Donald average – MMABs win!!!

M.M.A.B. first five Steven Donald was average on Saturday night and as a result the M.M.A.Bs pulled off a narrow 6 point win over the Dirty Filthy Cheating ‘Straaaalyns.

Lord Sir Graham Henry once again proved his superiority over Robbie Deans by instructing Sivivatu to come in off the wing and play first five when the M.M.A.Bs were on attack. With Donald not included in many M.M.A.B. backline moves the game flowed smoothly and we were in no danger of putting up the infamous Donald defensive bomb. The D.F.C.Ss were thrown by the tactical masterpiece but still managed to go to the sheds 3 points up as when it came to penalty kicking Donald was as ineffective as the last Labour government. The small gap was a credit to the hard work of the loose trio who looked interested in obtaining turnover ball from the breakdown for the first time this season.

The second half was another masterpiece of coaching from Lord Sir Bishop Graham Henry OBE, MBE, LEG, END.

Confident that a try a piece was enough for an MMAB victory and equally confident that the D.F.C.S’s would cheat, the game plan was clearly to sit back and wait for the dirty, filthy, cheating mongrels to get pinged – and that they did. This – combined with the impeccable timing and use of the bench - secured a memorable win.

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England took their hands off the jugular of the D.F.C.S’s in the second test at Lords over the weekend when Strauss decided not to enforce the follow on. Teflon Ponting must be spitting tacks at some of the dodgy umpiring decisions overnight but this reporter is finding it awfully difficult to have any sympathy.

There was a netball game that I’m told was quite important but I couldn’t hear the commentators over the umpires whistle. I reckon they would be better off blowing when they don’t want to stop the game.

The Warriors were better at hitting the ball up 5 times then kicking than the Roosters were.