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Typical Fitzsimmons
Is it me, or is there a significant cultural difference between AFL and NRL scandals? In the AFL they seem to be mostly stuff that goes on behind closed doors, only for everyone to reel back in horror, once the door is suddenly opened. But even then they seem to eschew the NRL's predilection for simulated copulation with dogs, shatting in Schlossy's shoe and urinating in your own mouth. In rugby, it was always said, you meet a nicer kind of thug. I reckon in AFL, you generally get a higher class of scandal. On the other hand, the leaguies are winning hands down, when it comes to truly creative, out-of-the-box atrocities, stuff that you and I can't even conceive, let alone try to execute. They have single-handedly expanded the range of human endeavour. Just not in a good way. Thoughts?
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/the-fit...hands-down-20160219-gmyfdf.html#ixzz40aiunSUR
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But does anyone remember this???
Two Australian professional rugby union players have been heavily fined for mistreating a rare species of wallaby during a training camp.
Horse fighting condemned as 'barbaric'
Cane toad golf out of bounds, says RSPCA
Scott Fava and Richard Brown, from the Perth-based team Western Force, were found guilty of mistreating quokkas, a rabbit-sized type of wallaby.
The abuse occurred during a team bonding session on Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, a week ago.
The animals are docile and extremely tame and in past years have been subjected to "quokka soccer" - being kicked and thrown around by tourists.
Related Articles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1571048/Australian-rugby-players-abuse-rare-wallabies.html
Is it me, or is there a significant cultural difference between AFL and NRL scandals? In the AFL they seem to be mostly stuff that goes on behind closed doors, only for everyone to reel back in horror, once the door is suddenly opened. But even then they seem to eschew the NRL's predilection for simulated copulation with dogs, shatting in Schlossy's shoe and urinating in your own mouth. In rugby, it was always said, you meet a nicer kind of thug. I reckon in AFL, you generally get a higher class of scandal. On the other hand, the leaguies are winning hands down, when it comes to truly creative, out-of-the-box atrocities, stuff that you and I can't even conceive, let alone try to execute. They have single-handedly expanded the range of human endeavour. Just not in a good way. Thoughts?
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/the-fit...hands-down-20160219-gmyfdf.html#ixzz40aiunSUR
Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook
But does anyone remember this???
Two Australian professional rugby union players have been heavily fined for mistreating a rare species of wallaby during a training camp.
Horse fighting condemned as 'barbaric'
Cane toad golf out of bounds, says RSPCA
Scott Fava and Richard Brown, from the Perth-based team Western Force, were found guilty of mistreating quokkas, a rabbit-sized type of wallaby.
The abuse occurred during a team bonding session on Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, a week ago.
The animals are docile and extremely tame and in past years have been subjected to "quokka soccer" - being kicked and thrown around by tourists.
Related Articles
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1571048/Australian-rugby-players-abuse-rare-wallabies.html
