It seems that Sportsmail Reporter from England’s Daily Mail watched a different game to the rest of us last weekend.
Vickery and fellow prop Andrew Sheridan were frustrated by Australian spoiling tactics which saw scrums persistently collapse, England giving away a string of penalties and even suffering the indignity of being pushed off one of their own scrummages.
So, according to a journalist so brave he signs his articles as “Sportsmail Reporter”,the scrums collapsed due to “Australian spoiling tactics”, cause um, they’re Australian and just enjoy collapsing scrums. It had nothing at all to do with the pompack retreating after the engage, nor the English props not binding despite numerous warnings from Jonker.
As for the ‘indignity of being pushed off one of their own scrummages’, do you think he’s referring to the attacking one 5 metres out from our posts, the one on halfway, or the one on their 22? It’s difficult to be sure but that seems more like 3 to this uneducated convict.
Be fair mate, the Daily Mail hasn’t always been known for its incisive reporting ethics. Though, the more disappointing aspect of that is that half the country over there read the bloody thing, and form their content-barren opinions based on the “content” of the Mail.
I’m happier to know that Stephen Jones can take his reviews and stuff them up his welsh arse. I had to be asked to leave a starbucks in england (about the only place you know you’re getting coffee since the imperialists have no idea on how to make one, and the best coffee place in london is run by 2 australians and a sheep shagger) after setting fire to yet another article written by the belligerent mr jones saying how we pinch all the pacific island talent. Nah mate, that’s the rugby league side.
Speaking of which, I see that plans to play a hybrid league-union game have been scrapped. Excuse me? Isn’t league the poor rejected child of the proper game? That would be like promoting some farcical hybrid game mixing gaelic and aussie rules… oh, hang on…