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KC Hill
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Craig HillShould Have Been A Stampede Over Pride...
March 31st 2007 17:32
Okay...let me get this out of the way...
Watching Stephen Larkham play (run....walk...stand...blink....) is like....Oh God...it's just....just....well....it's not on the same level as watching my beautiful husband just be
(and I'm not including my beloved children nor my wonderful mother on this playing field because I'm talking about stirring emotions other than maternal/parental love...)
....but....you know....it's just so.....ohhhhhhh....
Right.
It's 3:10am and fuelled by one Corona (too many) and a night of test-rogen, I just have to write this.
The Brumbies played the Lions in Jo'burg, Sud Efrika.
Okay we won but it was a damn weird game. The Brumbies are just not playing with their usual flair and magnificence
....damn I'm seeing double letters on this keyboard....
It wasn't quite a stampede. Lots of handling errors and that was one damn greasy prolate spheroid that kept knocking on and slipping forward.
What has happened to the Brumbies genius passage of play?
Where is the dash? The elan? The spirit? The flair?
Where are the set pieces of play that when perfectly executed....and they almost always were...left the opposition wondering what the hell just happened???
....is that how you spell 'pieces'? why does it look so weird? is that how you spell 'wierd'???....should I be writing this now? Is there such a thing as WUI???
The Lions should not have played as well as they did against this team of wild horses.
The Brumbies line-up was a veritable team of veteran titans and to win by only 5 points is nothing to ride home about and no that is not a typo.
AND what the bloomin' hell does Julian Huxley (Brumbies #15 fullback) think he's doing??
I thought he was playing well until DDH (that would be DuskDevi Husband...."my husband" just starts getting all QE2 like...) pointed out one little fact.
Julian Huxley does not play Rugby.
He kicks his way out of it. It's lazy play. He doesn't run with the ball, he doesn't tackle much, he doesn't like to get tackled (freakin' backs) and he gets 'scared' when it comes to him getting crunched.
When Larkham was injured Huxley took his place at #10 (flyhalf) and by all accounts he was good at this position and yes, he is good at what he does....kicking....but....I just took a quick look at his player statistics as flyhalf and his kick/pass/run ratio is something like this - 100/20/5.
Well it's not but you get the picture.
I will expand on this post tomorrow when I'msober not so tired.
Watching Stephen Larkham play (run....walk...stand...blink....) is like....Oh God...it's just....just....well....it's not on the same level as watching my beautiful husband just be
(and I'm not including my beloved children nor my wonderful mother on this playing field because I'm talking about stirring emotions other than maternal/parental love...)
....but....you know....it's just so.....ohhhhhhh....
Right.
It's 3:10am and fuelled by one Corona (too many) and a night of test-rogen, I just have to write this.
The Brumbies played the Lions in Jo'burg, Sud Efrika.
Brumbies 14 - Lions 9.
Okay we won but it was a damn weird game. The Brumbies are just not playing with their usual flair and magnificence
....damn I'm seeing double letters on this keyboard....
It wasn't quite a stampede. Lots of handling errors and that was one damn greasy prolate spheroid that kept knocking on and slipping forward.
What has happened to the Brumbies genius passage of play?
Where is the dash? The elan? The spirit? The flair?
Where are the set pieces of play that when perfectly executed....and they almost always were...left the opposition wondering what the hell just happened???
....is that how you spell 'pieces'? why does it look so weird? is that how you spell 'wierd'???....should I be writing this now? Is there such a thing as WUI???
The Lions should not have played as well as they did against this team of wild horses.
The Brumbies line-up was a veritable team of veteran titans and to win by only 5 points is nothing to ride home about and no that is not a typo.
AND what the bloomin' hell does Julian Huxley (Brumbies #15 fullback) think he's doing??
I thought he was playing well until DDH (that would be DuskDevi Husband...."my husband" just starts getting all QE2 like...) pointed out one little fact.
Julian Huxley does not play Rugby.
He kicks his way out of it. It's lazy play. He doesn't run with the ball, he doesn't tackle much, he doesn't like to get tackled (freakin' backs) and he gets 'scared' when it comes to him getting crunched.
When Larkham was injured Huxley took his place at #10 (flyhalf) and by all accounts he was good at this position and yes, he is good at what he does....kicking....but....I just took a quick look at his player statistics as flyhalf and his kick/pass/run ratio is something like this - 100/20/5.
Well it's not but you get the picture.
I will expand on this post tomorrow when I'm
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Comment by David
I was going to write I'll come back when I'm sober ... but that would mean I'd never be able to visit your Blog ever again ...
You are a tripper and a spinner, okay? (If you've got a hangover when you read this? tripper and spinner are not rugby terms, okay? ... They are endearing terms for women who have great senses of humour ...
David ...
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
...but...I am most astonished that even
drunktired I manage to write with my usual....um...style... gives new meaning to pun-ch drunk!!!Tripper and Spinner could be Rugby terms.
A winger could be called a trip-per.
A Prop could be called a spinner....
....but...Seriously.
Thank you my Treasure.
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Coronas 41 - Dusk 9 nein no more!!!!
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
Glad to see that SL is bringing the team a few wins again. Things just weren't the same without him, were they.
xxxx
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
And things always get a little brighter whenever you're around....
big hugs Cara...
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
Looking forward to the day when we can TUI together.
xxxx
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
....but it's more LUI....!!
I miss Cherry....