Bubba Definition = Cracker, Red Neck, White Trailer Trash

Saw a great movie the other day called Bubba Hotep, the movie gave a definitive American Southern States definition of Bubba as written above. Basically if you are a southern white Klansman you are defined as a Bubba, cracker, red neck or white trailer trash. Very interesting bit of trivia I thought all Broadside readers would be glad to know. I am definitely not named for this Deep South version of Bubba.

The last Broadside article had the All Blacks winning the 2007 World Cup; I did not take into account some very tough South Africans. The Bok’s played sensationally against the AB’s in Capetown on Saturday 6th August winning the match 23-16. The Boks kept it simple and belted the AB’s every time they touched the ball. The AB’s scrum and lineout, which were so lauded after the British Lions series, were put under tremendous pressure by the Boks and found wanting. My most vivid memory of the game was anyone in a black jersey taking the ball up and getting absolutely belted backwards by an avalanche of green jerseys. Daniel Carter was brought back to earth after a stuttering performance in this match; the big Dutchmen lined him up and belted him all night. Jerry Collins looks big on most rugby paddocks, tight black jersey rolled up over the guns, against the Boks he was dwarfed by the men in green and looked like a school kid.

Saturday night in Sydney 13th August and both the Wallabies and All Blacks lined up desperate for a win. The Wallabies lost their two Test’s in South Africa and the All Blacks lost theirs, both teams belted by the big, physical Boks. The AB’s won the Sydney Test 30-13, my good friend Andrew Er called the Wallabies an “absolute joke”. He was sitting at home with me watching the match in Singapore and like most Wallaby supporters was most caustic with his comments. I got a text message off an All Black supporter Praising the Lord for the poor form of George Gregan. It was really nasty stuff and the knives were out even before the game was over. I see in today’s news that Eddie Jones has offered to resign if asked to do so. It will be interesting watch the news this week; I can’t wait for the article from Spiro Zavros he will really stick the Sheffield (knives) in.

What went wrong on the night for the Wallabies, just about everything I would say? They were disjointed with crucial injuries before halftime and I think they also had to use the whole bench during the match. The set pieces were a nightmare, the scrum in particular an absolute joke as Andrew Er would say. Al Baxter was knocked two steps back on every engagement and Bill Young was folded up into a ball, when the Wallaby ball was fed, the scrum was consequently wheeled and driven backwards at a rate of knots. Gregan had a terrible time at the base with the scrum falling back over him; of course his service was shoddy. The Wallabies also had an inability to go forward with the ball in hand, they looked like the AB’s last week against the Boks. You must go forward before you go across, I don’t know why the Wallabies did not try some pick & go through the centre to try and generate some forward momentum. Time and time again the Wallaby ball carrier was put to the ground early and the ball turned over. It was a long night at the office and I don’t pity the lads in Coff’s Harbour this week, Eddie Jones will give them heaps.

Myself and Andy having a chat			Coaching the lads in Jakarta
	Paul Quaglia auctioning Andy McIntyres's jersey?	Singapore Rep and Bucks President Martin Wiliams

My good mate Peter Fab’s Fenton is re-releasing his two great Rugby films.
The Running game ( 1981) and The African Campaign ( 1992) are the only two documentaries ever made on Wallaby Rugby tours. Made by feature film makers with a great love of the game they are exceptional social documents. Much more than a series of interviews and television highlights, these films put the viewer ‘on tour.’

THE RUNNING GAME
The long tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland was the ultimate Rugby experience, featuring internationals against all four home nations. For three months The Seventh Wallabies of 1981/2, who had made sacrifices to participate which can hardly be understood today, were sustained by comradeship and hospitality as they travelled through Britain’s worst winter this century. The Running Game, a classic account of their experiences on and off the field, was a revelation. For the first time cameras were allowed into a Wallaby test match dressing room prior to and after the match. The use of previously unused camera techniques and slow motion montages, complemented by especially composed music and verse, provides a moving and exciting tribute to some of the great players of a bygone era. The uncompromising captain Tony Shaw, the inimitable Mark Loane, the new genius Mark Ella and stoic, veteran halfback John Hipwell are just a few of yesterday’s heroes who will thrill younger viewers and take older ones back to a glorious time.

THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
This intense and personal observation of the 1992 tour of South Africa documents the first by the Wallabies since 1969. With the apartheid restrictions lifted, the World Cup winners put their reputation on the line against the Springboks who had not been able to participate in the event held the previous year. “You are not the world champions until you beat us,” they were told. Three lead up games, in Potchefstroom, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria, preceded a record breaking win by the Wallabies at Newlands Stadium. This was one of Australia’s finest teams with Kearns, Eales, Ofahengaue, Farr-Jones, Lynagh, Horan, Little and Campese, whose fiftieth test try sealed the game. Yet as interesting and exciting as the matches were a meeting with Nelson Mandela, a fun-filled but very emotional training clinic with youngsters in the black township outside Port Elizabeth and a performance by South Africa’s leading black choir, the Matthews Singers, staged especially for the Wallabies. Like its predecessor, The Running Game, this film puts you ‘on tour’ with a great sporting team.

So if your interested in ordering these films contact Haydn Keenan at Smart Street Films
at smartstreet@optusnet.com.au
The African Campaign is a great documentary, as I was one of the stars Ha Ha. You can see me running around in my prime here against the big Dutchmen of Western Traansvaal and Eastern Province. I will have to order one of the new DVD releases, as my VHS version is cactus. Fabs tells me he is flogging them for $30 each, an absolute bargain.

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