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I’m disappointed that we haven’t had another music recommendation for a while. Nils Lofgren’s Blue with Lou was a standout.
The Wrap: It’s time for rugby’s loose ends to start to come together
Rugby to me is still a mystery but I did enjoy the World Cup. As an AFL fan I don’t understand why the Rugby let people sing all the time and drown out the ads and any humorous games played during the breaks like in the AFL.
My highlight of the World Cup though was the Wales-Sth. Africa semi final. With the scores tied and the ball down Sth. Africa’s end there was a bit of an outage, the commentators mumbled something and the referees gave Sth. Africa a penalty for no obvious reason. The commentators all expected it but to the untrained eye it seemed a disappointing way to decide the result. In AFL you can pick the ball up from outside the fence in a final and not get penalised. What happened to tradition of the umpire swallowing his whistle late in the game.
Although not much wiser, I did enjoy your reports on the cup and I only picked up one mistake for the whole tournament, it is Blues With Lou not Blues For Lou.
The Wrap: 2019’s rugby highlights, lowlights and wish list for 2020
The Do Better report discusses the history of rascism at Collingwood and mentions as it first entry the 1970 Carlton-Collingwood grand final. From the report:
“In the 1970 VFL Grand Final, which still holds the record for the highest ever attended VFL/AFL crowd, the great Syd Jackson of Carlton was booed by Collingwood fansas he prepared to take a kick. The incident prompted the GTV9 commentator to say the following ‘I don’t like this crowd booing.Bad sportsmanship from Australians to boo on an occasion like this because this fellow (Syd Jackson) is a coloured man, we know, but he’s entitled to every bit of respect that anybody’s allowed.”
This does not tell the complete story as it fails to mention that Sid Jackson was reported in the Carlton-Collinwood second semi final two week earlier for striking Lee Adamson. At the tribunal he claimed in his defense that he was racially vilifed by Adamson as a justification for striking him. Jackson was cleared to play in the Grand Final, which the Blues won. Twenty-two years later he explained that there had been no provocation; Carlton president George Harris had devised the defence to ensure that the talented Jackson was available to play in the grand final. Adamson is quoted as saying he blamed Harris who ‘set it up and I have despised him ever since for what he did’
This was originally reported in the book by Hess and Stewarts More Than a Game (1998) which also included the relevant comment:
“The unfortunate side-effect of Carlton’s opportunitism was that when the truth emerged it probably encouraged Collingwood supporters to rationalise unacceptable behaviour by players and supporters”
Eddie McGuire's trainwreck of a spin job only reinforces damning Collingwood report