You know they say pick your fights wisely..

[CaptainQuintero]

I think this guy missed the first lesson in Rugby 101

[El Presidente]

Amateurs

[Vortigan]

I felt that myself!!!

[CaptainQuintero]

Amateurs

VID

I'm seeing a strong correlation between moustaches and violence there!

[Ken Gargett]

that was it?

they should both be embarrassed.

but i want to know why a team called "the tigers" wears green, red and white? have they never been to a zoo?

this from the country that gave us sir david attenborough.

[Ken Gargett]

Amateurs

you have to love a highlights reel of fights when wally lewis, who has not played for 20 years, still features in about 3/4s of the clips.

and for those who never saw the bloke play, he was not only a touch agro but the greatest player ever to set foot on a rugby league field.

[CaptainQuintero]

that was it?

they should both be embarrassed.

but i want to know why a team called "the tigers" wears green, red and white? have they never been to a zoo?

this from the country that gave us sir david attenborough.

We haven't got any dangerous things here, a badger can give you a nip if you suprise it I guess. We get most of our ideas of what dangerous animals look like from childrens books and travel advice leaflets, both normally drawn by the same people!

Like the Newcastle Falcons, who's strip is all black.

There are the London Irish too, although the team isn't in London and has no Irishmen in it.

[Ken Gargett]

We haven't got any dangerous things here, a badger can give you a nip if you suprise it I guess. We get most of our ideas of what dangerous animals look like from childrens books and travel advice leaflets, both normally drawn by the same people!

Like the Newcastle Falcons, who's strip is all black.

There are the London Irish too, although the team isn't in London and has no Irishmen in it.

i remember the pigeons.

[CaptainQuintero]

i remember the pigeons.

Very tasty, very sweet.

Pigeon

What? Our food is second to none!

[Ken Gargett]

Very tasty, very sweet.

Pigeon

What? Our food is second to none!

correct. i'd rather eat none.

[Vortigan]

Mmmmmmm doesn't it make your mouth water!

[Wil]

That's just thuggery. This is courage:

[Ken Gargett]

That's just thuggery. This is courage:

actually, it was simply a request for two seeing eye dogs. two blokes who didn't see each other is courage or just a bit dimwitted?

and before anyone suggests this is an afl v league v rugby thing, one of the most courageous things i have seen on a sporting field was that mark by jonathan brown (think it might have been against the hawks? but pretty sure it was mark of the year) a few years back, running back to take the mark over his shoulder into about 6 hawks players. amazing. a human bowling ball.

[Wil]

When you go back with the flight, you know someone is coming. That is courage. Same with the Toovey (Collingwood) incident last week.

The Jonathan Brown mark is great. Did the exact same thing (albeit with less speed) but was able to mark the ball.

The Nick Riewoldt mark is even better.

[Wil]

And certainly not an AFL/NRL thing. Plenty of courageous acts in both. Punching someone in the face isn't one of them...

[Ken Gargett]

And certainly not an AFL/NRL thing. Plenty of courageous acts in both. Punching someone in the face isn't one of them...

no, but sticking up for your mates, team, state - it might be necessary.

and of course, no one from queensland has ever started the fights. we just respond.

[CaptainQuintero]

Very true, I also think that we will all agree that it takes the most courage to step onto a soccer pitch. It's a warzone out there nowadays, you're lucky if you survive 90 minutes without a serious injury.

[Ken Gargett]

Very true, I also think that we will all agree that it takes the most courage to step onto a soccer pitch. It's a warzone out there nowadays, you're lucky if you survive 90 minutes without a serious injury.

it is completely beyond me why they simply do not set up a panel to review all games at the top level. anyone considered to have "dived", carried on like a pounce, whatever, gets a suspension. two weeks fiorst up. a month next time. three months the next.

you would not see a dive next season.

it does make the game a joke. puts me off watching.

[Wil]

haha. that is terrible. something we are unfortunately seeing more and more of in australian rules football.

[Ken Gargett]

but i did love the bloke who does the headbutt then goes down.

and mmay i say, the lot of them should have been sent off except, of course, for lehmann and pires, two fine gunners, who were clearly genuinely injured!

[CaptainQuintero]

Call me old fashioned but, most of these players have children/spouse/significant others. Can you imagine as a Son watching your Father do that? That would be more than enough to stop me do it. Refs are also supposed to book players for simluation (diving) in England, but the powers that be won't roll it out across Europe. Then again I have only seen a player booked for diving once in two years sooo

Also FIFA is headed by an 'old boys' group who are too busy taking massive bribes to actually care about football, they won't even install video replays- having the 4th referee who is a full credited referee, sit next to a tv monitor and who can call for fiving/goals etc in 2 seconds. Apparently that would destroy the tradition of football. So the 4th referee just spends 90 minutes stood still and occasionally hold up a substitution board.

I cant see it ever changing, infact only getting worse. I can't watch Barcalona anymore because of the 'playacting' and 'gamemanship' they do. The sad thing is that Barcalona's style of play is what Europe's governing body hold up as 'how to play football' so referees will never punish the team because they know that in-turn they will not get picked in future to officiate big matches.

[jedipastor]

Scotland National FTW!

[Fuzz]

and of course, no one from queensland has ever started the fights. we just respond.

Oh sure. I'll believe that when me shite turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.