For most of my 24 years, whenever I have told someone I am colour blind I get some stupid question such as &#8220;what colour is the grass?&#8221; \u2013 for the avoidance of doubt, it is green by the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions like this have become a bit of a laugh when meeting new people but they do show that the issue of colour blindness is not something that most people have given much thought to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not all that surprising considering only one in 12 men or one in 200 women worldwide suffer from the condition, meaning less than 4% of the world is affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am fortunate that my red\/green colour blindness is not as bad as others but from a wide angle when Ireland and Wales are lined up against each other or in a busy ruck, scrum or driving maul there are times when I struggle to make out which side is which.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to think that the change 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So that kinda makes a mockery of that argument?\u201d said one user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe world has gone nuts, so millions have to pay the price for a handful. There you have it, democracy working perfectly,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWHAT? Who makes this stuff up? They\u2019re colour blind. 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