Waratahs inspired by touching poem

[GIGS20]

Well they won so they can do what they want!

Beige, they've been doing what they want for 19 years (for the good of Australian rugby) and they're going to justify that with ONE BLOODY PENNANT???????

[beige]

I'd justify a poem with a pennant.

[Alison]

In my world, poetry and rugby do not mix! If any of the Force players start reciting poetry to each other, I'll be devo! ;-D

[beige]

In my world, poetry and rugby do not mix! If any of the Force players start reciting poetry to each other, I'll be devo! ;-D

Not a Rupert McCall fan then...

[Alison]

Who??!

[The InnFORCEr]

Who??!

One of his best


Green and Gold Malaria

by Rupert McCall
The day would soon arrive when I could not ignore the rash.
I was obviously ill and so I called on Doctor Nash.
This standard consultation would adjudicate my fate.
I walked into his surgery and gave it to him straight:
`Doc, I wonder if you might explain this allergy of mine,
I get these pins and needles running up and down my spine.
From there, across my body, I will suddenly extend -
My neck will feel a shiver and the hairs will stand on end.
And then there is the symptom that only a man can fear -
A choking in the throat, and the crying of a tear.'
Well, the Doctor scratched his melon with a rather worried look.
His furrowed brow suggested that the news to come was crook.
`What is it Doc?' I motioned. `Have I got a rare disease?
I'm man enough to cop it sweet, so give it to me, please.'
`I'm not too sure,' he answered, in a puzzled kind of way.
`You've got some kind of fever, but it's hard for me to say.
When is it that you feel this most peculiar condition?'
I thought for just a moment, then I gave him my position:
`I get it when I'm standing in an Anzac Day parade,
And I get it when the anthem of our native land is played,
And I get it when Meninga makes a Kiwi-crunching run,
And when Border grits his teeth to score a really gutsy ton.
I got it back in '91 when Farr-Jones held the Cup,
And I got it when Japan was stormed by Better Loosen Up.
I get it when Banjo takes me down the Snowy River,
And Matilda sends me waltzing with a billy-boiling shiver.
It hit me hard when Sydney was awarded the Games,
And I get it when I see our farmers fighting for their names.
It flattened me when Bertrand raised the boxing kangaroo,
And when Perkins smashed the record, well, the rashes were true blue.
So tell me, Doc,' I questioned. `Am I really gonna die?'
He broke into a smile before he looked me in the eye.
As he fumbled with his stethoscope and pushed it out of reach,
He wiped away a tear and then he gave me this stirring speech:
`From the beaches here in Queensland to the sweeping shores of Broome,
On the Harbour banks of Sydney where the waratah's in bloom.
From Uluru at sunset to the Mighty Tasman Sea,
In the Adelaide cathedrals, at the roaring MCG.
From the Great Australian Blight up to the Gulf of Carpentaria,
The medical profession call it "green and gold malaria".
But forget about the text books, son, the truth I shouldn't hide.
The rash that you've contracted here is "good old Aussie pride".
I'm afraid that you were born with it and one thing is for sure -
You'll die with it, young man, because there isn't and cure.'

[WCR]

Poems and team sing-alongs - what is wrong with eastern states rugby??! Are they mice or men?!! ;-p

They are CHAMPIONS!!!

[shasta]

In my world, poetry and rugby do not mix! If any of the Force players start reciting poetry to each other, I'll be devo! ;-D

Oh, I dunno so much, Ali. I'd bet it would be a pretty humerous tract. Something along the lines of HenryLawson's "Grog 'n' Grumble Steeplechase" or Banjo Patterson's "How the favorite beat us". Given a bit of a Rugby twist it would go down treat.

[Sheikh]

In my world, poetry and rugby do not mix! If any of the Force players start reciting poetry to each other, I'll be devo! ;-D

What do you think of these two videos?

[Sheikh]

(Have to split them into two posts!)

[Alison]

Gah, just get on with the game and stop fannying around I say ;-p

[Alison]

Sheikh - that's different ;-p

[Alison]

Shasta - humorous I can deal with but any of that wussy Keats stuff is off limits for me!

[Alison]

They are CHAMPIONS!!!

And don't we bloody know it! ;-p