Rugby League World Cup organisers lose trophy

[pcpp]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24627225-5001023,00.html

I don't know whether to laugh or cry :lol:

 

[watatank]

Well it's been lost before, so no big deal

 

[shaggy]

damm swift & shift couriers

 

[Scorpio30]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24628100-3102,00.html

:lol:

 

[DeeJ]

Haha, I wonder if this is good promotion for the cup though? $1000 reward to whomever can find it!

 

[griffo346]

:lol::lol: anther problem for the world cup :lol:

 

[Glen from the Mount]

I reckon it's been intercepted by a Pommie postal worker as it was the only way the Poms were going to get their hands on the trophy.

 

[Brownie.Kougari]

I reckon it's been intercepted by a Pommie postal worker as it was the only way the Poms were going to get their hands on the trophy.

:lol:

 

[LordLeague]

Farkin amateurs.

 

[cb4]

I reckon it's been intercepted by a Pommie postal worker as it was the only way the Poms were going to get their hands on the trophy.

maybe a kiwi helped him??

 

[Pierced Soul]

pretty tragic yet hilarious at the same time.

 

[adamkungl]

Not again lol

 

[KalgoorlieRed]

Shows how the Aussies are well and truly serious about the WC then!

 

[sass]

why does this kinda stuff always happen in league? LEAGUE IS SO LOW RENT I LOVE IT.

 

[brendothejet]

i think it is just another beautiful link to the history of our game.

The WC trophy is nomadic, it likes to go and explore the country it is being held in.

 

[mtngry]

See, Australia CAN loose the rlwc!

 

[XIII]

the blokes running this sport are a disgrace. i wouldnt trust them to arrange refreshments for a u9's game.

 

[Timmah]

They've lost the trophy again

By Steve Mascord
November 10, 2008 AUSTRALIA are no longer certainties to lift the World Cup on November 22 - because once again the trophy is missing.
Once found on a Bradford rubbish tip after being lost for 20 years, the venerable cup was sent from Melbourne to Brisbane by courier late last week. It is the first time it has travelled without an escort so far in the tournament.
The courier company's computer system duly broke down, rendering the scanning system which finds containers and packages inoperable. Officials said they thought it was at Brisbane Airport but weren't sure where.
"They still haven't found it? Geez," tournament director Colin Love said to The Daily Telegraph after watching Australia beat Papua New Guinea 46-6.
"I'll just say this. Let's hope it isn't another 20 years before it shows up."
Other officials said they hoped the Cup, which had been sent north for a Harvey Norman promotion, would turn up soon.
Meanwhile PNG coach Adrian Lam has revealed 2015 as the target date for a team in the NRL.

"And the (Queensland) State League has to be sooner than that," he said.
Lam agreed with NRL chief executive David Gallop that the bid would be a complicated and expensive exercise and joked: "They might have to play with bullet-proof vests or something, the visiting teams. We'll get the blow-darts going."




http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24627300-5016947,00.html

 

[Timmah]

By the way, reading the article - it's hardly fair to say the organisers lost the trophy - the courier company is clearly to blame here ;-)

 

[Nikki]

I love the fact the Scanning system went down.. I mean really!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Couldnt organise a root in a brothel this mob.