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September 25th 2007 @ 12:00pm
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The Roar readers Michael Fay and Tony Hughes took some great snaps of the Australia v Fiji match; including capturing those bearded streakers.
The naked streakers were paying homage to the French forward with the long hair and beard and also making a point about Ocitaine independence District in South of France near Carcassone and Languedoc.







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Simon said | September 25th 2007 @ 12:05pm | Report comment
Sensational photos…I feel like I’m at the event! This is what I love about the Roar – real content from real people.
michael fay said | September 25th 2007 @ 4:18pm | Report comment
Thanks Simon,we will be covering the Samoa USA game in St Etienne up the road from our hideout in southern France and will be particlarly interested on how former NSW fringe player Mike Hercus performs.While USA continue to be perennial underperformers we think that a turnaround will begin to happen.Samoa havent been performing up to expectations.
we expect to have some interesting nightime shots for the Roar
michael fay said | September 25th 2007 @ 4:22pm | Report comment
Sandy thanks for your views ,there are some atmospheric shots from Montpellier on the website above.
Doing some research on the meaning of merkin so we can interpret your comments about the streakers.
Sandy said | September 25th 2007 @ 5:01pm | Report comment
Great to see Mick’s pics….. keep up the good work… how about a few street scenes. Thanks for the explanation for the streakers.. now it makes sence. Especially as the merkin avoided the naked charge. If the game had been held in Brazil it would have been a completely different matter.
Byron said | September 28th 2007 @ 2:10pm | Report comment
WOW! Great seats. I wish I was there.