http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/holly-byrnes/ Holly Byrnes is The Daily Telegraph’s TV and media writer which justifies weekends spent on the couch watching re-runs of J.A.G and any episode of The Real Housewives she can get her hands on. Her sporting prowess peaked with an impressive effort ringing every person she knows and singing the Sydney Swans theme song to their answering machines from several Melbourne watering holes in the wake of their historic 2005 flag win. Her gold medal chances lie in online shopping and buying the affections of her nieces and nephews. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/counterpunch-dont-kick-magnussen-while-hes-down/ He’s gone and done it. That cocky, no good bastard from Port Macquarie, James Magnussen, has got what he deserves. Defeat. Beaten. Pulled down a peg or two. Smashed like a guitar. That’s what we all really wanted to see happen in the 4 x 100 men’s freestyle relay isn’t it? While the team branded the Weapons Of Mass Destruction spectacularly, shockingly self-imploded, what has come as no great surprise is the speed with which those-who-know-better have rushed in to kick the smug swimmer while he’s down. At stake for them is not the faltering potential of an athlete who carried no less than 20 million people on his back, but that this overly confident and happy-to-talk-himself-up upstart got taught a very public lesson in what Australia expects of its stars. You can be good but shut the hell up about it. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Holly Byrnes) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/counterpunch-dont-kick-magnussen-while-hes-down/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/counterpunch-dont-kick-magnussen-while-hes-down/#item9098 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:45:55 +0000 Holly Byrnes | Author bios | The Punch