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RWC Random Ravings from the antipodes 4
By The Antipodean September 14 2007
RWC Our Antipodean Random Raver comments on the whinging this Rugby World Cup. Who do you think are the biggest whingers then, the French, the English, the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots the smaller nations or perhaps the Wallabies and the South Africans? After all the All Blacks don't whinge do they?

 Antipodean Random Ravings 4

 

While sifting through the Sydney Morning Herald's Rugby Heaven I found the following article by Greg Growden

 

 

Greg Growden

 

Greg Growden

www.rugbyheaven.com.au

having a whinge about all the whinging that is going on.

THE Rugby World Cup has already turned into a world championship whinge-a-thon.

"There's constant moaning about how hopeless the northern hemisphere teams are, how patronising referees are towards minor nations, how unfair the draw is to some teams, how it would be wrong to cut the tournament back to 16 sides, how the citing officer has too much power, how lopsided some games are, and even how teams are being quarantined from the media."

What makes whingers of us? I am as bad, if not badder than the next fellow. I've moaned about the weird refereeing decisions by refs who think one team should win and ref accordingly.


I have heard others about the advantage that Wales and Scotland got for backing France's bid. There have been yet more over the different (uneven) lengths of time between games for different teams. As it happens the minnow seem to get the dirty end of the stick in many cases.

All the points Growden has made in this article are valid, especially:

"But the loudest moaning of all may still be some weeks away. Imagine the bleatings of a certain nation if the All Blacks don't win."

Ahem, well at least you won't have to put up with that..... will you!

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Re: RWC Random Ravings from the antipodes 4
Posted by: DaveAitch (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:14:17:28:04

Praise in haste, moan at your leisure.

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