Aussie Rules Football - Drawn Grand Final!!

[Bruno]

Richard, I do not think you should be writing about Collingwood like that. I know it's not your nature to be a bastard, but mate, this is Collingwood. You talk of their great record but don't mention the time when my sister in law Benardette was assaulted by a out of control Collingwood supporter at Victoria Park. Unprovoked in my opinion, surely you can call a bastard a bastard without some people taking it personally.

[ChickenLittle56]

 

[RichardMEL]

Oh but to discuss the feral supporter base almost requires its own thread!!! 

[ChickenLittle56]

Its amazing how avid team supporters mock another team supports. This happems in all sports from soccer(football) to baseball. For an example in Chicago, where I am from. we have to baseball teams, the White Sox and the Cubs. The Cubs fan are sort of the wine and cheese crowd since the baseball park is located in a somewhat higher rent/price of homes. Whereas the uncouth Sox are located in the grittier part of town. I call my brother-in-law demeaning names when he is watching the Cubs play.( I can't help it since they haven't won a World Series in over 100 years). He also calles me names and we continue this banter throughout the game. Now for state to state the is the Bears/ Green Bay Packers. The state border is called the cheddar curtain because Wisconsin main product is milk and milk products. We call Packer fans cheeseheads, I am pretty sure what they call us but it probably equally demeaning. If you look at the NFL thread you'll see what I mean. I enjoy reading this thread because of the rivalries between your favorite teams.

[Ang]

Bombers are a rabble. Hirdy won't turn it around. I heard he's only sticking around for a couple of years then going for President. LOL Still I'd rather him as president than Eddie!!! Not that that's saying much. Even Houli told Hird to get knotted cuz he wanted to come to Tigerland!

As for arrogance of Collingwood supporters... spare me! 

i wanted houli to stay at bomberland,but he's off to where he'll get a game

[RichardMEL]

Came third in the Tan time trial and looks very beefy in the upper arms. Go Bachar!!

[galvo]

Looks about 1/2 a ton overweight.

[RichardMEL]

No mate that was Anthony Rocca!

[Ang]

can't tell the difference

[murf]

AFL football and especially cricket keep me sane.Takes my mind of other issues. But sometimes The Eagles make me depressed but then I remember the recent good times. It all goes in cycles except Collingwood who are always given an easy fixture. BTW, mt latest cardiologist is quite optimistic about my forthcoming angiogram to be put back on the transplant list. At least this doctor treats you as a human being, not like the other one. After I canceled my appointments with him (under instructions from my neph), he rang me up and harangued me for canceling. That is simply not professional.

[Bruno]

Murf, he's an asshole. Probably a Collingwood supporter. I'm depressed enough over the football and now you introduce cricket. Beaten (nay, thrashed) by the bloody poms and I read they are the third best side in the world. If I could still drink beer I'd be crying in it. as it is, I'm still trying to get used to that bloody coffee Richard talked me into. You know, when he was trying to chat up those rather attractive dialysis girls he met on the internet.
And we have to get past the tennis before we really see any footie. But I do watch it on the days the women are playing.

[RichardMEL]

Sorry Bruno - that post made me laugh!!! 

[MooseMom]

Murf, he's an asshole. Probably a Collingwood supporter. I'm depressed enough over the football and now you introduce cricket. Beaten (nay, thrashed) by the bloody poms and I read they are the third best side in the world. If I could still drink beer I'd be crying in it. as it is, I'm still trying to get used to that bloody coffee Richard talked me into. You know, when he was trying to chat up those rather attractive dialysis girls he met on the internet.
And we have to get past the tennis before we really see any footie. But I do watch it on the days the women are playing.

How could you let them win the Ashes???

I can't WAIT for the Australian Open.  I love Grand Slam tennis!!

[RichardMEL]

MM don't mention the war!!! It is horrible that we lost the ashes (except for the free $200 I won). Very disappointing Australian cricket has gone down the toilet in the last year or so. Very sad.

We'll get it back. Revenge will be sweet!

[MooseMom]

I saw in People magazine that Shane Warne is dating some actress or something.  He's not still playing cricket, is he?

[RichardMEL]

MM old news!! Warnie was with Liz Hurley for a couple of weeks before he got into trouble when back here for hitting on some business woman here sending her sexual texts etc (will he EVER learn?) so Liz apparently told him to shove it. HA HA!!! 

Yeah Shane Warne is playing in the Indian Premier League - he's Captain of the Rajistan Royals.

[MooseMom]

MM old news!! Warnie was with Liz Hurley for a couple of weeks before he got into trouble when back here for hitting on some business woman here sending her sexual texts etc (will he EVER learn?) so Liz apparently told him to shove it. HA HA!!! 

