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The New Zealand Rugby Fan and Media: Hypocritical Ugly and Outright Wrong

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There has never been  in the History of sport, a group of people who have been so Hypocritical, thinned skinned, precious, ugly and outright wrong. I'm of course talking about the New Zealand Rugby media and the New Zealand Rugby Fan. It's been a life time for me, of verbal and sometimes Physical abuse from Rugby fans, if you dare say anything less than  "The All Blacks  (All Blacks is the nickname of the New Zealand rugby team) are the greatest athlete's on Earth, all hell breaks loose. Started when I was six, and a teacher told us, that we could play Soccer, Rounders or Rugby.  As we were leaving the class room, a friend, said he was going to play  Soccer, I told him I was going to play Rounders, a kid came from behind, threw me to the ground and screamed "RUGBY!!!!!!"  then spat at me. This blog post would be a War and Peace novel if I listed all the similar incidents thru out my life. The mere mention that you like another sport other than Rugby has the...

This Kid is No Hero or Victim

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What happen to him was wrong. But he is no victim and no hero, and he certainely shouldn't have been invited on stage to celebrate  with the Sydney Football team after they won the FFA. What he did was passive aggressive, what he was obnoxious, annoying and inconsiderate, what he did also showed he has some sort of sense of entitlement. Basically this is the Kid, who was a ball boy during the FFA cup final game between Sydney and Adelaide, the game had gone into extra time, minutes left, Adelaide was down by a goal, the ball went out, the Adelaide player spotted a player was on the break so wanted a quick throw in. He asked the kid for the ball, the kid held on to it, the player then went up the kid and asked him again, the kid turned his back on the player and cradle the ball so the player couldnt get it, the player then  wrapped his arms around the kid to get the ball, the kid fell over all hell broke loose. The kid made himself out to be a victim, that he was done wrong, af...

Biggest Upset in Proffesional CLUB Sports History

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Well done to Leicester City. Surly this has to be one of the biggest sporting upsets in Professional sports history. In terms of a proffesional club competition, I cant think of one bigger.  A team at 5000 to 1, wins the EPL, simply Brilliant. World Cups, and Olympics, have seen there fare share.  The Miracle on Ice, NewZealand men's Basketball team making the semi final of the Basketball Champs come to mind. In terms of  a club comp, this has has to be number one, and not just a club comp, but the EPL. I hope the fans are still celebrating, and I hope the players and coaching staff, and all those involved are celebrating. They deserve this. Well done!