Bloody awful!

I had the misfortune last night to watch some rugby (well I think it was rugby) while eating dinner.

How I managed to keep the food down still surprises me.

What I saw was two groups of players, one group wearing two-tone pink, the other dark blue with yellow and sh*t-brown (after a VERY hard night) highlights.

The fellow who was carried off just as I started to watch looked strangely familiar.

After watching a bit I wondered if he was simply broken-hearted at the play of his compatriots.

I have never seen 31 (32 if you count the carried off fellow)such clueless, direction-less and inept men performing - anywhere - ever.


That TV shows this rubbish in prime time surprises me (although I admit not a lot).

What amazed me though was that a crowd that appeared to be in the high hundreds watched this crap without invading the pitch and showing the pathetic bastards how to f**king do it.

Some were even shown jumping around, cheering (although I suspect this might have been added file footage from some gay mardi gras given the dress and make-up displayed)

In today's world it appears people will watch any old rubbish.

I wonder how long it will be before some bright bastard will come up with a game that is a cross between tippenny runs, baseball and french cricket, pretends it is a true sport and markets it as the new, exciting way forward.

Sport

The Super XIV starts tonight.

What sort of name is that?

The rugby is far from "super" and in the real world we use 14.

For this reason, along with the fact that it is cricket season I'll give the rugby a miss until April at the earliest.

I was pleased to note a recent poll in one of the dailies suggested the majority will do the same.

One thing I must do though, before the season starts is predict a top two placing for the Perth based Force, solely on the basis that rugby writers in both NZ and Oz have rubbished the team.

Meanwhile I hope the fifth Chapple/Hadlee ODI is not washed out tonight.

A result could mean one of two rather inept captains is seen for what they are, which can only be good for cricket.