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Did rugby just proudly become the ‘game they play in hell’? Now that would be great marketing campaign…
Israel Folau does not deserve the sack
I thought it was significant to note the response to Hansen being told that Owens’ missed a call from his assistant in the last play sequence of offside – a penalty that you’d have to think would have provided the three points to win the game. He pointed to the leaking of 36 points (which he also highlighted as Spiro says above to deflect from Beaudy’s wobbling boot), and had nothing but praise for Owens who did a great job reffing a great game. Contrast that with Cheika clutching at refereeing straws as a default position, and see how the ABs front up & own their losses, rather than blaming everyone else for them. If that call had gone against the Wallabies in a tight test, I reckon the paint would bee peeling off the walls at the post match press conference.
That Wellington test was fantastic match between two teams who obviously have enormous respect for one another and the game itself.
Bravo.
No excuses: The Pumas and Springboks deserved their wins over the Wallabies and All Blacks
I remember seeing Lenny Pascoe wearing earbuds whilst bowling to Chappelli at the SCG in a shield match because he was getting a good old serve from him and didn’t want to rise to the bait.
The old bastards I played grade cricket with from that era, all in their late thirties or early forties by the time I was in the dressing room with them, had legendary stories of carry on in the old days. Their toughness was passed along to me and my teammates, it was the way we played.
I have no idea why anyone would indulge in hand wringing about this stuff, it’s always happened, it hasn’t always been G rated, big deal…!
Ian Chappell's 'side of the story' against sledging allegations from Glenn Turner
I think Cheika is fast becoming the Bernard Tomic of world rugby. I wish the TV producers would stop ruining my viewing experience by showing him carrying on like a peanut.
Watching it with my 8 year old son on the weekend, he turned & asked me what ‘that guy’ was always so angry?
You didn’t need to be a lip reader to see what he was saying either, I can’t imagine a worse ambassador for an embattled rugby nation.
Saturday's Aussie winner was Sydney club rugby, not the Wallabies
It wasn’t just the All Blacks playing some great rugby, Cheika has also overshadowed some tough and skilful footy from the Wallabies.
Rogue Cheika tarnishes the Wallabies once again
When DHP dropped his shoulder, my immediate reaction was ‘Why’? Speight was away, there was some terrific lead up and the game was swinging. Why did he feel the need to do that? I agree with Spiro, I think it’s becoming endemic in the Wallabies under Cheika to get every cheap shot in that they can, and in this instance, quite rightly, it cost them dearly. His influence is becoming absolutely poisonous, the Donald Trump of Australian Rugby.
It was a great game, it’s a great achievement by the All Blacks, and instead we’re talking about Cheika. Again.
Rogue Cheika tarnishes the Wallabies once again
So Spiro is the ‘Ashes’ moment for Springbok Rugby. Is Jakeball now dead & cremated, or will they just try to work out a way to kick it further..?
The Wallabies pip the Pumas, the All Blacks beat up the Boks
Only Crowe, Border, Miandad, Gavaskar & Alan Lamb regularly scored runs against the West Indies battery of quicks over his era. An elegant, tough & brilliant player, RIP.
I loved watching Martin Crowe bat
Nice one Spiro, but I think you wrote ‘Michael Jones’, when maybe you meant ‘Frank Bunce’ in that 1991 RWC team. Other amazing players in that side, Apollo Perelini, Junior Paramore, Fats, Stephen Bachop, Pat Lam.
SPIRO: All Blacks win their State of Origin against Manu Samoa
I thought the defining feature of the game was the lack of a ball runner in the Aussie forwards. They struggled to bend the line & that was the differences, really a game they should have won.
SPIRO: Wallabies beaten in Paris by splendid French 'esprit'
Wow, the game was a cracker, best of the tournament, and South Africa were so positive until they inexplicably subbed their brilliant 10. I’m always happy to see the Blacks lose before the play the Wallabies, if your gonna have a loss then SA at Ellis Park is the most likely!
Steve Hansen - that loss is all on you
If other clubs had the resources to offer subsidised tertiary education to their players you can bet the playing field would be a lot more level.
I don’t think it’s any less complicated than that.
101-0 just the tip of the iceberg for club rugby in Australia
Oh man, I’m glad others are scratching their heads about the Martin/Kearns show. You can almost see Nick McCardle squirming when they start with the jingoistic rubbish. Surely we deserve a commentary team with some objective, intelligent insight. We pay for our Foxtel remember!
