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Just a quick one, but did anybody else notice that Olly Barkly has injured his testicle and is currently out of the England training squad? 

Makes one wonder how he accomplished this. Does anyone know of any interesting injuries which have occurred on the rugby field, or in post-match drinking related binges? 

Let us know.   

Just to get the ball rolling, I can relate the following to you… 

A good friend of mine (let’s just call him Neil Riemer) was playing a match for UCT. He went in to tackle someone from behind, completed the tackle and ran off to the next ruck. It became apparent that something was seriously awry when one of his teammates noticed a red stain appearing in the general vicinity of the genitalia. Further inspection by Neil, teammates, the ref and some very dodgy physios lead to the conclusion that he had indeed sliced open his passion pouch while completing the tackle. 2 stitches, and a week later he told me that “there was no lasting damage”. (the above story was actually submitted to FHM) 

Anyone know of anything similar??? 

Let us know. (please, no mentioning names) 

Tukkers out. 

All that remains is the end of season tour for our Boks in 2006. They’ll play Ireland once and England twice. What a great chance to pick up some lucrative revenues and some sustained momentum as they head on into a World Cup year. This years Tri Nations was tough, we fought back nicely and the net result gained at the closing of this new extended version is that we learnt a hell of a lot about our selves as a team. We learnt that if we dig deep, we do indeed have the potential, yet at the end of the day, now realise that we still have a way to go before we can even think or dream of hoisting the William Web Ellis Trophy next year.

We should consider our selves lucky that we’ve been allowed this kind of testing ground to gauge our performance, yet we still manage to whinge and moan about too much rugby, too much travel, unfair draws etc …the usual gripes as we reflect on another Tri Nations gone by. 

What about the poor people?

The Argentinians play some passionate and phenomenal rugby! Everybody loves playing the Pumas! First and foremost they’re tough bastards. They play for themselves, they play for their team, they play for their country and they play for the pride they have for the shirts on their backs. They are one of the last remaining bastions of true sportsmanship, yet they are certainly no pushovers.

The tragedy however, is that year after year they pick up the festering scraps of the over burdened calenders of the ‘old boys club’. The New Zealanders, Australians and South Africans with their extended Tri Nations step out on a ‘limb’ in some pathetic form of charity to travel to, or host the Argentinians, who always give the three a run for their money, despite being unable to pay their players properly and using a depleted squad thats more often than not pillaged by the club scene in Europe.

This isolationism cannot continue! Argentina must be included for the sake of the game!

We all love the rugby world cups right - but how easy is it to pick the quarter finalists? Pathetically easy - and you know i’m right! It’s the same big guns almost every time!

Think of the football world cup - picking the quarter finalists is far more challenging and hence far more exciting and I believe this is a direct result of FIFA’s investment in football on a global level, equally through many years.

The IRB on the other hand is failing our sport and it’s this failure that will continue to keep sides like Argentina (and there are others - the Pacific Island Sides to signal out a few) in the dark ages and ensure that the ‘old boys club’ of the Tri Nations and Six Nations remain at the forefront of all the lucrative TV, revenue deals and the game time that is so crucial to reaching and maintaining a professional and internationally competitive level of rugby.

Despite being neglected - Argentina still manage to compete - imagine what they could do if they were brought in out of the cold?

Argentina 2007 Rugby World Champions? I think not!

But with a bit of luck and if the IRB would stop failing the sport… 2015 World Champions?

Now there’s a thought!

Enders

Well, well, well if it isn’t time for a bit of a laugh!

Not that anyone should be a Robbie Williams fan, but just say you are, then you’d probably be familiar with his hit song, “Worlds Most Handsome Man”.

The song begins with the following lyrics:

Hello. Did you miss me?
I know I’m hard to resist
Y’all can come and help me
Pick the sweet corn out of this
It’s hard to be humble
When you’re so fuckin’ big
Did you ever meet a sexier
Male chauvenist pig?

…and so in a rare attempt to put a face to this song…we give you… Andrew Walker - The Worlds Most Handsome Man!

Surely Robbie had this Handsome Australian Outbacker in mind when he wrote these lyrics?

Please Sinbin Readers… we beg you to create a caption for the picture above! It’s an absolute pearler and to good to waste…

Firstly let me apologize for the poor quality of the picture below, blame the guys tshirt365.com (Can’t believe I just helped punt an opposition website) How kak is their rugby version lately? Deadboring365.com springs to mind! Anyway, I have to hand it to these guys. They’ve designed a t-shirt with the logo on below that will no doubt cause much heated debate amongst many of the Bulls and anti-Luke-Watson fans.   

I thought I’d open up the debate once more.  Should Luke Watson be a Springbok?  Let us know by leaving your thoughts and comments below!                                   

                            Pick Luke Watson?

I happen to be a Luke Watson fan… Enders Out

Has anybody noticed how siff Ollie Le Rock is looking these days?

 

The man who launched a thousand Steers Burgers has become known fondly as “Ons se Seun”in die ou Frystaat. Ollie the rapper, Ollie the restaurateur, Ollie the man with more Bok caps off the bench than anyone… and now exclusively for the Sinbin; Ollie the Meat Loaf!