Australia's Day – ANZAC Day

After watching the NRL over the last couple of days, I’m not a happy chappy.
As far as the Aussies are concerned, ANZAC Day is Australia Day II.
Mind you, given the origins of the country, it’s no surprise that they would stoop to stealing our shared day for their own celebrations.
The ultimate is the sense of [...]

Storm in an Anzac Cup

Interesting insight into the Aussies and the import of TV to NRL.
The Storm have come up with the concept of a regular game v the Warriors on Anzac Day.
Strange because I thought we were supposed to have an Anzac test on Anzac Day but what would I know??
Anyway, back to the Storm.
The Storm are getting [...]

Channel Strine Plumbs New Depths

The Australian 1st XI cricket team might be crap but their commentators are worse.
Let’s acknowledge that Channel Stine effectively invented ODI as we know it.  Cricket became TV product thanks to the Aussies.
When the Aussies are all dominant, the commentators are all dominant, lauding the might of the Aussies.  As painful as it is, at [...]