DangerMark

I watched altogether too much nail-biting rugby on Sunday that I'm still recovering. In the other code, there was Newcastle vs. Canberra (admittedly that was on the radio as I went out for breakfast,) then there was Salford getting a try in extra time to sink Wire. The most important game was actually the League One Eliminator between Oldham and the mighty North Wales Crusaders; 13-12 to the Cru, late field goal after a knock-on got reversed into a penalty after a fight. And finally in the World Cup, Fiji vs. Wales, my eyelid starting to twitch, flashing back to that hundred minute match against France.

I'm so glad that stupid sport wasn't just a fever dream on my part.

By the time Brentford play Newcastle, they will have a Top 20 length reign, calculated by number of days; at which point only two teams will have held the belt longer with fewer defences; West Ham in 1994 (V03, 116 days) and Newcastle in 1996 (V03, 122 days)

Not just that, he was too banged up to bowl in the Ashes and was originally planning on using the time off to heal up to lead the Test squad to India; but there's no big trophy for that one.

In that case, three digit numbers are the answer but the NCAA are cowards.

At the expense of who? Malan or Roy, I suppose of the two, Roy. I would have liked to see Stokes make his 50 Over retirement stick, though.

Well no, because that's literally the entire point of jersey numbers.

I'd be too injured to play for the Colts too in his position.

Banzuke is up: Hoshoryu, we already knew was going to be the lone non-kadoban ozeki. Daiesho and Wakamotoharu could get their 33 with 14 wins, but they might need a Zensho Yusho given that there are now currently 3 Ozeki in their rank. Shin Sekiwake Kotonowaka could get 33 with a Zensho of his own and Tobizaru takes his gold star into Sanyaku. Ura holds his M4 rank despite a Kachi Koshi, probably because they know that Ura is indeed Life; no such explanation of why Takayasu keeps his M7 is so readily apparent. The Kid is now into the single digit Maegashira, above the monosyllabic Endo. Yagayaki and Atamifuji are back in Makuuchi at the expense of Wakatakakage and Bushozan.

The ring was mic'd up so well I could hear punches from three rows back from the top. The only real difficulty I had with picking out wrestlers was telling one Jackson from the other. Then again, my mate was asking me after the show if I actually saw any matches at all but I don't know if that was his eyes, or the significant quantity of whisky he put down before we got in. Then again, my other buddy had a problem with the booze, too. Stadium Stampede was worth it just for the look on one guy's face when he saw the skewers go into Mox's head, which I think actually says more about how desensitised I've become from watching Jun Kasai matches than it does about him; but I think for me the match of the night was the Coffin match. Did do the scissors with just about anyone when the Acclaimed won. I might use "a bigger disgrace than Prince Andrew" in my daily life.

It's pronounced EngLOLand.

If we want (even) more pop culture references that pre-date Nick Wayne's birth, I'm sure you could give "Nick Wayne's mom has got it going on," a go.

Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

This is a bizarre situation, but in words that I keep attributing to John Gibbs (but could have been someone else,) "it's very simple: you can't hit 'em in the melon." And if you do hit 'em in the melon, then you've gotta get your arm up like you're trying to pretend you're tackling the guy. I have the tiniest bit of sympathy for Vunipola (well, more than I do for Farrell,) because Ireland seem to have this habit of running with their heads lower to the floor than other teams do. Full disclosure, I am still the tiniest bit salty after that Liam Williams yellow card in the Six Nations where Johnny Sexton appeared to my (admittedly Welsh,) eyes to run face first into Williams' shoulder.

Sounds like it's Fiji and Georgia going through out of that group, then.

Two (2) goals in injury time, too.

Brentford makes their second defence with a 3-0 at Fulham.

You must have been watching a different Wales to me recently, I wouldn't back Wales into win a game of Tiddlywinks these days.

I don't blame him this time, they kept askig stupid questions about Quade Cooper and frankly, I was more surprised to learn that Cooper had eighty caps than that he'd been dropped.

Meanwhile sometime England Head Coach and Thunderbirds villain cosplayer Eddie Jones told the journalists assembled for his pre-plane trip promo to "go give yourselves uppercuts."

Brentford retain the True And Correct Championship of English Football - to give it its proper name - with a 2-2 draw.

I thought our temporary tag-team during Cricket season was dissolved by the time Rugby season rolled around.

I might very well join you in both.

My heart bleeds. ^_~

I gotta disagree here, I think England weren't wrong to pass on the declaration. With fewer runs on the board, there was always a chance that they would have had to go bat again and there still might not have been time; especially if the Aussies showed the same ability to drop anchor as Labuschagne did this Friday. If they'd have been scoring slower then perhaps, but they weren't exactly wasting time. The decision that, to my mind, cost England the Ashes was the First Test Declaration. That was a high risk, medium reward sort of proposition, which might have paid off with a wicket or two, but the wickets didn't come, and in the end, twenty or thirty runs on the board could have made a huge difference.