So is Rugby Union dead in Australia?

[jakeslouw]

Just asking..... :)

Wallabies hurting after defeat to Boks - Rugby Cup Competitions | IOL.co.za (http://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/cup-competitions/wallabies-hurting-after-defeat-to-boks-1.1574997)

Wallabies in turmoil after heavy defeat - IOL Rugby | IOL.co.za (http://www.iol.co.za/sport/rugby/wallabies-in-turmoil-after-heavy-defeat-1.1574642)

Maybe the rugby union should get Jake White to coach the Wallabies?

[sheerluck]

It's not dead, it just smells rather funny.

And cue Bob, in 3.....2.......1.......

[newlandyowner]

Haha, I've have noticed Bob has been very quiet on this topic lately!

The ARU is to blame. They have not invested any money towards depth in Australian rugby. The whole Quade Cooper fiasco is alive because there is no one good enough to replace a 40 test player that has no vision or skills.

There is no 2nd tier national competition like The rest of the world has which leads to no depth and competition for the national jersey. See above.

Read Ritchie McCaw's autobiography. Then you will have an understanding as to why the AB's have been so successfull over the last 10 years. (RWC exempt haha) The passion to wear the black jersey is massive in NZ. Nothing that any of the current Wallabies have.

There you have it. I should be Wallabies coach, it's that easy.

[jakeslouw]

I don't wanna ruffle feathers, but isn't Aussie Rules Football something like American Football? Sort of in-bred and incestuous?

Doesn't that plus Rugby League totally dilute any efforts to excel in Rugby Union?

Surely you can't have 3 different footy styles?

[digger]

I don't wanna ruffle feathers, but isn't Aussie Rules Football something like American Football? Sort of in-bred and incestuous?

Doesn't that plus Rugby League totally dilute any efforts to excel in Rugby Union?

Surely you can't have 3 different footy styles?

MMM for someone not wishing to ruffle feathers you rub hard Jake!!!

Aussie Rules is what you play when...
-you want to use your hands as well (rules out soccer)
-you dont want to wear armour for sport (there goes gridiron)
-you dont wish to be involved in a sport where one bloke pushes two blokes up the arses of three blokes.... (there goes your rugby)


Lets be honest about the rugby though... you have the better team, and you have a larger pool of people to recruit from... so it could be a while until we catch up!! But one day... we will! :twisted:

[BMKal]

MMM for someone not wishing to ruffle feathers you rub hard Jake!!!

Aussie Rules is what you play when...
-you want to use your hands as well (rules out soccer)
-you dont want to wear armour for sport (there goes gridiron)
-you dont wish to be involved in a sport where one bloke pushes two blokes up the arses of three blokes.... (there goes your rugby)


Lets be honest about the rugby though... you have the better team, and you have a larger pool of people to recruit from... so it could be a while until we catch up!! But one day... we will! :twisted:

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

And they seem to be constantly on the lookout for novel ways to improve on this theme .................... :p

Remember Hopoate and his "fingers up the bum" playing technique. ;)

And now there's this ............. Anthony Watts banned for penis bite during rugby league match - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-11/former-nrl-player-banned-for-low-blow/4951508) :o

One can only wonder what they'll think of next. :angel:

[weeds]

Lets be honest about the rugby though... you have the better team, and you have a larger pool of people to recruit from... so it could be a while until we catch up!! But one day... we will! :twisted:

agree with the above

i not a huge fan of rugby.......but always love watching any of the aussies team playing at the top level

i'm sure our day will come

GO THE CATS.........port doesn't have a chance this weekend

[BMKal]

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[bob10]

It's not dead, it just smells rather funny.

And cue Bob, in 3.....2.......1.......

