Don’t Believe The Hype
I thought the title was a little bit far fetched until I realised just how clever I am (I must remind my wife some time).
Don’t Believe the Hype was one of Public Enemy’s finest … and it’s our favourite sons – the All Blacks – who are public enemy number 1 in the UK right now.
If you believe the NZ papers, it’s all about the Pommy press picking on our boy, Tana.
Yet, not all the articles are anti-AB or anti All Black.
Eddie Buttler, writing in the Guardian, finishes an article on three diaries that have been published since the Tour (including the famous Life of Brian diary) with the following:
And that is why, long after it should have been forgotten, the failed tour of 2005 is with us still, even as the All Blacks arrive for their grand-slam tour and try to move things on.
Mind you, in the same edition, another writer states that New Zealand’s stubborn refusal to apologise for the spear tackle that nearly ended Brian O’Driscoll’s career will only lead to further bad blood.
I suppose that one thing is certain – the journos fascination with the whole thing is a sure way of selling newspapers until there’s actually some rugby to write about.
Postscript
It’s official – the Poms are over it. It was never Tana’s fault altho – yes – he should have been penalised, yellow carded and or suspended. At least there are quality journalists writing sense.
