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At the tight, tense Tri-Nations game in Perth against the Springboks, midway through the second half, with the game up for grabs, some fools in the crowd thought starting the Mexican wave would be a good idea.
The vast majority of the crowd seemed to agree and joined in once it had gained momentum.
This poses a few questions.
Are the crowd really that bored? What do the players think when they see their own ‘supporters’ doing the wave? What do visiting fans, the oppostion, and the worldwide viewers think of this?
I would be interested to know if the wave has ever been sighted at rugby internationals elsewhere.
My bet is never in South Africa or New Zealand, and rarely in Europe.
I remember at the old Lansdowne Road the wave made an appearance at most games, but only at half-time and it simply evaporated into thin air when the game began again.
The damn thing is a pox and the novelty value wore off by the early 90s, so you would imagine that most people would be over it by now.
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