ZERO! :D Anyone with any knowledge of the game would have seen Ewans tactic of playing open running rugby has led to the Wallabies committing less forwards to the breakdown, thus causing far too many turnovers. Opposition coaches picked up on it straight away. Also, the Wallabies just are not fit enough to play that style for 80 minutes. Yet. Genia is on the bench Nic White starting half against the Pumas, but , significantly Ben Mowen is captain, after 6 tests. The great Ken Catchpole led the Wallabies in his debut test in 1961, aged 21. Mark Ella was a test novice Captain in 1982. A new era is beginning, and may I remind the doubters, this is a marathon, not a sprint. To quote John Muggleton;from Fox Sports

Muggleton joined the Wallabies under Rod Macqueen in 1998, and just a year after conceding an average of 23 points, had the Wallabies only giving up 13.4 points per game. A year later — conceding just 13.9 per Test — they won the World Cup.
The former Kangaroos forward said a focus on individual skill in defence played a big part in the turnaround; the same skills he believes were allowed to atrophy in the Deans era.
"Certainly in Robbie Deans’ time they went away from the individual skillset of defence; your tackling technique, your tracking and being in right positions to make the tackle. I can’t speak for the current Wallabies but under Robbie Deans, that wasn’t done as well as it should have been," he said. "Playing that brand of football, there is a skill level that needs to be there defensively as well."
Muggleton said the Wallabies — and fans — should "have faith" in their attacking direction but focus on playing smarter and working harder when it comes to defence to turn the tide.
"Turnovers are the number one source of tries, and second is kicking," Muggleton said.
"If you are going to be that sort of attacking team, you have to have two things: a very definite kicking plan, and you have to work really hard on two phases after a turnover. If you threw a third one in, and this is a trap they can fall into, if you put too many blokes into defensive breakdowns, then that leaves you short in defence as well.
"Everybody just has to have faith. If they believe in what they’re going to do, ignore what people are saying, work hard and it’ll come along.
"Changing a whole style of football for a team, the results are not going to come immediately. It is going to be a road that has a few bumps in it."


Read more: http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies/wallabies-defensive-attitude-crumbled-under-robbie-deans-says-guru-john-muggleton/story-e6frf55l-1226717184831#ixzz2edCqyWjE

[bob10]

I don't wanna ruffle feathers, but isn't Aussie Rules Football something like American Football? Sort of in-bred and incestuous?

Doesn't that plus Rugby League totally dilute any efforts to excel in Rugby Union?

Surely you can't have 3 different footy styles?

Yes we can, and have done so since about 1829, 6 years since William Web Ellis was supposed to pick up the ball & run with it. July 25, 1829, two Sydney newspapers, The Gazette & the Moniter, noted the reality 'football ' had arrived in Australia, reporting on a game played between soldiers at Hyde Park Barracks, played with ball in hand. The first rugby football club in AUS. has been widely accepted as being Sydney University in 1865. NSW Rugby Union was formed in 1874, In Qld. the Northern Rugby Union was established in 1883 , altered to Qld. Rugby Union in 1893

Earlier still, indigenous Australians were playing an ancient game linked to what Aussie rules would become. That game was called ' Marngrook', a traditional aboriginal ball game played with a ball of possum skin & featuring kicking, leaping & catching. Tom Wills, who fashioned the rules of Australian Rules Football in the 1850's , watched such games whilst growing up in the western districts of Victoria. A school match [ played under modified rugby rules] on Richmond Paddock, Melbourne August 7, 1858 is usually accepted as being the first small step towards what we know as Australian rules, although the Victorian Football Association was not formed until 1877.

In Sydney, in 1907, rugby league was born in Australia. In 1907, a New Zealand professional team was to tour Great Britain, via Sydney. They played games in Sydney on their way. Sydney forward, Alec Burdon injured his shoulder in a match on Central Park, Wingham, NSW North Coast . This is the injury traditionally put forward as the catalyst for the birth of Rugby League. It focused attention , in 1907, on the principle of a leading player being injured & having to miss work but not being fairly compensated by the Rugby Union .

The story of Rugby League in Australia would not be complete without the story of Dally Messenger. Messenger played Rugby Union for Australia, & a day after playing New Zealand in a match, was asked to turn pro. "Ask my mother", he said, she said yes, the rest is history. Messenger played for NSW, [wearing a mid-blue jersey with a kangaroo emblem] in the 3 games the New Zealand professional team played in Sydney, Then joined the NZ " all Golds ' as they were called by the rugby authorities back home , alluding to the players having sold out on their amateurism . The NZ Rugby league team wore black with a silver fern. Messenger played in 29 of the 35 tour games in England, playing under the ' play the ball ' rule , & with 13 men for the first time. Dally was the tours top point scorer, with 141 points, 7 tries & 60 goals.

