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19 Sep 12:45pm

Filed under: Pat Rafter, Rugby Union, Sport, Sportsmanship, Tennis, Wallabies

When Australia’s universal good guy Pat Rafter makes Lleyton Hewitt look well-mannered, you know the Australian sporting universe has been turned on its head.

Spot the cool cat who's normally an angry cat, and vise versa. Pic: Phil Hillyard.

Everything went wrong for Australian sport this weekend. Everything. The NZ Warriors knocked Wests Tigers out of the NRL finals, Ireland beat the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup, Sri Lanka dominated the cricket, and the Davis Cup turned ugly on court and off.

Sheesh, even the early Melbourne Cup favourite is now a Kiwi horse. But let’s talk about the two that really hurt – the Wallabies and Davis Cup.

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Unionist says:

06:58pm | 20/09/11

If the Wallabies cant beat both USA and Russia they didn’t deserve to be in NZ. But I think they will scape through…. USA and Russia are nobodies of the rugby world. Read more »
Kassandra says:

01:45pm | 20/09/11

@ Shane: Nope. The relevant rule here is about engaging and binding in the scrums and as Andrew says the Irish tighthead repeatedly infringed with the Wallabies wearing the penalty for collapsing after they were forced down. Oldest trick in the book and unfortunately the referee allowed them to get… Read more »

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