Author: Nutta
Nutta
Underfed front-rower with no speed or ball skills. Started playing footy in the 70's and still going. Can't remember the last time I passed on a ball, beer or karaoke mike. Motto - "Meat and potatoes first. Then gravy. And you don't put gravy on the plate first Boy."
Morning Cobbers, Due to technical hitches, the Daily News got hung up. No ones fault. It happens. But to keep some content up, I thought to give the Briars lads another shot seeing as, back in January, their moment in the sun was shot down by Kurtley Beale’s latest alleged situation. So it gives me great pleasure to give Briars a re-run… Beyond the imposing shadows of grey concrete stadiums with their over-priced tickets and cold pies, past the lines of debussing, coiffured hair, rugby professionals in matching tracksuits and hyper expensive headphones and somewhere yonder the ramblings of talking…
Hello cobbers, Being a bit of a history nut as I am, I was reliving old glories and watching the documentary “Rise & Rise of Australian Rugby – The Grand Slam” again the other day. For those who haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it for a number of reasons, but particularly just to build a picture of where we came from leading into the heady days of the 1990s and 2000 (and so perhaps how to get back there). Anyway, for reasons I can’t quite explain, I was listening to Alan Jones’ comments a bit more than I usually…
Hiya cobbers, Welcome to Round 3 of the Chewsday Chew for 2023. With no Super Rugby being played yet and with the 6Nations lads taking a weekend to catch up on admin and strikes and such, I confess to have been scratching around for a bit of content. To that end, I’ll take the opportunity to again remind our dear readers that we are a volunteer site. So, if anyone has something to say, or want to get something rugby related off their chest, or a just want to give this ‘writing game’ a crack, then feel free. Seriously, please…
Hello Cobbers, I hope that, after a suitably hefty 6Nations weekend feed of Haggis and Guinness followed by bread & butter pudding, you were able to roll over the other side of the Atlantic and sample some of the NFL’s finest of Kansas City burnt ends (the sweet & chewy bits that come off the ends of proper brisket), some cheesy corn and maybe just a bite or two of some Philly cheesesteaks to compensate for that pish the Seppos call beer. What a weekend of footy that was. Regarding the 6Nations and getting the English v Italian test (mess?)…
Hello Cobbers, And welcome back for episode 1 of the Chewsday Chew for 2023. It has been a bit of a break since we were last in the normal routines. But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some goings-on. In quick form we’ve had: Dave Rennie get told he was ‘Da Man’ for the World Cup. Dave Rennie get shanked 5min later. Now to be fair, one may expect that with a 38% win record. But if ever there was a case of “The Board’s Curse”, then Dave getting knifed was surely it. We also saw DJ EJ get shanked…
Hiya cobbers. Beyond the imposing shadows of grey concrete stadiums with their over-priced tickets and cold pies, past the lines of debussing, coiffured hair, rugby professionals in matching tracksuits and hyper expensive headphones and somewhere yonder the ramblings of talking heads on TV, we all know that the real heartbeat of rugby lies local. It’s our clubs that drive this game. So welcome to Club Corner. What’s this about? We want to promote clubs. Whose clubs? YOUR club. Why? Because you love your club. And we at G&GR know it’s folk like you and YOUR club that makes OUR game and so…
Hiya cobbers. Beyond the imposing shadows of grey concrete stadiums with their over-priced tickets and cold pies, past the lines of debussing, coiffured hair, rugby professionals in matching tracksuits and hyper expensive headphones and somewhere yonder the ramblings of talking heads on TV, we all know that the real heartbeat of rugby lies local. It’s our clubs that drive this game. So welcome to Club Corner. What’s this about? We want to promote clubs. Whose clubs? YOUR club. Why? Because you love your club. And we at G&GR know it’s folk like you and YOUR club that makes OUR game and so…
McHamish on Eddie Jones from ABC Radio National Hello cobbers, Continuing on the recent flow of news about RA spearing Dave Rennie for Eddie Jones, this interview of RA Chairman Hamish McLennan on ABC Radio National from Tuesday 17/1 morning is interesting to say the least. The Chairman of RA thinks our national players are soft, that EJ will fix that and that the days of ‘holding hands’ are over. He also thinks RA hasn’t done enough to highlight the differences of the sport to the Aussie public and that the Australian game is seen within Australia as being too…
Hello cobbers, I hope you all had a merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year (so far anyway). Over the festive season the news can dry up a bit. And so we find ourselves with a few moments to reflect, surf some sites and look for some brief escapism when mid-shift on following the wife about on shopping expeditions or when we’re somewhere between our 2nd and 3rd helpings of the Christmas Day trifle that’s still in the fridge and passing the sniff test. So in aid of providing a little content to fill such moments of semi-conscious…
Hiya cobbers. Beyond the imposing shadows of grey concrete stadiums with their over-priced tickets and cold pies, past the lines of debussing, coiffured hair, rugby professionals in matching tracksuits and hyper expensive headphones and somewhere yonder the ramblings of talking heads on TV, we all know that the real heartbeat of rugby lies local. It’s our clubs that drive this game. So welcome to Club Corner. What’s this about? We want to promote clubs. Whose clubs? YOUR club. Why? Because you love your club. And we at G&GR know it’s folk like you and YOUR club that makes OUR game…
