How big a plonker is Danny Cipriani feeling at the moment? He’s the English rugby player who said not one Wallaby would make it into England’s World Cup side. Coming from a bloke who didn’t make it into the England side. “England’s players know what they can do,” said Danny boy in the lead-up to…
FIFA goes into crisis management mode
It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for. FIFA boss Septic Bladder is under criminal investigation. In the scheme of the shenanigans that passes for football administration, it’s not the biggest misdemeanour we’ve heard about. But it embroils the key players of soccer’s ‘governing’ body — Septic himself and the bloke who, until now, was…
Only in Queensland…
On holiday in Queensland this week, it’s clear there are only two things going on in the world. First, a giant sinkhole on Fraser Island swallowed a bunch of cars, a caravan, a trailer and the holiday hopes of 300 campers. Vast sinkhole swallows vehicles and caravan at campsite in Australia http://t.co/DUx6luEm2Z pic.twitter.com/4nFS37PnPz — The…
All’s fair in love and rugby
When the Rugby world Cup comes around, it’s always good to make fun of the All Blacks when you can. Which turns out to be pretty easy when they’re playing away from home. The All Blacks have only claimed the Webb Ellis Cup when the tournament’s been played on their turf. And Japan’s shock win…
A weekend for the Aussie toilers
Eddie Jones may not have had an epic record in the four years he coached the Wallabies but he’s just become the talk of the Rugby World Cup. The boy from Burnie presided over the feel-good story of the year — for everyone not going for South Africa, that is, which would be most of…
Kiwis fans play the wimp card
The Rugby World Cup is here. And if the All Blacks are anything like their fans, they’ll crumble like a chicken stock cube. In the land of the long white band of cotton wool, a petition is doing the rounds calling for a 10am start to the working day because of all the early morning…
Put out your onions
It’s shaping as your average Monday. A quiet start to the week and, in the evening, a high-fibre diet of televisual roughage served by the ABC. In walks the Communications Minister, fittingly, to shake up the schedule. Except he’s not the Communications Minister any more. He’s challenging the Prime Minister for his job. With that…
Welcome to New York, Mr Trump
While the algal tide that is Donald Trump continues to sweep America, we can take comfort that there’s one place at least that’s not rolling out the red carpet. In his home town of New York, they hate his guts, if his reception at the US Open is any indication. Familiarity breeds contempt, it seems….
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