The Orange

Why Aussie Rules awards ceremonies and piles of free booze are the perfect combination.
Hat tip: the Guardian

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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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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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The Kiwi ingenuity spirit is supposedly embodied in the number 8 wire.
The Warriors are mired in the swamp caused by the lack of a decent number 6 since day 1.
40/20 (if you’re a mathematician, you will simply this to 2 – 40 divided by twenty – but I’m reliably informed this is pronounced Forty Twenty) [...]

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Been a while since I’ve posted about pissheads.
I’ve been so bust posting about cheating Aussies and cry baby Aussies.  Let’s hope Google is taking notes.
Anyway, back to the subject of pissheads and the Warriors look like they’re putting their hopes of a half decent half in Brett Seymour.
That’s Brett Seymour – ex Bronco and Shark.  [...]

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As strange as it may seem, with all the sport that’s been on at the weekend, my attention was taken by a story in Stuff about MP’s from Pomgolia who’ve come to NZ to investigate binge drinking.
If this was a couple of days ago, you would rightly thinking I was pulling your tit.
But no, it [...]

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OK, I put my hand up and say I had a bit of fun at Jesse Ryder’s expense.
You could say I took the piss out of a pisshead.
You call also call the Jesse’s had a reputation for having a bit of fun too.
Regardless of the past, it clear that right now he is happy to [...]

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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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OK I know this isn’t really sport but it does involve a team (of players!) and excessive use of alcohol.
No, it’s not New Zealand rugby.
Apparently the Rolling Stones are considering giving Ronnie Wood the DCM (Don’t Come Monday) if he doesn’t clean up his act.
According to Stuff:
Ronnie failed his medical for the 2002/2003 tour because [...]

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Organisers of the Big Day Out are looking to extend the concept and move into the sporting world.
Because of the need to reach across sports and hold an event on one day, the SBDO plan is to hire stadia like Mt Smart Stadium, invite famous sports people and have one great big party with the [...]

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