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9th August, 2003 Yes I know I have not written an article for 2 weeks but really there has been stuff all to write about. Besides, I have been depressed and have found it necessary to hide all the razor blades and sharp objects in my house. The rubbish the Wallabies have been serving up has driven me to distraction and I have found myself driving past the Gap and other high places. If you have ever done the high security clearance psych test, they ask you, “what do you feel when you stand on the edge of a cliff”, well I feel like jumping every time. The Wobblies the last two weeks have pushed me even further, so that now, even on a high step, I feel like doing a swan dive. Last week in Brisbane was really a who cares fixture. The match between the Wallabies and the Boks was like watching two old drag queens having a hand bag fight. Both sides are so far off the pace it is a joke. The Poms and Kiwis are light years in front and I can’t see the Boks or Wallabies catching up. The final insult was the bleating in the press by the Wallaby coaching staff and players. Ex-Wallaby lock Nigel Holt summed up my feelings when he said he would bite himself for the money these pampered wimps are getting paid. You will notice this weekend that Boks will not try any biff on the boys in Black, they know they will be sorted out on the field not pursued in the press by a pack of sooks. The less said about the debacle in Sydney the better, it was a disgrace. All I will say on the matter, is that if you have not seen the Bledisloe Cup and World Cup on display, you better go and do so. After next week in Auckland the Bledisloe Cup will leave our shores for a very long time. We are spoiled in that we have won 2 World Cups and people don’t realise how much luck you need to do so. Remember the field goal against the Boks in 99 and the Campo over the head pass against Ireland in 91. Once the World Cup is lost it might not be won again in our lifetime. I have had an interesting 2 weeks besides being depressed and trying to slash up. Last week I ran a 7 day coaching camp for Morioka High School from Japan. They were great to coach and were very skilful players. They gave Manly Colts a real run for their money and I was very impressed by their scrummaging and mauling skills. Their interpreter Chris the “Brazilian Anaconda” was a good bloke and like Chris Handy fell in love with our Bundy Rum. The “Brazilian Anaconda” did not anticipate that this love of Bundy also necessitates a few calls home on the big white telephone at the end of the night. Needless to say his breath when interpreting the next day, would kill a camel at 10 paces. Last night I coached the Entrance Rams in preparation for their clash with the loser of the Avoca/Terrigal final. Big Sam Domoni coaches the Rams and he invited me along to help out with the scrum and have a few bowls of Kava with the boys afterwards. I can resist everything except temptation, so needless to say, after copious amounts of Fiji’s national drink I floated home very pleased with myself. I don’t recommend live scrums on the road at 2.00am though the Kava does numb grazes and cuts. I have been getting the results right but not the score, I will get it right this weekend, the Blacks will belt the Boks by heaps. Keep the messages coming on the message board, we have Clarky from London and the Snake from Japan checking in. Also the usual suspects from Fiji and the “Ugliest Man in the Universe”, the Stone Fish. I see that my old mate Goose has also logged in, Goose is known universally for his psychopathic pursuit of fuller figured women. If there were more Gooses in the world I am sure Jenny Craig would go out of business. Regards |
