A rare Growden gem!

[drewprint]

He has plenty of detractors on this board (rightfully so I might add) but this line from Grumbles is truly inspired:

Cooper will no doubt be the Springboks' No.1 target, with South Africa's five-eighth James, the Venus de Milo of world rugby, expected to pursue him all day and attempt to obliterate him with his infamous no-arms tackles.

Full article here:

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...line-as-810cap-boks-await-20110812-1iqsj.html

 

[tranquility]

Your right, that is a bell-ringer.

However I have to admit that I had to look up who she was in the first place.

 

[drewprint]

I think I picked it up after reading Rocky Elsom: Leader of the Wallabies. She's one of the Renaissance Mans personal favourites.

 

[RugbyReg]

It was an old Alan Jones line to Simon Poidevin. He said Poido had hands like the Venus de Milo

 

[Uncle Pete]

It was an old Alan Jones line to Simon Poidevin. He said Poido had hands like the Venus de Milo

It got a run just recently so, as usual, Growden is just repeating someone else's work.

I actually thought this paragraph betrayed Growden's ignorance:
"Despite criticisms of Cooper following the All Blacks loss, it is not time to crucify Australian rugby's main drawcard. After being so good for so long, Cooper was due for an off night, and too many have too quickly forgotten how phenomenal he was during the Reds' spectacular five-month Super Rugby campaign. Now he can prove whether he is the full package, including having the ability to bounce back in one of the toughest of assignments the Wallabies have recently encountered."

Dan Carter never has an off night...and that Kick of Cooper's against the SA 2nd XV from his own 22 was ill thought out rubbish. "So good for so long" - gimme a break"

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...-boks-await-20110812-1iqsj.html#ixzz1Uqtz19VK

 

[Bruce Ross]

He has plenty of detractors on this board (rightfully so I might add) but this line from Grumbles is truly inspired:

Cooper will no doubt be the Springboks' No.1 target, with South Africa's five-eighth James, the Venus de Milo of world rugby, expected to pursue him all day and attempt to obliterate him with his infamous no-arms tackles.

It would have been a great line if he had omitted "with his infamous no-arms tackles".

You don't normally tell a joke and then explain it; but maybe the first time GG read or heard it he had to ask what it meant.

 

[FrankLind]

Thanks for clearing that up for us Bruce!