Can we support 3 football codes? try 4, if you add Soccer. Are the Wallabies dead? I give you this;


The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Mark Twain (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mark_twain.html)

[jakeslouw]

Oh well, we'll have to wait for the Poms to beat you then? :p

[digger]

Oh well, we'll have to wait for the Poms to beat you then? :p

The way we are going, dont get to settled...

(it may not take long!!:eek:)

[jakeslouw]

Also just be careful when you play the Argies in their home country: we came unstuck there last year!

You blokes will bounce back. You're only 4th on the standings. If you displace the Poms I'll be the first to cheer. :wasntme:

[TerryO]

Rugby Union is not dead in Australia ...at least its not for the odd 90 minutes or so when the All Blacks come to town to whoop the Wallabies. ....:p

How's it going Bob? ...;)

[Disco Muppet]

I'll admit to never having had a great deal of interest in AFL, and I find Union to be a bit OTT with rule violations every 8 ****ing seconds and the play is stopped, so that leaves league and soccer.
I played soccer as a kid as I enjoyed it more than rugby, the people involved in both of them were a big part to play in that.
However, I find watching a skilled game of AFL far more interesting.
It's just more entertaining IMHO.
Although I like watching the fights. Amuses me somewhat :p

[TerryO]

AFL = Aerial Ping Pong ....no skill in that, just lots of young blokes running around in circles in tight shorts. ...:eek:

Rugby Union is the only game of true skill and tactics. ...:p

[Hastykiwi]

AFL = Aerial Ping Pong ....no skill in that, just lots of young blokes running around in circles in tight shorts. ...:eek:

Rugby Union is the only game of true skill and tactics. ...:p

Actually, its the only one of the 4 that accommodates bods of all shapes and sizes. Thats why, one day we will take over the world, cause the fatties can play!

[sheerluck]

Actually, its the only one of the 4 that accommodates bods of all shapes and sizes. Thats why, one day we will take over the world, cause the fatties can play!

And for the fatties that are hard of thinking, or have no social skills, there's always Rugby League. :angel:

[EchiDna]

I love these arguements, crack me up... a few SA friends here always try to rev me up about rugby (union) and it just doesn't happen as I have never played the game, don't know the rules (seriously, an international game where the rules keep changing annually??) or the nuances of the way its played... given how few people in Australia actually play the game, I reckon the team does ok, but in the meantime, I'll keep visiting my mates to watch matches as the token aussie to drink their beer ;-)

[Disco Muppet]

And for the fatties that are hard of thinking, or have no social skills, there's always Rugby League. :angel:

Or politics.
Or commercial radio.
Or toyota's advertising department.
Or 4WDA.


:angel:

[Hastykiwi]

And for the fatties that are hard of thinking, or have no social skills, there's always Rugby League. :angel:

Sorry..., but no. True fatties can't play loigue. The rock of immovability is only necessary in game with contestable scrums![bigsmile]

[sheerluck]

Very true. RL scrums are basically 14 big fellas getting together for a group hug.

[bob10]

AFL = Aerial Ping Pong ....no skill in that, just lots of young blokes running around in circles in tight shorts. ...:eek:

Rugby Union is the only game of true skill and tactics. ...:p

Not much skill & tactics in cheating, eh bro', Bob

[TerryO]

Not much skill & tactics in cheating, eh bro', Bob


Even less skill in losing, eh skippy!

[windsock]

Yep!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/09/1025.jpg

[Bigbjorn]

MMM for someone not wishing to ruffle feathers you rub hard Jake!!!

Aussie Rules is what you play when...
-you want to use your hands as well (rules out soccer)
-you dont want to wear armour for sport (there goes gridiron)
-you dont wish to be involved in a sport where one bloke pushes two blokes up the arses of three blokes.... (there goes your rugby)


Lets be honest about the rugby though... you have the better team, and you have a larger pool of people to recruit from... so it could be a while until we catch up!! But one day... we will! :twisted:

Let us have a look at the game of Melbourne Football.

