Willie Mason - Dick of the Year?

Ah yes, it wouldn't be a sporting week without some new piece of idiocy from everyones favourite kiwi-born Aussie league A.D.D-affected doofus, Willie Mason, this time giving Britain's Stuart Fielden a punch that broke his nose and dropped the unlucky Brit to the ground like a bag of spuds during the Poms 23-12 win over the Aussies at Sydney on the 4th of November at Aussie Stadium in Sydney.

According to Willie Mason (via BBC quotes of the week) this was the provocation that caused the blow...

He said 'Come on you ******* Aussie ****'. I said '**** you, you Pommie ****wit'. He said 'Let's go, let's go, I will belt you, you Aussie T***'.

And, thanks to the magic of YouTube, here's two different television angles of the 'biff' for you...




End result: Mason banned for only one match and fined $5000.

Gracious Losers

A couple of nice quotes from the French rugby management after their 47-3 demolition at the hands of the All Blacks over the weekend. First, Coach Bernard Laporte...

There's nothing to be said. They were far superior - they are much better than us. We thought we'd be a bit more competitive than that. We feel very inferior. They are playing a better game. We were completely impotent really in terms of our commitment and they really did want to play hard.

...and Manager Jo Maso...

We were flooded by a tidal wave. We met a great side, with superior athleticism and class, and we were not up to it. It was a failure.

Ireland v. South Africa, 11th November 2006: video highlights

Final Score: Ireland 32 - South Africa 15.

Ireland: Tries: Trimble, D Wallace, Horan, Horgan; Conversions: O'Gara 3; Penalties: O'Gara 2.
South Africa: Tries: Steyn, Habana; Conversion: A Pretorius; Penalty: A Pretorius.

{WARNING: no commentary, just loud music.}

All Blacks v. England, 5th November 2006: video highlights

A record margin. Tries galore. Dan Carter being his usual awesome self. Enjoy...

The Dropkicks - Episode 31

The latest podcast is now up!

This week it comes to you via the Dynamic Duo. No, not Batman and Robin. No, not Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. No, not even Batwoman and Batgirl. Look. It's Hadyn "Mouth of the South" Green and Sideline Mike, OK? Happy? Well, you should be. Neither Dom "The Mallet" Gibbs nor Che "Tall Timber" Tibby could be with us this week, so the Mouth and Sideline have to make do. This week we talk, well, bollocks mainly. But we also talk rugby, athletes, dicks, wackies, etc, etc. The usual stuff.

Episode 31 (right click, save target as...)