Dancing on graves

[TrevorM]

From what is written in the press, there must be a large number of people and journalists on the East Coast who are getting ready to dance gleefully on the Western Force's grave. It sounds like they've already got the champers on ice for the wake.

Did anyone notice that the Tahs and the Highlanders played last night? New South Wales is on a roll at present, and it was Phil Waugh's 100th. Otago are not one of the weaker teams in the competition, and they are capable of turning on a surprise. The game was at the Sydney Football Stadium, a square ground which can seat about 45,000, and it was a home game in Sydney where the population is about 4.2 million (the population of Perth is around 1.5 million).

Attendance at last night's game in Sydney was around 19,500, which was described in some of the same grave dancing publications as "disappointing".

Funny, isn't it? Attendance of 19,500 at an S14 game in Sydney is "disappointing". Attendances of 19,300 and 16,500 at recent S14 games in Perth are described in terms of doom and disaster for rugby in Western Australia.

[zimeric]

simple quote that sums up the Force's situation methinks "what doesnt kill you makes you stronger!"

bring it on doomsayers!

[zimeric]

logic dictates that Sydney games should get attendances 4 times greater than Perth as its 1) the "heartland" of rugby in australia and 2) perth has 1.1 million and sydney has 4.3million potential bums on seats..

[Lonzy]

yeah I don't get that! their is barely any support in sydney! I know when we were there 2007 (I think) on tour walking round the city in our jerseys they had no idea who the force were or that they were playing there!!!

[fulvio sammut]

Before one starts dancing on graves, one should ascertain whether there is indeed a corpse below.

It is extremely inconvenient to have one's nuts bitten off by the deceased in the midst of an illtimed highland fling, as Muddie, W.Jesus and a few others have learned today.