Points are scored by passing a ball somehow between two uprights and not necessarily by kicking. Doesn't have to be a place or drop kick and there is no crossbar to clear. If the players can't kick then they get a consolation prize for missing. If a player manages to catch a ball (a somewhat necessary skill for senior footballers in my opinion) then they are allowed a free kick at goal. There is no tackling that any fan of either Rugby code would recognise as such. Bad handling is not punished so players may feel free to drop balls all over the paddock. No need for ball security as there are no consequences for being unable to catch or hold the ball. There is no offside, meaning it is not a team game and players are scattered all over the field playing almost one on one.
In Qld. during my youth Melbourne Football was known as girlball or queerball and considered a suitable game for girls and sickly children. The mere fact that the game originated in Melbourne ensured its status as a wimp's game.

[Celtoid]

I'm hoping the Boks game was just a hic-up.....as atrocious as it was. I was at the game and I didn't rate the Boks that much either. If the Wallabies had been playing the ABs that night, the score would have been in three digits.....and the ABs wouldn't have even needed to employ their 'interesting' tactics...LOL!!!!:wasntme:

The last couple of games before that I thought the Wallabies were showing some great potential...it was just disjointed. When they did get it together, they were very dangerous, enough to force the ABs on their back feet on numerous occasions.

It appeared to be a consistency issue that should have improved in time.....I have no freakin idea what happened against the Boks......I left with 15 to go!!!

It's very early days for a new couch and culture, so hopefully it will get back on track. The Reds hadn't been competitive in a decade and they were turned around. They haven't done as well as they could have in the last two but they have had shocking injury issues and they were still very competitive.

I don't think Mackenzie's influence was a fluke, so here's hoping. :)

[windsock]

When medical trials keep rolling long after they have been proved futile... this (http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/exclusive-qwade-drug-news/) from 2010...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/09/975.jpg

[bob10]

Even less skill in losing, eh skippy!

What I find interesting about you south sea poms, is when your team loses, you attack them like rabid dogs. [ I'm old enough to remember that] That's what happens when , I guess, when you have nothing else to hang your hat on. Can't wait for it to happen again, and it will ;) Bob

[bob10]

When medical trials keep rolling long after they have been proved futile... this (http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/exclusive-qwade-drug-news/) from 2010...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/09/975.jpg

General issue to most people born in the shaky isles, poor beggers, Bob

[stuee]

Was reading some articles today that says that McKenzie is playing fast running rugby at the direction of the ARU in order to win fans back to the game. Obviously its working well, massive turnout at Partersons Stadium tonight (subi)...

[windsock]

General issue to most people born in the shaky isles, poor beggers, Bob

Sorry Bob, no. We have never displayed symptons of the original diagnosis and we certainly have no need for any such thing given the currrent prognosis. You guys are still showing vital signs, increase the dosage, come back and see us in a few weeks time, hold on, almost over.

[Redback]

Amazing, Sth Africa finally beats us, and now Australian Rugby is dead:eek2:

Oh and for the record, Aussie rules is a combination of Mangrook and Gaelic football.

Baz.

[TerryO]

What I find interesting about you south sea poms, is when your team loses, you attack them like rabid dogs. [ I'm old enough to remember that] That's what happens when , I guess, when you have nothing else to hang your hat on. Can't wait for it to happen again, and it will ;) Bob


Well Bob they would deserve to be attacked and ridiculed if they ever lost the Bledisloe Cup.

But that's not happening anytime soon so just sit back and get used to the arse kicking your team is getting.

Have a nice day ...:p

[bob10]

Well Bob they would deserve to be attacked and ridiculed if they ever lost the Bledisloe Cup.

But that's not happening anytime soon so just sit back and get used to the arse kicking your team is getting.

Have a nice day ...:p

So, you are not old enough to remember that kick of John Eales? Are you in for some wailing & sack cloth & ashes in the future. Dear, dear, you poor thing. Just a glimpse of the future, my man. [ With a different Wallaby holding Bill ] Bob

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/09/928.jpg (http://www.google.com.au/url'sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=2IGb0eeWQpTnUM&tbnid=ZxJ4WynZyAr_mM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Frugby-world-cup%2Fphotogallery-greatest-xv-4356139&ei=z3o1UrX_DMrckAWZwYDoCw&bvm=bv.52164340,d.dGI&psig=AFQjCNGlfLRTQAsboXjwrUimD9EEXYpuyQ&ust=1379322931001690)

PS, stop Windsock from selling those pills, ASADA will get on to him.

