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Foley wants Force to be South African
It’s for travel purposes only, but the Force coach has spat the dummy over the Perth side’s travel schedule, which will see them do 62,000kms over 20 flights this year alone. The problem comes from the fact that for them, away Aussie derbies involve a 5 hour flight and their schedule has meant that the team has been bouncing from NZ or RSA match to away derby week on week.
Foley’s suggestion is that they get treated as a South African side, where matches against Aussie teams are played in a block after their NZ trip. SANZAR has said ‘no dice’.
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Tuqiri backs Folau
With candidates for journos to get a sound-bite from on Israel Folau becoming a Wallaby never-ending, the latest is born again mungo Lote Tuqiri, who says “A Wallaby jersey is just around the corner for him. I said it at the start of the year and I haven’t changed my mind in that sense.”
Lote doesn’t help Folau’s argument too much though when he then admits “We’d love to have him here. Hopefully, that happens next year … be back in rugby league.”
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How good were the Tahs?
Just watched Waratahs Kings again. A team transformed.
— Laurie Fisher (@LordLaurie58) May 7, 2013
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Official Lions Twitter feed spayed
If you’ve been unlucky enough to follow the official Lions twitter feed over recent months you’ll be aware of it adopting a distinctive editorial tone described in social media circles as “prize dickhead”.
Overnight the Lions management called time on the eleven year old intern who must have been running it, following these choice tweets, the first of which depicts an animals genitals stuck on a fence pole, the second suggesting players may feel “suicidal”.
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