Yeah Shane Warne is playing in the Indian Premier League - he's Captain of the Rajistan Royals.

That's right...Liz Hurley.  I remember now.

Shane Warne's in the IPL?  I did not know that.  Leave it to IHD to teach me such important stuff!

[murf]

How could they possibly leave out Chris Gayle from the IPL? Just don't get it.

[Bruno]

Shane Warne trained with St Kilda, he was a real prospect, I hear and I won't have him knocked. He's right up to date with technology too, apparently a virtuoso on the mobile phone and texting which gets him a lot of girls according to the newspapers.
I wish there were sex aids like that when I was a young man.
All we could do was write letters or use the phone and Mum always listened in.
No wonder I was a virgin for so long.

[Bruno]

I read about what Bruno said about Shane Warne and I reckon he's a dick**** and so is Shane Warne.

(Written by the Phantom Kidneyman in an effort to keep this Aussie thread going at least until the season starts)

[RichardMEL]

Don't worry Feb 5: Richmond v. Indigenous All Stars in Darwin.

Bring it!

[Ang]

Don't worry Feb 5: Richmond v. Indigenous All Stars in Darwin.

Bring it!

they'll bring it can you take  it,thats the question
they'll do it for maurice(he was a legend of richardMELS beloved tigers)
he passed away on christmas day

[RichardMEL]

The tributes for Indigenous Richmond great Maurice Rioli have continued to flow, following his state funeral last week.

At the funeral in Darwin on Friday, Bishop Eugene Hurley delivered a heart-felt homily to the massive congregation of family and friends.

And among hundreds of letters and emails from fans, the Club received messages from Richmond Vice-Patron Cardinal George Pell, and Olympic silver medallist Robert Kabbas.

Richmond president Gary March, CEO Brendon Gale, captain Chris Newman and former team-mate Dale Weightman attended the service.



Excerpts of the Homily of Bishop Eugene Hurley - Diocese of Darwin
“Occasionally in our lives we have the privilege of meeting some extraordinary person or witnessing some extraordinary talent.  When we are privileged in this way we are both inspired by their personality and we are amazed at their talent and their giftedness.  On even rarer occasions, we meet a person who combines all these elements, resulting in one outstanding and committed person.
When we encounter such a person we are challenged to examine our own lives and to wonder about what the possibilities of life might be.  We are inspired by such a person to dream...to hope and to believe that all things are possible.  We are encouraged to believe in the possibilities of the future because we can see it in the person before us...we are challenged and encouraged to dream.  Maurice Rioli was one such person.
He was talented beyond belief, but not only was he blessed with natural God-given gifts but he committed himself to developing those gifts to a level of awesome perfection.  He was a person who loved and respected the gift of life and the culture that nurtured him as a person.  He was a person who dared to dream and dared to follow his dream into unfamiliar places, and into unchartered waters.
Maurice Rioli personifies all that is wonderful and inspiring bout the place of sport and particularly AFL and its place in developing wonderful people.
Whilst we celebrate all that is good about the sporting prowess of Maurice and his countrymen, there needs to be an awareness that is not, and should not be, the only avenue to dignity and success for our first Australians.  Maurice was a proud Tiwi man who demanded that we recognise the history, the beauty and the dignity of his culture.  Today we celebrate the life of this wonderful Tiwi man and allow ourselves to be challenged by unanswered questions that linger for us.  May he rest in peace.


Cardinal George Pell - Richmond Football Club Vice-Patron
“As a catholic priest and bishop and a Richmond supporter for over fifty years, I want to express my sympathy to the family of Maurice Rioli on his untimely passing. My prayers are with you all.
Maurice was a champion footballer. In fact I think he was the best from the north. No player in the history of the game was a better mover as he was poetry in motion in action and regularly delighted tens of thousands. He was a hero to the kids. In those days many of the boys on the Tiwis took the name Maurice as their saints’ name at Confirmation.
I pray that his soul may rest in peace and that his memory will continue to inspire many young men to goodness and greatness.”


Robert Kabbas - President of the Australian Weightlifting Association, silver medallist at 1984 Olympics and dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist
“The Richmond Football Club made a huge contribution to my Olympic success in 1984, not only by providing a training venue for me at Punt Road, but more importantly, through the acceptance and encouragement of staff and players alike.  Maurice was particularly supportive in his gentle, quietly-spoken manner. 

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/106678/default.aspx

[natnnnat]

Oh this is sad news.  A great Darwin family. RIP Maurice.