Aussies Rules – Fevola Palava
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by theorangenz
Why Aussie Rules awards ceremonies and piles of free booze are the perfect combination.
Hat tip: the Guardian
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Oma Rapiti … Taylor's Career Goes South
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by theorangenz
It may be an old story know but it’s still got legs.
The coach you got sacked because he got smacked.
Yep, think about Jason “Kung Fu” Taylor only got given the DCM because he got KO’ed by David “The Terminator” Fa’alogo. Fa’alogo’s career at Souths also got terminated.
Let’s take another scenario.
Taylor goes out gets tanked, makes [...]
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Bingo!
Posted on August 12th, 2009 by theorangenz
I love playing buzzword bingo at work … it should be part of my annual performance objectives.
Anyway, around here, we always focus on the big issues.
Like pissheads, dickheads and cheating Aussies.
And bingo!!! the Herald has wrapped them all up into a nice little gallery.
Gred Inglis – dickhead
Anthony Watmough – pisshead, dickhead
Reni Matua – cheating Aussie
Brett [...]
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Back to the Future
Posted on March 16th, 2009 by theorangenz
The first week of the NRL is almost over and it’s been a smooth transition for last season to the new season.
The footy is still great, lots of close games, a few boilovers, and the two refs were hardly noticed at all.
And we have the first player pisshead controversy of the year – before a [...]
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Meanwhile, Back at Dickhead Central
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by theorangenz
Timing is everything.
At the very same time that Jesse Ryder was publicly humiliated by his employer, Sione Lauaki yet again has publicly humiliated his employer.
I made the point that Ryder’s latest transgression was relatively minor in comparison to what our All Blacks regularly dish up.
In fairness to the All Black selectors, Sione hasn’t figured in [...]
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May the Force Be With You, John
Posted on January 8th, 2009 by theorangenz
It’s no surprise that John Mitchell has ended up in a spot of bother at the Force.
Now let’s acknowledge that on the surface he appears to have done a great job bringing a new franchise into a competitive competition.
He also managed to get the AB’s to within one game of the RWC Final which compares [...]
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