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Japan and the Pacific Islands for Aussie Super 9's!
Let's have one of these in WA! Click this link: Saitama Super Arena - New Perth Stadium?
Cant see KB being a beer man - Vodka Redbull maybe.... is the Vodka cheaper?
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'Rugby and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.' -anonymous
I'd say Vodka Cranberry
80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
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'Rugby and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.' -anonymous
He's not
Seriously people so what if he smokes!! Its his choice, i agree not a very good choice but hey. When it affects his performance then it will be his problem and something he has to live with. I have my own business and have no say over the social habits of my employees. Serge Blanco was a heavy smoker (reportedly 40 a day) and a bloody great rugby player!!!!
And so many of the finest sportsmen - Johan Cruyff, Diego Maradona, Eddie Merckx, Keke Rosberg, James Hunt, Ian Botham, Shane Warne - have been committed puffers. Bobby Charlton smoked at half-time in the World Cup final; Serge Blanco put away 40 per day while winning two rugby grand slams with France. In the past 18 months, footballer Dimitar Berbatov, tennis player David Ferrer and champion jockey Seb Sanders have all come out (or been outed) as smokers. 'To some extent you can overcome smoking's adverse effects by heavy training,' says Professor Martin Jarvis, a clinical psychologist at UCL who is an expert on smoking. 'The nasty things from tobacco smoke are not going to impact immediately on your capacity to run, jump and so on. They will accumulate over time, though, and creep up one day.' It happened to Cruyff - he smoked constantly as a player and a manager, until a double heart bypass in 1991.
It is in the short term that the effects of cigarettes on athletic performance are harder to assess. 'A sportsperson highly reliant on their fitness would clearly be stupid to smoke,' says Dr Keith Prowse, chairman of the British Lung Foundation. 'But in the short term, smoking won't do much beyond irritate the nose and throat.' According to Jarvis, there might even be - gulp - a benefit. 'Nicotine is a psychomotive stimulant, in the same group of drugs as amphetamines,' he says. 'So a cigarette could potentially enhance performance in "explosive" events like sprinting.'