Australia has gone crazy with the rugby fever, i personally would rather watch paint dry than watch people i dont know run after a ball in a game i dont care about - and all for $AU400 a ticket!! but it seems i must be the only one in Sydney to feel like this. my entire office, the streets even my daily trains are ladden with Australian flags, green and gold gernseys and ribbons, and the echo along ever passage "Aussie Aussie Aussie - Oi Oi Oi!!! "
anyone would think its the olympics. i mean of course, im all for the returns we will see from the tourism, but i cant wait till its over and life returns to normal again.
One thing i found sad about the whole event though, was the differences in pay that these people are given. Some of our players are on multi million dollar contracts, and other less fortunate players had to fund raise to get to Australia, and then use their Sponsorship vouchers from KFC and McDonalds to eat for the entire time! what kind of diet is that for a "professional" athlete - a greasy drumstick and a quarter pounder with cheese.
Big cheers for the green and golds anyway ! Just hurry up and beat england so we can get this over with 'eh !