[TerryO]

Come on Bob John Eels is now nearly old enough to be eligible for a pensioners card. Surely you can come up with something more revelant than that?

Actually come to think of it no you can't can you ...:angel: :p

[bob10]

Come on Bob John Eels is now nearly old enough to be eligible for a pensioners card. Surely you can come up with something more revelant than that?

Actually come to think of it no you can't can you ...:angel: :p

Oh dear, I thought you had a bit of smarts, but now you have shown me you are as thick as Taranaki front rower. [ They did well today, didn't they? ] Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it, ;) Bob

[TerryO]

:whistling::whistling::whistling: so beating the Puma's by one point after getting smashed by everyone else is good? ...:angel:

[Eevo]

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6673/yhwe.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/yhwe.jpg/)

Aint got no Power to win
Can't manage a grin
Boo hoo, Port Adelaide depression

We are the Power from Port
Out our last game was a rort
Now that's true Port Adelaide tradition

We always stop, stop, stop
When we get close to top
There's history here in the making

We're the first team from SA
To lose on Grand Final day
And the first to get a 20 goal baking

We think tradition is strong
We've such a crappy song

We're the Alberton crowd
We're obnoxious and loud
And the heroes are those
Who are on the nose

We wear the prison bars
And teal on our clothes

Can't afford Chardonnay
There's only beer in our fridge
And we sleep each night
Under Birkenhead Bridge

Ain't go no Power to win
But we still pillage and sin
Come on, Port Adelaide submission

We are insipid and weak
Our supporters are freaks
It's true Port Adelaide tradition

We'll never stop, stop, stop
Off to the hydroponics shop
There's misery here in the making

Let's cop this loss on the chin
And climb back into the bin
'Til our dole cheque's there for the taking

POWER!!!

[bob10]

:whistling::whistling::whistling: so beating the Puma's by one point after getting smashed by everyone else is good? ...:angel:

In my eyes , yes. It's been nice talking to a fellow rugby fanatic, and good on you for getting up me, I would do the same to you. [ as you know]. Think I will give it a rest now, at least until we beat the All Blacks, look out then, I will be as obnoxious as I can Be, but that is part of the game, looking forward to it, Bob

[rick130]

Let us have a look at the game of Melbourne Football.

Points are scored by passing a ball somehow between two uprights and not necessarily by kicking. Doesn't have to be a place or drop kick and there is no crossbar to clear. If the players can't kick then they get a consolation prize for missing. If a player manages to catch a ball (a somewhat necessary skill for senior footballers in my opinion) then they are allowed a free kick at goal. There is no tackling that any fan of either Rugby code would recognise as such. Bad handling is not punished so players may feel free to drop balls all over the paddock. No need for ball security as there are no consequences for being unable to catch or hold the ball. There is no offside, meaning it is not a team game and players are scattered all over the field playing almost one on one.
In Qld. during my youth Melbourne Football was known as girlball or queerball and considered a suitable game for girls and sickly children. The mere fact that the game originated in Melbourne ensured its status as a wimp's game.


:o

Bwahahahaha.

You may get a few antsy responses to that, Brian. :D

[sheerluck]

:o

Bwahahahaha.

You may get a few antsy responses to that, Brian. :D

You might be right there Rick, I thought sickly children had to play soccer rather than AFL.

[Bigbjorn]

You might be right there Rick, I thought sickly children had to play soccer rather than AFL.

In my youth soccer was called wogball, and was played by new migrants mainly, hence the name. A game generally ignored by the old Australians. The phenomenon of the soccer moms who encourage their spoilt children to play soccer "so they won't get hurt" did not then exist.

A good mate played grade Rugby League for Souths and soccer for a western suburbs team. I can't remember what it was called as the soccer clubs have come and gone and changed their names myriad times. He reckoned he received more injuries playing soccer and getting the tripe kicked out of him than as a small halfback being set upon by big gorilla forwards in the biff and barge days of Rugby League.

