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That was a pretty shocking report on Aussie sport the other day. It looks like the AFL and the NRL are dirty. And then there was the SBW fiasco on Friday night. I am starting to wonder if any sport can be taken seriously these days. I see that rugby hasn't been specifically mentioned, but one would have to be naive to think drugs and match fixing weren't prevalent there as well. It would explain the recent form of the Wallabies... (at least we know they aren't taking any performance enhancing drugs...) :) --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 06:25, 10 February 2013 (EST)
That was a pretty shocking report on Aussie sport the other day. It looks like the AFL and the NRL are dirty. And then there was the SBW fiasco on Friday night. I am starting to wonder if any sport can be taken seriously these days. I see that rugby hasn't been specifically mentioned, but one would have to be naive to think drugs and match fixing weren't prevalent there as well. It would explain the recent form of the Wallabies... (at least we know they aren't taking any performance enhancing drugs...) :) --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 06:25, 10 February 2013 (EST)
:Morning Damian. Yeah, its a worry and very very disappointing. Not entirely surprising though. Like the winter sniffles there's a lot of it going around. As they clean up one thing another takes off. Too many muscle-bound oafs with wallets bigger than their brains being told how important they are and how the finances are more important than the results. And it's not a team any more - its a franchise - so the old loyalty angle is no more. So many sportsmen are now mercenaries.
:I think Rugby's okay. I think Anglo cricket is okay (but needs watching.) At least we know about Indian bookmakers now - we realise the ubiquity of the problem on the sub-continent. (BTW I had a nasty thought or two last week when I saw that Pakistan were skittled for 49 in SA.) The last major team sport to go under will be Rugby because of its culture and if it does, it won't be your mob because of the culture within the culture - the utter pride in being an All Black and the knowledge of the country's pride in you. (Take that as a national and personal compliment.)
:As for the Wallabies: I thought their last half dozen games were excellent considering their injuries. I saw somewhere a list of the run-on side against the Pumas in Argentina against a list of Wallabies unable to play because of injury. The injured "side", on paper, was stronger than the fit one. Pocock, Rocky, Genia, Beale, Mitchell, O'Connor, Cooper and so on. Cheers [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 15:46, 10 February 2013 (EST)