Hiya cobbers, Beyond the imposing shadows of grey, concrete stadiums with their over-priced tickets and cold pies, past the lines of debussing, coiffured hair rugby professionals in matching tracksuits and hyper expensive headphones, and somewhere yonder the ramblings of talking heads on TV, we all know that the real heartbeat of rugby lies local. It’s our clubs that drive this game. I’m a massive believer in the club as being the foundation, the heart and soul, the keeper of lore and the fulcrum of our sport, because I believe the very things that make our game great, its universality, its…
Hello Cobbers, Over the festive season the news can dry up a bit. But we also find ourselves with a few moments to ourselves to reflect, surf some sites and look for some brief escapism when mid-shift on pre-Christmas shopping expeditions or somewhere between our 2nd and 3rd helpings of post Christmas Day trifle. So in aid of providing a little content to fill such moments of semi-conscious interweb surfing, between reruns of The Griswolds Family Christmas and Die Hard, I thought to perhaps pre-write a few wee articles and drop them periodically. This one is about recognising and celebrating…
Hello Cobbers all and welcome to the 37th (and last) Chewsday Chew of 2022. I appreciate that we’re all likely still on a high after our clutch win over the Taffs. But after that fleeting moment of goodwill and bonhomie, reality kicks back in and all I can say is thank Christ on His stick that year is over. Barring any more injury reports yet to surface (Achilles! Achilles! My Kingdom for an Achilles!), I think the best part of this year is in saying Sayonara and Adieu to one helluva annus horribilis for our beloved Wobblies. The Results -…
As I stop walking, I peer up and down the yellow lit corridor a final time and with shaky breath I try and swallow the knot of fear in my throat. The familiar sickly sweet aroma of decaying rodentry pervades the dank walls around me and I feel more than smell the mould, while the piercing clarity of dripping water blends unseen with the oppressive dank that cloys my lungs and chills my soul. Is this where I end my northern tour? As I turn to my task, the now familiar ball of uncertainty starts growing in my belly, expanding…
Gudday Cobbers and fellow self-appointed doyens (and doyennes) of the Aussie rugby frustratedari to the 36th publication of the Chewsday Chew, Once again I put fingers to keys and hope this missive finds you well enough and that you have all taken a moment to pause, shuffle in your seat, burp, fart and perhaps even take a wee walk about your backyard or lounge room to settle the stomach after the weekend’s degustation. Because if that weekend just passed was not a rugby feast of biblical proportions, then I don’t know what is. Briefly, if you watch nothing else from…
Welcome, cobbers all. It’s my pleasure to bid each and every one of you well met to this, the 35th publication of The Chewsday Chew. So come, sit, read, think and comment away below, all with good health, the sun on your back and an open, honest heart. In contemplating what to chat about today, I was momentarily committed to write a bit about good sportsmanship and bonhomie. I mean, we’ve seen some spectacular examples of just that in our own game in recent times. But perhaps no greater example have we seen of late than what we saw exhibited…
Gudday Cobbers, Welcome to Episode 34 of the Chewsday Chew. I hope we’re all recovering from the Mr Creosote experience of rugby over the weekend. We certainly had the lot, in a bucket, with a wee wafer to the extent that I confess even my long-suffering wife looked sideways at my suggestion of watching the English v Argy game after dinner rather than The Block Auction. The things we do eh? https://youtu.be/GxRnenQYG7I We need to remind ourselves that, as with winery tours and office lunches at a sushi train, prudent consumption and pacing ourselves is the key for this month…
Hey Cobbers and welcome to episode 33 of the Chewsday Chew. Well, I hope you all had your fill of rugby over the weekend just passed. The smorgasbord of rugby already on offer from the Women’s World Cup has only been added to by the annual November test series coming back on-line. But as you guys have probably worked out by now, I’m not one for doing the news. So for a sound roll-up of the weekend’s events, I point you towards Charlie’s effort here. And while it grates me to the very cockles of my heart, maybe below the…
Hey Cobbers, I hope episode 32 of the Chewsday Chew finds you all happy, a little fat and healthy. This past week saw two things catch my attention in tandem with each other: Jack Dempsey becoming Jock Dempsey, andThe brutal simplicity of Australian humour and its ability to make something so otherwise nondescript into a pejorative. Firstly, in case you’ve been living on another rugby planet and don’t know what I’m talking about, the 1.91m, 112kg and 28yr old backrower Jack Dempsey has been named as one of Scotland’s three uncapped squad members (along with Stafford McDowall and Murphy Walker)…
Konnichiwa, Comrades and welcome to Episode 31 of the Chewsday Chew. I’ve been trying to psyche myself up and pull together a multipart series on what I feel needs to be done, at multiple levels, to build Australian rugby into the self-sustaining power house for future world domination that it could and should be. However, it’s no-where near even close to a publishable state. In fact, right now it’s little more than a series of poorly written diatribes, some undeveloped thoughts and a few mad conspiracy theories. And whilst to some that may make it perfect fodder for publishing on…