[Bigbjorn]

:o

Bwahahahaha.

You may get a few antsy responses to that, Brian. :D

Well, can you point out anything incorrect or untrue in my statement?

[SLOWBOAT]

The ARU's trouble are that the best player they have is from RL in Israel Faluou.!!! This shows they have it wrong how they select and groom future players.
Hopefully RL will pay a few more dollars in the salary cap to keep these guys in our game and then let the other codes suffer. Go RL.

[bob10]

I almost forgot, in answer to the original question in this thread, most certainly not, you mad Saffa. Bob

[jakeslouw]

I almost forgot, in answer to the original question in this thread, most certainly not, you mad Saffa. Bob


ha ha thanks Bob, at least I showed how united you bunch are !

As long as we don't have a Frog ref this weekend, may the best team win!

If we DO have a bloody Frog ref then I hope he gets rucked and mauled!

[bob10]

ha ha thanks Bob, at least I showed how united you bunch are !

As long as we don't have a Frog ref this weekend, may the best team win!

If we DO have a bloody Frog ref then I hope he gets rucked and mauled!

Me too, just because he is French![ not politically correct, but an eye gouge & squirrel grip would not be out of place.] We are united here, but you have to let all our blowins from other nations the right to mouth off. A bit sad , but we should be able to breed it out of them :angel::D:D:D Bob

[TerryO]

In my eyes , yes. It's been nice talking to a fellow rugby fanatic, and good on you for getting up me, I would do the same to you. [ as you know]. Think I will give it a rest now, at least until we beat the All Blacks, look out then, I will be as obnoxious as I can Be, but that is part of the game, looking forward to it, Bob


Sounds good Bob ...we could always pick on the Poms ...now that would be a worthy cause I reckon we could both agree on. ....;)

[sheerluck]

Sounds good Bob ...we could always pick on the Poms ...now that would be a worthy cause I reckon we could both agree on. ....;)

Don't even think about it. :p

[TerryO]

Don't even think about it. :p


To late! ...:p

[bob10]

To late! ...:p

That's the Anzac spirit, :D Bob

[TerryO]

Well if it wasn't for Poms we would all be driving Toyota's ...so I guess we should go easy a bit on you mob.

Actually come to think of it if I owned a Toyota instead of a Landy or three I'd be be bloody rich having saved heaps on bloody maintanance and repair bills, so stuff you lot. ...:twisted:

[Disco Muppet]

Well if it wasn't for Poms we would all be driving Toyota's ...so I guess we should go easy a bit on you mob.

Actually come to think of it if I owned a Toyota instead of a Landy or three I'd be be bloody rich having saved heaps on bloody maintanance and repair bills, so stuff you lot. ...:twisted:

You'd be broke.
Constantly having to spend money on RM Williams stickers, Bundy, "**** off we're full" stickers, etc etc.
:D

[Celtoid]

That's the Anzac spirit, :D Bob

I spent 21 years in the Australian military so I believe but I can't claim being an ANZAC....but I'm a Scot...so yeah....let's bash the Poms.....LOL!!!!:wasntme:

[bob10]

I spent 21 years in the Australian military so I believe but I can't claim being an ANZAC....but I'm a Scot...so yeah....let's bash the Poms.....LOL!!!!:wasntme:

I almost feel sorry for the English..... hang on, nuh! :D:D:D Besides, they have a sense of humour, I watch Dads Army, Bob edit You are an Anzac, a great proportion of the first AIF were from the old country, including those annoying English.

[TerryO]

Bob I thought we were meant to be bashing the Poms! ...:angel:

[Disco Muppet]

Bob I thought we were meant to be bashing the Poms! ...:angel:

Yeah...those bloody poms...
....never any good at sports they are....
ha ha ha
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:angel:

[bob10]

Bob I thought we were meant to be bashing the Poms! ...:angel:

Yeah, sorry, lost the plot for a minute, I'll give myself an upper cut, & get back on track, Bob

[bob10]

Right! Just looked at my photo of Don Bradman, Read again his story, especially the bit about body line, totally focused. Any one know where that Larwood fellow lives? Gonna put prawns in his hubcaps, ;) Bob