Right on James. The best game I think I have ever seen was many years ago I watched ABs v Wallabies at Sydney. I was in Darwin on a footie field watching a screen and eating food from the hangi of a bunch of Maoris from Tokoroa. There were people from everywhere. I sat with a bunch of Victorians who had no idea about the game but I filled them in. They were pleased to have watched such a manful contest that ended with all concerned battered and bruised as they should be and either team could have won. The Maori people I spoke with had no intention of returning to NZ because of course there was not as much money but also things were not "right". One said "I do not know Maori words so why should that be forced on me". Perhaps the ARU should take note of that and understand that all their supporters want is a decent competitive team and let the idiots of whatever hue do the politics. Has anyone asked the Ella brothers what they think? I believe one of them recently railed that the ARU was doing nothing to attract indigenous players to the game. That sounds a more meaningful ambition than supporting a nonsensical political whim. Oh for the days of those Ella boys at their best that was truly magnificent and I'm picking there are thousands more of their ilk out there just waiting to be found. Then the ARU would have something to be proud of.
ARU is so feral and hypocritical.
Right on James. The best game I think I have ever seen was many years ago I watched ABs v Wallabies at Sydney. I was in Darwin on a footie field watching a screen and eating food from the hangi of a bunch of Maoris from Tokoroa. There were people from everywhere. I sat with a bunch of Victorians who had no idea about the game but I filled them in. They were pleased to have watched such a manful contest that ended with all concerned battered and bruised as they should be and either team could have won. The Maori people I spoke with had no intention of returning to NZ because of course there was not as much money but also things were not "right". One said "I do not know Maori words so why should that be forced on me". Perhaps the ARU should take note of that and understand that all their supporters want is a decent competitive team and let the idiots of whatever hue do the politics. Has anyone asked the Ella brothers what they think? I believe one of them recently railed that the ARU was doing nothing to attract indigenous players to the game. That sounds a more meaningful ambition than supporting a nonsensical political whim. Oh for the days of those Ella boys at their best that was truly magnificent and I'm picking there are thousands more of their ilk out there just waiting to be found. Then the ARU would have something to be proud of.