SPIRO: A loss is a loss for the improving Wallabies
Is it true that subbies clubs like Balmain pay players as much as $20,000 a season? What is going on when that happens?
John O'Neill's two biggest mistakes
I’m wondering if it’s the real Phil Kearns in the box, or he’s playing a part that the sports team want him to play. His commentary has become simplistic, jingoistic, and downright boring, and frankly it makes watching the wallabies even more gruelling than usual.
I reckon the Boks would be cheering about the ‘we wuz robbed’ defence, as Spiro says if that’s truly what the team believe, they’re not likely to think they did much wrong in this test.
Maybe Fox can use Kearns in a ‘controversy corner’ role at half time so we don’t have to listen to his incessant whining.
SPIRO: Wallabies need to stop whining and start winning
I came through the Sydney Grade Cricket system in the 1980’s and 1990’s, where the champion players of the era were from schools like East Hills Boys High (a whole generation of Bankstown players including the Waughs), and a bunch of other state schools from less salubrious parts.
Private schools didn’t produce anyone much, basically because the extra 2 years the private school kids spent playing for the First XI robbed them of the incredibly tough formative period when grade cricket was roasting young players, or forging them, depending on your point of view.
A good mate, a former team mate who now coaches a top Sydney club, told me recently that the rep teams are now full of private school kids, because their parents spend lots of money on coaching. The public school kids don’t get much of a look in, and definitely don’t dominate the junior age teams anymore.
I remember as a pro playing in the Northern Leagues in England in the early ’90’s I ran coaching classes for kids for extra beer money,
and the kids were exclusively from private schools. Cricket in the UK was, and probably still is, an upper class sport.
Australia’s strength came from cricket being ‘everyone’s sport’, like soccer is in the UK (and everywhere else). The players weren’t just from the upper echelons of society, they were fighters from all walks of life, the defining element was talent.
I suspect we should get used to lame performances from overpaid & pampered Australian cricketers, they’re not going to be hewn from the same log as their tough predecessors.
SPIRO: Oh no, the Brits are the new Aussies of world sport!
Maoridom is a big province Dean…!
SPIRO'S Lions Diary: Brumbies show Wallabies how to do it
“First, the Lions last lost a provincial match back in 1997”
Umm, the Lions lost to the NZ Maori on 2005. Maybe they’re not technically a provincial side…?
Cracker of a game.
SPIRO'S Lions Diary: Brumbies show Wallabies how to do it
They’re right to ban it, and should go further, Melbourne-Storm-Like, and strip these majors from the storky cheats. Evidence? Since when was this paramount? You sound like a crap golfer Doc.
Golf's R and A drops anchor on the long putter
I remember that John Schuster sidestep! That was before the Shoo whent to the dark side!
Dynamic ways to increase NRL crowds
No mate, tongue planted in cheek. He’s so far outside the Rugby League box I think he’d run the risk of turning the only headlines about the game into positives! The ratings would disappear…!
Greenberg satisfied with Barba action
Putting Greenberg in charge of the NRL would be like putting Kerry O’Brien in charge of the Chasers. Rugby League needs drama, incompetence, bad behaviour & bungling to fuel the fans, an adminstrator with courage, morals & a plan has no place in the game!
Greenberg satisfied with Barba action
Love this Geoff, the game is now done and dusted but you’ve nailed the reasons why test cricket is so special. When my
little girls, aged 8 and 6 ask me ‘who’s winning Dad’, I find myself explaining the variety of possibilities you’ve so eloquently described here. The kids really get the idea of uncertainty and possibility, its like a good book, Harry Potter even. I played first grade for many seasons and still love the intrigue of the game at this level, keep up the good work.
Sundo.
A glimmer for Henriques, in the game that leaves room for hope
It’s true there is an element of the outrage culture here for sure, but let me put it another way. If one of your highest profile employees, with a broad following amongst your clients on social media, began ranting about issues in a way that was completely at odds with your values as a person and a business, how would you react? Especially if you already asked him/her to stop doing it, for no other reason than it being real bad for business? I completely understand the reaction from the ARU and Qantas as their major sponsor. I’m just gobsmacked by the absurdity of what he chose to post. I don’t know many people who aren’t at least 60 percenters on the Izzy Challenge! One out of eight Dave? Mate you’ve lived a clean life!
Rugby union would be a more inclusive, kinder place without Israel Folau and his backwards views