What I want to moan about is that as soon as the final coverage was over (the 2pm repeat, I didn't have the energy for the Australian 4am start) the Aussie commentators started whining about the style of rugby England had adopted. Presumably Australians think that people are conspiring against them if they don't win a World Cup at least once every three times. There were calls for a 'more entertaining style of rugby', 'less rules', 'less emphasis on kicking' - anything that would have had them win their match against England, to my mind. Essentially, they were calling to make Union more like League, and to make it more rewarding for the Southern Hemisphere style of play (grown, in Australia, largely from an enthusiasm for League over Union). Read the engraving on the World Cup, the lineup of winners since 1987. Do the Southern Hemisphere really need any more help?Monday, October 22, 2007
A good-natured whinge about the rugby.
Well, no one expected England to get that far, but they did, and they held their own in the final. I could moan about the disallowed try, but I think it looked out as well, by a fraction. I think we lost to a better team, a more consistent team, and I'm proud to be an England supporter (albeit one who couldn't be bothered to watch it live), which I wasn't when the tournament started.
What I want to moan about is that as soon as the final coverage was over (the 2pm repeat, I didn't have the energy for the Australian 4am start) the Aussie commentators started whining about the style of rugby England had adopted. Presumably Australians think that people are conspiring against them if they don't win a World Cup at least once every three times. There were calls for a 'more entertaining style of rugby', 'less rules', 'less emphasis on kicking' - anything that would have had them win their match against England, to my mind. Essentially, they were calling to make Union more like League, and to make it more rewarding for the Southern Hemisphere style of play (grown, in Australia, largely from an enthusiasm for League over Union). Read the engraving on the World Cup, the lineup of winners since 1987. Do the Southern Hemisphere really need any more help?
What I want to moan about is that as soon as the final coverage was over (the 2pm repeat, I didn't have the energy for the Australian 4am start) the Aussie commentators started whining about the style of rugby England had adopted. Presumably Australians think that people are conspiring against them if they don't win a World Cup at least once every three times. There were calls for a 'more entertaining style of rugby', 'less rules', 'less emphasis on kicking' - anything that would have had them win their match against England, to my mind. Essentially, they were calling to make Union more like League, and to make it more rewarding for the Southern Hemisphere style of play (grown, in Australia, largely from an enthusiasm for League over Union). Read the engraving on the World Cup, the lineup of winners since 1987. Do the Southern Hemisphere really need any more help?
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:) you should be grateful they even showed the finals at all, considering australia wasn't in it. watching sport when other countries are playing is a very recent phenomenon here. *e xoxo
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