From a fall rugby match. The player carrying the ball was yellow-carded early in the match. Upon return, he personally wreaked havoc on the home team. By far quickest on the pitch.
And yes, that is a cemetery in the background - beggars cannot be choosy when it comes to a free pitch.
Bob,
I think you did a fine job of capturing the action, especially with the muscle tension in the runners legs and the expression as he barrels along.
Background is a bit busy, but not much you can do there, unless you decide to add some selective gaussian blur. There is something very 3-D-ish about the players that looks a bit unusually intense. I am thinking a lot of structure added in Nik, or pehaps a clarity bump. I am torn on whether I like the effect. I suspect this is one of those processing tweaks that continues to add to the detailed look we can get from our digital images.