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August, 24th 2011 20:59 PM

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The rugby bit:

Published 25.8.11

Who do you think…

Wales 28 – 13 Argentina

Stricken by the ever increasing circles of time that dissipate around our mutual sub-conscious to deluge a collective rapport of sufficient summarisation of the week’s being I scrambled through my notes in haste and found but mere ramblings of note of which I’m not quite sure, but I can ask you; in 1971, which film do you think took most loot at the box office; was it A) Diamonds Are Forever or B) On The Buses?

With that slight distraction and absolutely no connection to 1971 at all, we’ll move to Wales’ warm-up defeat over Argentina.

It was, as we thought, a foregone conclusion, as Wales have come off some previous form whilst the Argies just settled into their first game.

Nevertheless, tries by Andy Powell, Alun-Wyn Jones and George North (that’s three people by the way and not four, some Welsh need double barrels to pause for the spittoon), soaked up a confidence that will bode them well come their first game against South Africa on September 11^th.

Hook put the boot in for the rest of the points, and suddenly this red machine, no, we’re not talking about Canada, who also play in red, less the Southern Blacks get uppity about their favourite ‘cloned’ colour, but this WELSH red machine are pretty handy. Given a fit 30, there could be upsets, but there see lies their problem – they haven’t got a good enough 30.

Old man Martyn Williams didn’t make it on the touring party, and Gethin Jenkins I’m not sure about, but they’ll need him if they’re to take on the MB’s, and yes it’s been a while since reverting to their old name, so there it is, and quite why this paragraph is here I’m not sure, and this slight distraction has me all at sea, regardless…

Ladbrokes have Wales at 80/1 with Argentina at 150/1, but we’re not talking about the World Cup, we’re talking about this game, and Martyn had it right when he reminded us; ‘Argentina are a very tough side. They were third in the last World Cup, so it was nice to bow out with a win.’

Answer; ‘I’ll get you Butler’ – and I’m presuming the tentative link was Wales’ commentator Eddie!

That it was, so let’s see how they did it on youtube-o-vision-in-colour…

Tri-Nations

South Africa 18-5 New Zealand

Oh, you can just see Sammy Davis Jr now, dancing in front of his mirror – smug as a leech on a rat packs tail… ugh!

But it won’t last long, the squirmy little turd will revert to standard spin when all comes to the crunch, not that this display wasn’t crunch, for the Boks deserved it, even if the Kiwi hopefuls were woeful.

But their 2007 plan of biff, kick, biff, kick will get themselves caught out, as they were so very nearly on so many occasions when the Blacks carved space, yet some fantastic cover defence saved the Boks’ bacon.

A win will steady their nerves, because quite frankly the whole nation was about to explode with fear. But more importantly was the systematic way they pulled apart a venerable Oil Slick side void of the gumption that keeps them together aka McCaw, Carter, Nonu, Smith.

750 caps with an average age of 29 – older than the so called Dad’s Army of England’s 2003 rabble, was the stats for New Zealand’s previous onslaught over Australia the week before, and now their experiments, may suddenly tip a favourable 8/15 on to some where in line with probably your best bet in the MB’s/ Bokkies, outfit at 9/1 on.

As for the game – watch this…

fool says:

The astute may have noticed fool picked all the correct runners, riders and scores in that order last week so will endeavour to emulate his mystic form once again this week with a comeback resounding win for the Slick over the Wallabies at the Suncorp.

In Ireland’s, England’s game you’d really have to delve deep into the crystal ball and probably plumb for the Blacks, but cripes, it’s a toughie.

ITM and Currie Cup are on hold till they stop playing every bloody day of the week and we get to somewhere near the finals!

Some shorts:

*Danny Care is out of England’s team with a sore big toe – that must hurt. Meanwhile Sgt Wilko is back on form, which prompted Stirling Mortlock to holler, ‘Wilkinson has returned to his fittest and best form… so we vote Flood as our choice.’

*How Riki Fluty didn’t get in the squad and Matt Banahan did is beyond belief and quite frankly has just made England’s chances that much more difficult.

*James O’Connor will miss this week’s Tri Nations due to a ban for missing two official functions. The young gun failed to show up for the team photo and the official announcement of their squad – you’d hope he has a good excuse other than being an idiot.

*Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, the Argie captain, has this week’s silliest name award and will wear it with distinction.

*And other odds; France 12/1 – England 14/1 – Australia 4/1 and Scotland 200/1

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end rugby here!

A willow the wisp of cricket now:

And now ladies and gentlemen a thribble on the light side:

A Floydian moment

A 4-0 drubbing and the No.1 spot is all the knockers and begrudgers need to remind themselves that sport, as we know it, lives in the now and not whether pots n pans can become if’s and and’s regards staying put on the perch of triumph.

Speculation cannot deny what is, and the way England took apart India was muscled on nurtured talent from the effervescent double Andy show vis-à-vis Flower et Levi.

Day 1 at The Oval first saw Alec Stewart denied access by an uppity steward, even though he has a gate named after him at his own ground.

On the field Cook and Levi hit 75 by lunch then the rain came. Bar from a few more grey hairs from Fletcher the only other excitement came when Ishant Sharma nipped the peak off Levi’s helmet.

Day 2 saw KP and Bell put on 350, prompting the big man to reiterate England’s consistency, ‘It’s nice to get nearly 400 in a day and England are doing this regularly.’

KP finished on 175 and Bell 181* as England settled for 457-3. Bell’s average for this season peaked at 72.92.

Day 3 had Swann in action for 3-27 leaving India 488 behind England’s declaration of 591-6. Bell made 235 in 364 balls, with Dravid, ‘The Wall’ supplying the only venom for India on 57*, at 38 years old he goes ok for an old fella.

Day 4: and Dravid is still in the house on 146* with bowler Mishra the next highest on 43.

In the end it was all over by an innings and 8 runs, including 7 tons from England, three doubles and three tons from the visitors – all courtesy of The Wall. Swann finally got a chance on a gravely pitch and amassed 9-203.

If we needed reminding this was England’s sixth inning defeat against their last three different countries then there it was.

Yes, staying at the top is the hardest, but the feeling is this side are up to it. Levi noted there is certainly no air of complacency, ‘The greatest pitfall is feeling like you’ve done it all. I’d be disappointed if our side fell into this trap – it’s not what we’re about as a unit.’

If there’s any confusion with the headline then it was in reference to Dravid’s efforts

In the snippets

*Completely behind on the Aussie/ Srill ODI’s, but do know that the 44-year-old Allan Donald takes over South Africa’s fast bowling coach duties and he’s up for their three Tests, which he says are there for the taking, even if he has a beady eye on England stating, ‘the challenge is to stay there.’ – And just like the rugby, why this paragraph is here, I don’t know.

It’s early now and… - I’m done

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