More Rugby

at the risk of boring 99.9% of the people who read this site (actually, make that 40% since the majority of the people who read it like rugby) i am going to blog about rugby again. really this time it was just an excuse to put up these hot carlos spencer pictures (which means the other 4 of you should still like this post).

last weekend my vodka poet couldn't watch the game because - well, because he isn't a full time vodka poet. he's also a cop, and they have to fight crime while other people are watching rugby. sometimes violence breaks out during those games. so he had to watch it on replay and then write a poem. go the police force, right?

the only poetry he could find to write about carlos was that he led the haka (??) so hopefully carlos will get on his game for safrica or my poet will sit up and take notice of the only player in the game that really matters. in the absence of carlos spencer praise, this was my favorite part, about "Rokocoko, a commentators nightmare":

He crossed the line early to put the AB’s 4 up
He was playing like a veteren but he was just a young pup
It was to be the first of three trys for this dymanic left-winger
A hat trick in 27 minutes! He was having a zinger!

now for some bad news: after being passed over by the all blacks, christian cullen is taking his ball and heading to ireland. rugby bigshots are always sniping that they can't compete with the big overseas money, yet it means everything to the athletes just to play for their country and that gets taken away from them over some crackhead rebuilding experiment.

and finally, good news: the usa eagles have won four international test matches in a row, a first for the team. the last was against arch-rival canada, the first time usa has beaten them in three years. i still say watch out when the unites states decides to get serious about this game.

Thursday 03-Jul-03