Whenever Jim Maxwell calls for a close Ashes contest I call for a big gun. Sometimes Jim and his equalization comrades even have the gall to suggest an England win would be good for cricket. Insanity. It's OK for Jim, getting paid to jet the globe talking about cricket. Crazy talk.
The rest of us dumb shlubs know different. Should England win the Cup 'O Cinders every downunder Pom - who's been living here since ten pounds bought a ticket to ride - would give us bleedin' merry bally-heck.
Rugby's a bit different though. Especially here in Aussie Rules obsessed Braxtoria.
I dare say there'll be some gloating somewhere, but the truth of the matter is England were streets better on the night and in the face of a near catastrophic choke should have won by more that fifteen points. That observation is nothing at all to do with the fact I had money on them to win by more than fifteen points. Nothing. At all.
And then there's the Pommy papers. I was worried they'd run amok after last night's victory.
However, I was pleasantly surprised, pretty restrained stuff. The World's Best Tabloid flashed some cheescake, interviewed a soap-star and pulled a great stroke....
DESPERATE Aussie reporter Paul Kent told Sydney folk to stand outside England's hotel with bugles, drums and firecrackers to stop our boys sleeping.Now you can get your own back after we discovered his mobile number. Ring 0061 4130 80846 — and give him hell!
Well, that's my fix of Rugby Union for the next four years. Now I'll sit back and watch the further development of Jon Jon's "kicking game" and Rugby's subsequent absorption into the superior Australian Football League.
Out.
But did you ENJOY it Tony; that's the question! One of the most exciting and gripping matches in the history of the game, and you haven't actually said whether you liked it or not. Maybe it's because in the depths of your Melbourne Football Club, AFL-beating heart, you're afraid to admit it!!
Lots of smug Poms in the office here....
Posted by: Carrot | 25 November 2003 at 00:41
Carrot, it was a good game because it was close, and a final, but it wasn't "technically" a good game. Lots of fumbling, blown lineouts and bad kicking from the Aussies. Except for the two obvious ones. It's amazing that I've not yet read anything about how Elton Flatley missed a sitter in the first half. The one that hit the post. Also, even though it was close, it never looked like Australia were going to win. The Poms should have won by heaps.
And it's amazing how well Eddie Jones handled things compared to Clive Woodward. Woodward's reaction is one reason we never want the Poms to win the Ashes. What a shocking winner! You reckon they're smug at work at the moment. Imagine how bad it would be if they won the Ashes, a competition where the whole nation cares rather than two state's private schools.
Posted by: Tony.T | 26 November 2003 at 11:19
Best give the poms something to talk about for another 37 years before they ever win anything again.Ashes? The only ashes those losers will ever see are at the cremo mate!! Mind you, they are probably world champions at darts though.
Posted by: Brett Pee | 27 November 2003 at 02:44
Never give a sucker an even break, Brett.
And they spewed when on of our boys won the darts world champs a couple years ago.
Posted by: Tony.T | 27 November 2003 at 09:35